Rushia was born in 1879. She is the daughter of Amos Noel and Rebecca Thomasson. She passed away in 1955.
Obituary
OWENTON, June 21 - Mrs. Rushia Jane Green, 76, wife of Frank Green, died at her home near Sparta today. She also is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Melvin Phillips, Ft. Mitchell, and Mrs. Louis Lowrence, Sparta; five sons, Neville Green, Burlington; Gilvy Green, Florence; Harry Green, Sparta; Woodrow Green, Alton, and Dexter Green, New Columbus, and four sisters, Mrs. Daisy Judy, Cambridge City, Ind.; Mrs. Mattie Claxon, St. Matthews; Mrs. Lula Dexter, Lawton, Okla., and Mrs. Grace Oliver, Monterey.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. (CDT) Thursday at the Sparta Baptist Church, of which she was a member. Burial will be at Poplar Grove. The body is at the residence.
Sources
John Willhoite (1745-1837) and His Descendants in Kentucky and Elsewhere Author: Earl and Leona Willhoite
Wilhite/Wilhoit & Allied Descendants of Johann Michael and Anna Maria (Hengsteler) Wilheit 1671-1994 Compiled by Mary F. Mickey
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCZL-NSH : 7 September 2017), Russia J Noel in household of Amos Noel, Monterey, Owen, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district ED 145, sheet 208A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0438; FHL microfilm 1,254,438.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9HR-CZ6 : accessed 9 January 2018), Rushia Noel in household of Amos Noel, Magisterial District 4, East & South Monterey Precincts, Owen, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 55, sheet 6A, family 103, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,547.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M26J-BY5 : accessed 9 January 2018), Rushia Green in household of Frank H Green, Poplar Grove, Owen, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 77, sheet 10A, family 52, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 497; FHL microfilm 1,374,510.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHP7-M9F : accessed 9 January 2018), Rusha Green in household of Frank Green, Sparta, Owen, Kentucky, United States; citing ED 132, sheet 13B, line 91, family 53, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 594; FHL microfilm 1,820,594.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMFF-MWH : accessed 9 January 2018), Rushie Greene in household of F H Greene, Sparta, Owen, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2, sheet 1B, line 97, family 19, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 772; FHL microfilm 2,340,507.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7YJ-7MX : accessed 9 January 2018), Rucia Green in household of Frank Green, Magisterial District 1, Owen, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 94-2, sheet 8B, line 79, family 175, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1347.
"Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1963," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSQC-THC : 20 October 2016), Amos Noel in entry for Rushia Jane Green, 21 Jun 1955; citing Sparta, Owen, Kentucky, United States, Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,358,121.
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