The Green Family

              William Raleigh Green came from England about the year 1750, and settled near Poolesville, Montgomery county, Maryland. About the year 1770 he moved with his family to Iredell county, North Carolina, where his children grew up. Married and most of them removed to homes farther west. Of these the names of Isaac, Thomas, William, John and Martha have been preserved.

            William Green was born in 1761, grew up in Iredell county, and on March 17, 1796, was married to Chloe Ann Roby. In 1806 he removed to Kentucky and 1809 came to Clark county, where he settled permanently, about four miles north of Jeffersonville. William Green died March 23, 1823, and his wife August 11, 1821. They are buried in the old Jacobs cemetery, about four miles northeast of Jeffersonville. The children of William Green and his wife, Chloe Ann Green, were as follows: John Willetts Green, born July 31, 1797; Thomas Wilkinson Green, born October 3, 1799; Martha Green, born November 15, 1801; Lurana Green, born January 7, 1804; Sarah Adeline green, born July 19, 1807; Leonard Roby Green, born December 29, 1809; Mary Green, born March 11, 1812, and William Henry Green, born July 13, 1814. All grew up in Clark county. Thomas Wilkerson Green located near Worthington, Greene county, where he died February 16, 1880. Leonard Roby Green engaged in newspaper work in New Albany, where he owned and published the Weekly and Daily Bulletin. He sold out there in 1849 and died in Goliad, Texas, August 7, 1853. William Henry Green learned the printer’s trade at the age of seventeen in the office of the New Albany Gazette and was engaged in newspaper work for more than fifty years, owning and publishing in New Albany, Connersville and Brookville, Indiana. He was Auditor of Fayette county, Indiana for twelve years, and died at Shelbyville, Indiana in 1907.

            Isaac Green, eldest son of William Raleigh Green, was born August 21, 1755, and was married to Elizabeth Wilson, Mary 28, 1780. They remained permanently in Iredell county, North Carolina, where he died November 22, 1833. The children of Isaac and Elizabeth Green were: Zachariah, John, Thomas, William, Isaac, Hetty and Annie. Zachariah Green married Ann Jacobs and located in Wapello county, Iowa. John Green located in Kentucky. Thomas Green fought in the Seminole war, received a land warrant, and located in Morgan county, Indiana. Isaac Green remained at the old home in North Carolina. Hetty Green married John Summers and settled in Tennessee. Annie died young, and William Green located in Clark county, Indiana.

            William Green was born March 15, 1790, in Iredell county, North Carolina. He was married December 19, 1816, to Celia Lewman and in 1819 in company with the Lewmans removed to Clark county, settling near Utica. He remained here a short time and then leased a tract of land near the old county farm. They lived here until 1833, when they purchased a tract of land near Memphis, which became their permanent home the same year.

            The children of William and Celia Green were: Isaiah Green, born October 10, 1817, married Matilda Jane Perry, December 10, 1839, and died August 18, 1840. No descendants. Elizabeth Caroline Green, born April 9, 1823, married Francis Durment, March 31, 1907. Only two children grew up and married. Albert N. Durment married Mary King, of Carr township, and Jennie E. married George T. Dunlevy, of Bluelick. All located in Carr township.

            John Wesley Green, born December 25, 1830, died January 30, 1845. Nancy Ann Green, born August 24, 1833, married Joseph Thomas Harrell, December 23, 1855, died August 10, 1860. No descendants.

            George Washington Green was born April 9, 1837, married Catherine Whitesides November 16, 1859, and died December 22, 1898. George W. Green was highly educated and spent fourteen years teaching. In 1861 he was ordained a minister of the Church of God, or the Adventists. He served this church for many years, held many public discussions on the articles of faith peculiar to that church and traveled much as an evangelist. He later became a member of the Christian church, with which he remained a faithful member and minister until his death. He lived on the old homestead, near Memphis, and is buried at Ebenezer.

            The children of George W. and Catherine Green were: Edwin Orville, born December 26, 1860; Annie Alice, born July 2, 1862; Ella Etta, born April 11, 1864; Alvin Ellis, born June 15, 1866; Oscar Otto, born August 20, 1868; Mary Lizzie, born May 23, 1870; Clara Daisy, born September 18, 1872; William Louis, born September 13, 1874; John Frederick, born March 23, 1877; Eva Myrtle, born June 11, 1880; Katie Lillian, born December 1, 1882; Charles George, born June 1, 1885.

            Edwin Orville Green was educated in the common schools of Union township, and the Indiana State Normal School at Terre Haute; he taught for six years, and was principal of the schools at Raub, Benton county, in 1886-7, and at Memphis in 1887-8-9. He was appointed to the railway mail service June 8, 1889, and assigned to the New York and Chicago Railway post office with headquarters at Cleveland, Ohio. He was soon promoted and for many years has been clerk in charge of some of the larges exclusive mail trains in the world. He was married May 3, 1888, to Ella E. Townsend, of Blue Lick. Their children are Florence Catherine, born August 14, 1890; Bernice Edna, born August 15, 1893; and Amos Townsend Green, born September 11, 1898. He has recently purchased a large tract of land in Silver Creek township, near Sellersburg, and expects soon to make it his permanent home.

            Alvin Ellis Green was married March 3, 1889, to Daisy Forest Townsend of Blue Lick, and owns a fine farm in Union township, but at present follows the carpenter’s trade in New Albany.

            Clara Daisy Green was married December 26, 1897, to Joseph L. Shirley, a farmer of Union township. They reside near Memphis, and have three children, Lester Louis, Joseph Irvin and George Shirley.

            William Louis Green was educated in the common schools of Union township and at Borden; taught school four years, and in 1896 he entered the Western Reserve Medical College of Cleveland, Ohio, where he graduated in 1900; served sixteen months as resident house physician in the Cleveland City Hospital, after which he located at Pekin, Washington county, Indiana, where he has since practiced with great success. He was married April 8, 1901, to Jessie A. Scott, of Waucoma, Iowa. They have one son, William Thomas Green, and a daughter, Jean Catherine Green.

            Katie Lillian Green was married October 26, 1904, to Virgil Johantgen, of Union township; they live in Jeffersonville, Indiana, and have one child, Inez Catherine Johantgen, born September 13, 1905.

            Charles George Green was educated in the common schools of Union township and studied telegraphy at New Albany. He now holds a responsible position with the Northern Pacific, and is located at Missoula, Montana, where he was married June 1, 1907, to Adele Basset, a teacher in the Missoula public schools.

 Source: Baird’s History of Clark County, Indiana by Capt. Lewis C. Baird, 1909. Page 781, 782, 783, 784.