John Green
....the father of the
subject [Eli Green] was John Green, a carpenter by trade, and a farmer by
occupation. John was an early settler of Kentucky, where the greater
part of his life was spent. He married for his first wife Rachel
Williams, unto whom was born the following offspring: Thomas, Sallie,
Charles and Newel. For a second wife he married Rebecca Snider; the
second marriage was blessed by the following children: Eli, born January
27, 1811; Polly, born November 28, 1813; Jonathan, born December 31,
1815; William, born January 8, 1818, and Absalom, born January 23,
1820. The mother of these children was the daughter of Henry and Mary
Snider who were of German Lineage, and she was born June 30, 1782, and
was united in marriage with John Green, November 19, 1807; her death
occurred February 14, 1831. John, her husband, died in Ohio, March 5,
1823; he had removed with his family from Kentucky to Ohio, about 1813,
and shortly after his death, his widow with her family, removed to
Indiana, and in 1824, settled in Shelby County, settling on Blue River,
and here the widow lived till occurred her death.
Excerpt from the History of Rush County, Indiana
by Brant & Fuller, published in 1888, pages 479-480 for Orange Township
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