Elmer Green
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Elmer Elsworth Green (1861 - 1946)

Elmer Elsworth Green
Born in Pickaway, Ohio, USAmap
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Husband of — married 7 Aug 1889 in Du Bois, Pawnee, Nebraska, United Statesmap
[children unknown]
Died at age 85 in Chicago, Illinois, USAmap
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Biography

The following was written by Elmer.
William was my grandfather. He was born August 10, 1797 and died February 7, 1847. His father's family moved to Fairfield County, Ohio about 1798. Williams's [son], John was the first white child born in that county in 1799. William married Rebecca McBride. Her parents had come from Ireland.
Uncle William went to Nebraska when it was a territory in 1854 and spent his life there. He married Sarah Isabelle McGrew and they raised two children.
My father married Cornelia A. Clark on August 28, 1860. They had known each other since childhood. Mother's father was William Clark. His first wife died when Mother was small and Mother went to live with her grandfather, Richard Clark. She made her home with them until Father returned from the Civil War and we moved to Nebraska. I was born on June 5, 1961.
Father worked at different places until July 19, 1862 when he enlisted as a soldier in the 45th Ohio Volunteer Infantry at Derbyville, Ohio. Although I was scarcely four years old I remember how bloated he was when he came home. I learned many things from what he told me afterward and from his letters mother had saved. They were lost later when the house burned. Father came home from the hospital May 1, 1864 for a short furlough but went back until the end of the war. On February *, 1865 my brother Paul was born. In the fall of 1865 we moved to Nebraska. We went by train to St. Joseph, Missouri and as there were no railroads any nearer to our destination we went in a stern-wheeler steamboat to Peru, Nebraska, where a man met us and took us by ox-team to my Uncle William's, a little more than four miles out in the country.
We lived with them a few months in a one-room house. Two kitchen stoves with their wood boxes and a short section of a large hollow log called a "bee gum" and which was was the cage where baby brother spent most of his waking hours, was placed in the middle of the room for a partition. Aunt Belle was a very particular housekeeper and spent most of her times scrubbing. Paul was safe in his cage, but one day I ran over on the wrong side of the house and she threw me out in the snow. Our family then moved to a small cabin on Dr. Kent's place for whom Father worked for about a year. In 1867 we moved to Missouri, across from Peru, Nebraska. I remember them driving the loaded wagon onto a flatboat where men with long sweeps rowed it across the Missouri River.
On April 30, 1868 sister Etta was born. The next year we moved to a house about three miles south of Peru and Father chopped wood for a living. In the fall of 1870, Father bought 80 acres north of the Little Nemaha River and about four miles west of the old Glen Rock Post Office.[1] He hired a man to build a cabin and put up some hay, paying for them in work.
A prairie fire came up and burned the hay and pole stable. Mother and I saved the cabin by backfiring as Father was away at work.
He took a homestead on the Nemaha bottom soon after the homestead law was passed, but someone told him the land would never be worth anything so he let it go back. Afterward it sold for more than $200.00 an acre.
Father was a hard worker and had no bad habits; he never drank, swore or used tobacco. On February 17, 1871 my youngest sister Berthelda was born. In January, 1873, Mother was called by a neighbor, Mr. Howard, to help take care of his son, Anthony who had typhoid fever. She helped nurse him until he was well, then took the fever there and died on February 6, 1873.
The family was scattered and we were never together again. Aunt Belle and Uncle William took Berthelda who was two years old. Etta was adopted by Charles and Rebecca Neibel. The girls had good homes and lived with their foster parents until they were married. Neibel's had no other children and could not have been better to Etta if she had been their own child.
I went to live with a farmer named Bush and worked for my board and clothes. In the spring of 1876 our good neighbor, Mr. Inante offered me a job on his farm. I received $9.00 a month but had a good home, and the winter he let me do chores for my board and go to the rural school. The next year he rented me the farm, furnishing everything: seed, machinery, etc., and gave me one-third.
I saved most of what I made and next year went about 150 miles farther west near Stromsburgh, Nebraska where I worked for Uncle Thomas for $14.00 per month.[2] In the meantime, Father had married Uncle William's widow, Aunt Belle, as we called her.

This history is in the hands of the descendants of Elmer and also Diedre Blick. It can also be found in "Frank L.M. Wolford & Laura May Green,Their Ancestors & Descendants" Compiled by Loraine Russell Kerns & Alma Wolford Russell 2004.

The following is a review of the sources which are relevant for Elmer.

Elmer E Green married Lottie P Shellhorn on 7 August 1889 at Du Bois in Pawnee county, Nebraska.[3] Their son, Grady, was born in 1895, when they were living in Florida. In 1900, Elmer and his family of three children were living in Lincoln, Lancaster county, Nebraska and he was working as a mail carrier.[4] That census also records that they had been married ten years, during which time Lottie had four children, with only three living. Their daughter, Margaret, died before 1910, and that census shows they were still living in Lincoln.[5] Their two sons, Edmond and Lloyd were still at home in 1920.[6]

He had changed careers by 1930, as the census shows that he is a school superintendent in Dickens of Lincoln county, in western Nebraska, where he and Lottie were living.[7] They appear to have retired and moved to Chicago by 1935, possibly earlier.[8]

Elmer died on 30 November 1946 in Chicago.[9] His son, Lloyd was the informant.

Sources

  1. FamilySearch.org, [1], 1870 US Census, Peru precinct of Nemaha county, NE.
  2. FamilySearch.org, [2], 1880 US Census, Stromsburg precinct of Polk county, NE.
  3. FamilySearch.org, [3], Nebraska Marriages.
  4. FamilySearch.org, [4], 1900 US Census, Lincoln, NE.
  5. FamilySearch.org, [5], 1910 US Census, Lincoln, NE.
  6. FamilySearch.org, [6], 1920 US Census, Lincoln, NE.
  7. FamilySearch.org, [7], 1930 US Census, Dickens, NE.
  8. FamilySearch.org, [8], 1940 US Census, Chicago.
  9. FamilySearch.org, [9], Illinois, Cook County Deaths.


