Mary Green (1847-1931)
GREEN, TAYLOR, ROLLF
Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 2/22/2014 at 16:49:25
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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