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- Henry W[illiam] GREEN, son of Stillman S. and Esther
WELLS GREEN, was
- born May 15, 1848, in a log house on the homestead three
miles north of Milton Junction. He received his education in
the Rock River school and Milton academy. In early manhood
he was baptized and became a member of the Rock River S.D.B.
church.
- On April 20, 1873, Henry GREEN and Miss Cynthia Jane
STILES were united in
- marriage. They lived on a farm north of Milton Junction
until about thirty years ago when they moved to town where they
celebrated their golden wedding on April 20, 1923.
- Of the three children born to Mr. and Mrs. GREEN,
Harry S. lives at Milton Junction
- and Mrs. Mabel HADDEN at Edgerton. A son Fred H.
died in June, 1927, and his mother died in October of the same
year.
- Mr. GREEN had been a resident of the town of Milton
all his life up to a year and
- one-half ago. During that time he served as road commissioner
of the township for fifteen years. He took up his residence
with his daughter Mrs. Frank HADDEN at Edgerton in 1930.
Wednesday morning, Nov. 18, he went to Janesville and was walking
home at night [along Highway 51] when an automobile driven by
H. S. SOUTHER of Washington, D.C., struck him, killing
him instantly. Besides his children, he is survived by a brother
John GREEN of Edgerton; two sisters, Mrs. Della JANES
of Sibley, Iowa, and Mrs. Sarah WHEATCRAFT of North Loup,
Neb.; also seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
- Dr. Edwin Shaw of Milton officiated at the funeral services
which were held Saturday
- afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Gray and Albrecht funeral home.
Burial was in the Milton Junction cemetery, the pallbearers
being J. A. PAUL, W. S. AGNEW, F. J. LEE
and Reuben RANDOLPH. [Thursday edition, p. 4]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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