Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Green, Johnathan 1894
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Ionia Daily Standard, 10 Dec 1894

Johnathan Green, living on section 30 of Berlin, died on Saturday night, after 
a singular sickness of about a week.  His continued concealment was noticed by 
neighbors some days ago, and when a search party entered the house, they found 
him lying on a bed of straw, on the floor, well nigh dead from disease and 
hunger, and Supervisor Gates being notified, he provided care, etc., until 
Green died.

He was known to be an eccentric character, but some peculiarities have come to 
light since his death, which were never known before.  He was a bachelor, 
thought to be about 55 years old; an old soldier, but not a Grand Army man – 
society was not one of his diversions.  He had accumulated considerable 
property, owning a fine farm of 183 acres, which was well stocked; on his place 
was a large barn, which is filled with hay and grain – perhaps a thousand 
bushels of the latter.

And with all this wealth and property, which he lavished upon comforts for his 
beasts, he had none for himself; there was not even a bed in the house upon 
which he could stretch his wearied self, and when search was instituted to find 
something in the nature of bed clothing to use during his last sickness, not a 
vestige could be found.  He had for many years been a resident of Berlin, and 
while his habits were not generally known, he was known to be pecuniarily well-
to-do, and his mode of living, as now revealed, has astonished the natives.  He 
has before called Supervisor Gates to his aid in business transactions, and 
refusing to execute a will or last testament, at the solicitation of a number 
of creditors during Green’s last illness, Mr. Gates has taken temporary charge 
of the property.

Green has been heard to refer to brothers and sisters, but he never “gave away” 
their whereabouts, as he wanted them “to have a good fight over the property 
when he died.”


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