  • Elmer E Green in household of David Green, "United States Census, 1870"

Indexed Information
Household - Role - Sex - Age - Birthplace
David Green - - Male - 32 - Ohio
Cornelia Green - - Female - 28 - Ohio
Elmar E Green - - Male - 9 - Ohio
Paul E Green - - Male - 5 - Ohio
Elta V N Green - - Female - 2 - Missouri
Citation
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHDQ-KXD : 12 April 2016), Elmar E Green in household of David Green, Nebraska, United States; citing p. 8, family 60, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,330.

  • Ellsworth Green in household of Thomas Green, "United States Census, 1880"

Indexed Information
Household - Role - Sex - Age - Birthplace
Thomas Green - Self - Male - 60 - Ohio, United States
Christiane Green - Wife - Female - 62 - Delaware, United States
Carrie Green - Daughter - Female - 25 - Wisconsin, United States
Nelly Green - Daughter - Female - 5 - Nebraska, United States
Thomas Green - Son - Male - 2 - Nebraska, United States
Ellsworth Green - Other(nephew) - Male - 18 - Ohio, United States
Eden Green - Other - Male - 30 - Ohio, United States
Citation
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8YK-SFP : 14 August 2017), Ellsworth Green in entry for Thomas Green, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 108, sheet 257C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0754; FHL microfilm 1,254,754.

  • Elmer E Green, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"

Indexed Information
Name: Elmer E Green
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 07 Aug 1889
Event Place: Du Bois, Pawnee, Nebraska, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 28
Spouse's Name: Lottie P Shellhom
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 21
Citation
"Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZG-156G : 28 November 2018), Elmer E Green and Lottie P Shellhom, 07 Aug 1889; citing Du Bois, Pawnee, Nebraska, United States, various county courthouses, Idaho; FHL microfilm.

  • E E Greene, "United States Census, 1900"

Indexed Information
Household - Role - Sex - Age - Birthplace
E E Greene - Head - Male - 39 - Ohio
Lottie Greene - Wife - Female - 32 - Nebraska
Margaret Wyer - Daughter - Female - 0 - Nebraska
Grady Green - Son - Male - 5 - Florida
Lloyd Green - Son - Male - 2 - Nebraska
Citation
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3B8-KYS : accessed 27 March 2019), E E Greene, Lincoln city Ward 6, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 67, sheet 8A, family 177, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,933.

  • Elmer E Greene, "United States Census, 1910"

Indexed Information
Household - Role - Sex - Age - Birthplace
Elmer E Greene - Head - Male - 48 - Ohio
Lottie Greene - Wife - Female - 41 - Nebraska
Edmond G Greene - Son - Male - 15 - Florida
Lloyd S Greene - Son - Male - 11 - Nebraska
Citation
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML4L-5S3 : accessed 27 March 2019), Elmer E Greene, Lincoln Ward 6, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 79, sheet 6B, family 162, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 850; FHL microfilm 1,374,863.

  • Elmer E Greene, "United States Census, 1920"

Indexed Information
Household - Role - Sex - Age - Birthplace
Elmer E Green - Head - Male - 57 - Ohio
Lottie S Green - Wife - Female - 50 - Nebraska
Edmond W Green - Son - Male - 24 - Florida
Lloyd S Green - Son - Male - 21 - Nebraska
Citation
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCKV-3G6 : accessed 27 March 2019), Elmer E Green, Lincoln Ward 3, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States; citing ED 61, sheet 11A, line 26, family 291, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 996; FHL microfilm 1,820,996.

  • Elmer E Greene, "United States Census, 1930"

Indexed Information
Household - Role - Sex - Age - Birthplace
Elmer E Green Head Male 68 Ohio
Lottie S Green Wife Female 61 Nebraska
Citation
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQ29-75C : accessed 27 March 2019), Elmer E Green, Dickens, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 1A, line 26, family 7, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1287; FHL microfilm 2,341,022.

  • Elmer E Greene, "United States Census, 1940"

Indexed Information
Household - Role - Sex - Age - Birthplace
Elmer E Green - Head - Male - 78 - Ohio
Lottie S Green - Wife - Female - 71 - Nebraska
Citation
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW1Y-N3P : 14 March 2018), Elmer E Green, Ward 37, Chicago, Chicago City, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 103-2293, sheet 10B, line 41, family 235, 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 995.

  • Elmer Green, "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994"

Indexed Information
Name: Elmer Green
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 30 Nov 1946
Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Address: 1152 N Monitor Ave
Gender: Male
Age: 85
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Occupation: School Teacher
Birth Date: 05 Jun 1861
Birthplace: Circleville, , Ohio
Burial Date: 02 Dec 1946
Burial Place: Forest Park, , Illinois
Cemetery: Forest Home
Spouse's Name: Lottie Green
Informant's Name: Lloyd D Green
Citation
"Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2M8-7X77 : 18 March 2018), Elmer Green, 30 Nov 1946; citing Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference , record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm .

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I was given a more complete version of Elmer's family history. I want to edit these, and spread them out to the relevant profiles. At the same time, the complete version needs a home, but it is really too long to copy into just one biography. I will have to make a plan. This note is mainly a reminder for these ideas so that I can follow through.

Editing to multiple profiles will provide first-hand descriptions that will enhance the sourced narrative, and in some cases Elmer's history may have source references added for clarification.

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