Greene, Barnabas B. 1819 – 1897

GREENE, COLTON, MORSS

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Date: 9/3/2014 at 09:31:57

The Decorah Republican Newspaper May 6, 1897, P1 C3

TWO OLD SETTLERS GONE!

Barney B. Greene Drops in the street and Dies—Jacob Rotner Passes away.

BARNABAS B. GREENE

Another appallingly sudden death occurred in Decorah on Tuesday afternoon. While walking along west Main street, on his way home from the news office with his daily paper, when in front of Dr. Toye’s residence, Barney B. Greene, suddenly fell to the ground, and before assistance could be rendered or be conveyed a few rods to his house, he breathed his last. The event occurred between 2:15 and 2:30 o’clock. Whether it resulted from apoplexy or a fatal heart difficulty, cannot be known. The father of the deceased died as suddenly and an examination of his body revealed ossification of the heart. Mr. Greene had been quite severely ill for the previous twenty-four hours with a difficulty that had moved from the stomach towards the heart and these facts tend to the thought that a heart complication caused the death.

Barnabas B. Greene was born in Mantua, Portage Co. Ohio, Aug. 31st, 1819, and lived in that state until he came to Iowa in the fall of 1865. In his early life he was engaged in the manufacture of pottery in that part of Ohio. A fire consumed the establishment and impoverished him. During the war of the rebellion he was with the army as a sutler. After coming to Iowa he entered into the grocery trade, and here again fire became a serious disaster to him. He engaged in other occupations; was at one time landlord of the St. Cloud hotel, afterwards in the grocery trade and then manager of that department in C. N. Goddard’s store. Mr. G. was twice married, his first wife bearing to him three children, two of whom survive him. These are Mr. Oscar C. Greene, for years superintendent of telegraphs on the N. P. Railway system, and a daughter, Mrs. Colton, who resides in Ohio. Another son, Clem G., sleeps in Decorah cemetery.

To Miss Emeline Morss-Greene he was married in 1864, and thirty-three years of happy life they spent together. In his life deceased was kind-hearted, true and upright; a man of more than usual intelligence; a good citizen and faithful husband and father. Peace to his memory.

Decorah Public Opinion May 11, 1897 P1, C4

A WEEK OF CALAMITIES.
B. B. Greene Drops Dead in the Street Tuesday Afternoon.
H. A. DAHL CRUSHED BY CARS.
Almiron Smith Seriously Wounded and Nearly Smothered to Death.
John Kostka, of Sumner Township, Dies as the Result of Injuries Received From His Son.

DEATH OF B. B. GREENE.
We had all hoped that the sweeping tide of sudden deaths had left Winneshiek county, but everyone was shocked last Tuesday afternoon when the news sped swiftly to every part of the city that Barney Greene had dropped dead on the street. He was walking home from town where he had gone for the daily paper about 2:30 o’clock, and when in front of Dr. Toye’s residence suddenly turned as if starting back to town, and fell to the grounds, and he died before he could be carried to his home, but a few steps away. It is not known whether the death occurred from apoplexy or a heart difficulty; his father died in a similar manner from ossification of the heart. For some hours previous Mr. Greene suffered with a moving pain between the stomach and heart, which leads to the belief that heart trouble was the cause of his death. Barnabas B. Greene was born in Mantua, Portage county, Ohio, Aug. 31, 1819, where he lived until the fall of 1865, when he came to Iowa. He was an extensive manufacturer of pottery in Ohio until a fire burned his plant. He was with the army as a sutler during the Civil War, after the close of which he came to Iowa and engaged in the grocery business and he was again afflicted by a fire. He was once landlord of the St. Cloud hotel, was groceryman again, and afterwards was manager of the grocery department of C. N. Goddard’s store; for the past few years he has lived a retired life at his home on Court Street. He has been twice married, three children being born by his first wife, viz: Clem. G., who is buried in the Decorah cemetery; Oscar C., superintendent of telegraphs for the Northern Pacific Ry.; and Mrs. John W. Colton, of Bellfountain, Ohio. Mr. Greene was married to Miss Emeline Morss-Greene in 1854, who remains to mourn his loss with a large number of relatives and friends. The life of Mr. Greene has been one of integrity and uprightness; he was a respected citizen and his memory will be honored by all who knew him.

A private funeral was held from the late home of Mr. Greene on Court street Thursday afternoon, Rev. Dr. M. Willett officiating, burial being in the Decorah cemetery.

Transcriber’s Note: The marriage certificate shows they were married on November 4, 1863. Also Mrs. Greene’s obituary said her first name was Emalissa.

Transcribed from scans of newspaper clippings provided by Laura Colton

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