Reuben Hamrick Green Sr. (1828 - 1907)

Born 25 Aug 1828 in Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Judieth McSwain Green — married 15 Jan 1846 in Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 23 Nov 1907 at age 79 in Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States

Problems/Questions Profile managers: Paula J [send private message] and Henry Whitaker [send private message]

• Space:Green_Family_Soldiers
• Space:My Civil War Soldiers

Biography

Reuben Green Sr. served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: September 1, 1864
Mustered out: April 9, 1865
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): 55th Regiment North Carolina Infantry

MILITARY RECORD

Green, Reuben H.

REGIMENT NAME:28th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

SIDE:Confederate

COMPANY:D

SOLDIER'S RANK IN:Private

SOLDIER'S RANK OUT:Private

ALTERNATE NAME:

FILM NUMBER:M230 roll 15^[1][2]

Wounded at Gettsburg, surrendered at Appomattox^[3]

NOTES: Notes for REUBEN HAMRICK GREEN;

From Judith McSwain Green's application for a Confederate Pension:

Reuben Hamrick Green enlisted in the Confederate Army on or about 1 Sept. 1864 He was in Co. H, 28th NC Infantry. (She was granted a pension.) From North Carolina.

Troops, A Roster Vol. VIII Infantry: Reuben H. Green enlisted at Camp Holmes on 25 Sept., 1864, for the war. Surrendered at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, 9 April, 1865.

Reuben Hamrick Green Sr. was born August 25, 1823 in Cleveland County, North Carolina, the son of James M. Green and Narcissus Hamrick Green. He was the brother of Stephen Green, Elias Green, George W. Green, William M. Green, Noah Green, Joseph P. Green, Ewell Green, Newell Green, Edmund H. Green, Judia Green, Elizabeth Green, Elizabeth Green, Edmond Green, James M. Green, Hannah Green, Nancy (Green) Earls, Nancy Green, Asa Green, Henry Green, Berry Green and Drury H. Green.

Reuben married Judith McSwain June 15,1846. They were first cousins. They began life farming. ^[4] Reuben and Judith had the following children:^[5]

1. Green, Hannah (1846 - 1927)
2. Green, Noah (1848 - 1894)
3. Green, Narcissus Hesentine (1855 - 1934)
4. Green, Reuben Joseph (1856 - 1897)
5. Green, John (1858 - 1937)
6. Green, Judith (1859 - )
7. Green, Pathenia (1868 - )
8. Green, Thomas L (1872 - 1915)

After returning from the war, Reuben, like most of his family, returned to farming. Reuben died November 23, 1907 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. He is buried in the Boiling Springs Baptist Church Cemetery there. The inscription on his tombstone reads:

He served his country as a soldier in the Confederate Army He was a consistent member; and Deacon of the Bap't Church for 50 years.

There is also a marker indicating that he was a Charter Member of the church in 1847. ^[6][7]

Sources

1. ↑ NPS Database.
2. ↑ 55th NC, Co. D Updated Roster.
3. ↑ Co. D Roster.
4. ↑ 1850 Cleveland Co., N.C. Census House #473, 56.
5. ↑ United States Census, 1860 database, FamilySearch: (accessed 16 October 2015), Reubin Greene, , Cleveland, North Carolina, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com; citing p. 159, household ID 1146, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 803,893. image
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #20208298.
7. ↑ Boiling Springs Baptist Church Records, Book II, p.272

See also: .

• "Bridges to the Past"Vol. 1, 41.
• Tombstone (image posted)
• "North Carolina, Deaths, 1931-1994," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FPJQ-N5S : accessed 26 December 2014), Reuben H. Green in entry for Narcilir Hesentine Mcswain, 15 May 1934; citing Boiling Springs, Cleveland, North Carolina, fn 1708 cn 337, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,943,085.