Jackson County IA Archives Obituaries.....Green, Mary January 7, 1931
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Bellevue Herald, Jan. 13, 1931


    Bellevue Herald, January 13, 1931

    Mrs. Mary Green Dies At Maquoketa

    The funeral of the late Mrs. Mary Green of Maquoketa, mother of E. D. Green
of Bellevue, was held last Wednesday afternoon at the Buchner chapel in
Maquoketa. The following obituary appeared in the Jackson Sentinel:
    Mary A. Taylor, daughter of Charles L. and Emily D. Taylor, was born Dec.
23, 1847, at Busti, Chautauqua county, New York. In February, 1853, the family
started for Iowa, coming by water down the Alleghany river from Warren, Pa.,
down the Ohio to Cairo, and up the Mississippi to Bellevue, landing May 3,
1853They thence came across country, settling six and one half miles east of
Maquoketa. There they shared the joys and sorrows, the advantages and
disadvantages of pioneer life. Her education was received in the public schools
of the county.

    On Nov. 12, 1866, she was married to Darwin W. Green. They lived in this
vicinity for two years, after which they went to Pennsylvania, residing there
for eight years, then returning to Maquoketa in 1876. It was in 1872, while they
were still in Pennsylvania, that their first child was born. Three children were
born into this family. They are Elmer D. of Bellevue, Harry W. who died in March
1911 and Bertha, now Mrs. Rollf of Maquoketa. After the death of her husband on
January 7, 1892, Mrs. Green moved to her home on South Main street, where she
has since resided. She leaves one sister, Mrs. Emma Wuin of Chicago and one
brother, C. A. Taylor of Battle Creek, Iowa and two grandsons and many other
relatives. 



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