John Wesley Green was born in 1846 in Illinois, USA.[1]
John W. Green ("Greene") married Sarah ("Jane") Mitchell on December 11, 1868 in Jersey, Illinois. [2]
John Green can be found at the age of 21 on the 1870 US census for Twp. 8, Range 13, Jersey County, Illinois, with his 15-year-old wife "Jane" and daughter Sarah. Immediately next door on the same census, is the household of Jane's parents and two sisters, headed by Thomas J. Mitchell.
John W. Green can be found on the 1900 US census for Fieldon town, Richwood Twp., Jersey County, Illinois, along with his wife and children. According to information on the census, John W. Green and his wife Sarah had been married for 31 years, and she had given birth to 16 children, 11 of whom were still living when the census was taken.
↑ 1910 United States Federal Census, Jerseyville Ward 3, Jersey, Illinois; Roll: T624_295; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0052; FHL microfilm: 1374308 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.
Name: John Green Birth abt 1846 Illinois
Father's Birthplace: Illinois
Mother's Birthplace: Illinois
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Laborer, Odd Jobs, Wage Earner
Home Owned or Rented: House
Able to Read: No
Able to Write: No
Years Married: 41
[John Green 64
Sarah J Green 55
John P Green 23
[33]
Bessie Green 15]
↑ "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2GT-56B : 10 February 2018), John W. Greene and Jane Mitchell, 11 Dec 1868; citing Jersey,Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,317,902.
↑ Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947
[John Wesley Green
Birth 15 Oct 1846 Illinois
Death 28 Feb 1930 Jerseyville, Jersey, Illinois
Burial 2 Mar 1930 Jerseyville, Jersey, Illinois
Death Age: 83
Occupation: Laborer
Marital Status: W
Residence Jerseyville, Jersey, Illinois, 18y
Father Name: O. Green
Spouse Name: Sarah Jane Green]
[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916–1947." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original records. FHL Film Number: 1643653
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