Elk County Genealogy Project
Fox Township
Descendants of John Green
by Sherry Jesberger
Generation No. 1
1. JOHN2 GREEN (JAMES1) was born October 12, 1799 in Centre County, PA, and died October 23, 1883 in Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA Elkton Cemetery, Kersey, PA. He married (1) ANN KYLER July 07, 1825 in Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA, daughter of JOHN KYLER and ZILLAH PACKER. He married (2) MARY THOMPSON March 26, 1829 in Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA, daughter of ROBERT THOMPSON and CATHERINE WANTZ.
Children of JOHN GREEN and ANN KYLER are: 2. i. ELIZA ANN GREEN, b. July 10, 1827, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA; d. January 27, 1861, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA. ii. ELIZABETH GREEN, b. March 29, 1826, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA; d. August 08, 1826, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA.
Children of JOHN GREEN and MARY THOMPSON are: 3. iii. CATHERINE GREEN, b. 1830, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA; d. Centre County, PA. 4. iv. REBECCA GREEN, b. 1832, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA. 5. v. JAMES R. GREEN, b. July 12, 1836, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA; d. January 10, 1915, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA Buried In Elkton Cemetery.. vi. ELIZABETH GREEN, b. 1842; m. JOHN L. BONHAM.
Notes for JOHN L. BONHAM: John L. Bonham enlisted in Company B, 135th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers at Brookville, Pa on August 1, 1862 for a period of nine months. He was 41 years old; 5 ft 10 1/2 inches tall, dark complexioned, dark hair and blue eyes. Because of disability, Richard J. Espy, commanding officer, signed his discharge papers on November 18, 1862, and he was discharged on November 19, 1862 at Camp Capitol Hill, Georgetown,Washington, D.C. Benjamin F. Bonham, John's son, ran away from home and enlisted at the same time and place. He died on April 19, 1863 from Typhoid fever in the Regimental Hospital near Belle Plain, Virginia, and is buried there. Both enlisted for nine months, and received a bounty of $25. John L. Bonham' s third wife was Lillian Zimmerman, a widow with three daughters. John and his first wife are buried in the Ridge Cemetery on the road from Kersey to Brandy Camp.
This information comes from a descendent, Dorothy Huston Mertz of South Kersey.
April, 1997.6. vii. CHARLES E. GREEN, b. August 06, 1847, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA. viii. JOHN M. GREEN, b. 1852, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA; m. CAROLINE.
Generation No. 2
2. ELIZA ANN3 GREEN (JOHN2, JAMES1) was born July 10, 1827 in Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA, and died January 27, 1861 in Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA. She married AARON HARRINGTON 1849, son of ANDREW HARRINGTON and SARAH.
Children of ELIZA GREEN and AARON HARRINGTON are: i. JAMES BRUCE HARRINGTON, b. January 06, 1849, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA; m. NANCY HAYS, November 11, 1869, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA. ii. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HARRINGTON, m. MAY HAYS. iii. ANN HARRINGTON.
3. CATHERINE3 GREEN (JOHN2, JAMES1) was born 1830 in Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA, and died in Centre County, PA. She married JOHN COMLEY.
Children of CATHERINE GREEN and JOHN COMLEY are: i. REUBEN COMLEY, b. 1850, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA. ii. HENRY COMLEY, b. 1854, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA.
4. REBECCA3 GREEN (JOHN2, JAMES1) was born 1832 in Fox Twp., Elk County, PA. She married (1) JOHN NULF December 12, 1852 in Kersey, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA, son of GEORGE NULF and CATHERINE CONFER. She married (2) WALTER RUDOLPH 1877 in Elk County, PA.
Children of REBECCA GREEN and JOHN NULF are: i. NEWTON NULF, b. Elk County, PA Fox Twp.. ii. ELIZABETH J. NULF, b. 1854, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA; m. WILLIAM BISH, February 19, 1892, Horton Twp, Elk Co., PA.
Notes for ELIZABETH J. NULF: Lizzie Nulf and William Bish's marriage liscense reveals that they are second cousins. This is because William's mother was Betsy (Confer) Bish, and Lizzie's grandmother was Catherine (Confer) Nulf. Betsy and Catherine were sisters, both children of Frederick Confer of Armstrong Co., Pa. Rebecca (Confer) Bish, wife of David Bish, was also a daughter of Frederick Confer. (Also spelled Confair.)
iii. LUCY S. NULF, b. July 1858, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA; d. 1928, Horton Twp., Elk Co., PA;m. DAVID W. YALE. iv. SUSANNAH NULF, b. 1860, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA;m. ERNEST HANSOTTE. v. ISAAC NULF, b. September 1862, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA. vi. JAMES F. NULF, b. 1864, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA; d. December 30, 1926, Brockport, Elk County, PA; m. MARY J. JOHNSON.
Notes for JAMES F. NULF: James Nulf killed himself and his wife on December 30, 1926.
vii. EMILY NULF, b. 1867, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA; m. THOMAS STRATTON, December 28, 1885, Horton Twp., Elk Co., PA. viii. LOVINA NULF, b. 1870, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA; m. GEORGE E. LACY , JR.
5. JAMES R.3 GREEN (JOHN2, JAMES1) was born July 12, 1836 in Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA, and died January 10, 1915 in Fox Twp., Elk County, PA Buried In Elkton Cemetery.. He married ELIZA HANCOCK July 26, 1859 in Clearfield Co., PA, daughter of JAMES HANCOCK and SARAH TAYLOR.
Children of JAMES GREEN and ELIZA HANCOCK are: i. JOHN M. GREEN, b. 1861, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA. ii. WILLIAM H. GREEN, b. January 26, 1862, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA; d. November 18, 1943, St Marys, Elk Co., PA; m. ARMINTA. iii. ELIZABETH A. GREEN, b. 1864, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA. iv. IDA M. GREEN, b. 1866, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA; m. MARTIN JOHNSON, December 26, 1894, Ridgway, Elk Co., PA. v. EDWARD F. GREEN, b. 1868, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA; m. KITTIE STEWART, July 02, 1890, Ridgway, Elk Co., PA. vi. THOMAS H. GREEN, b. February 05, 1871, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA; d. January 11, 1957, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA Buried in Elkton Cemetery, Kersey, PA; m. SARAH SHOFFSTALL, August 15, 1893, Ridgway, Elk Co., PA. vii. REUBEN H. GREEN, b. 1874, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA; d. May 23, 1881, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA Buried in Elkton Cemetery, Kersey, PA. viii. SARAH C. GREEN, b. 1876, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA; d. December 09, 1895, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA of heart trouble. Buried in Elkton Cem., Kersey, PA.. ix. NELSON E. GREEN, b. 1879, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA; d. May 27, 1881, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA Buried in Elkton Cemetery, Kersey, PA. x. NELLIE C. GREEN, b. 1879, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA; m. GEORGE SHOFFSTALL, July 04, 1899, Dagus Mines, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA. xi. JAMES BERTRUM GREEN, b. October 1881, Dagus Mines, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA; m. EMMA HEFFNER, December 18, 1901, Dubois, Clearfield Co., PA. xii. PEARL ELTON GREEN, b. October 1884, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA; m. ANNA LYDIA SMITH, June 29, 1905, Dubois, Clearfield Co., PA.
6. CHARLES E.3 GREEN (JOHN2, JAMES1) was born August 06, 1847 in Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA. He married ESMERALDA MEREDITH December 23, 1869 in Kersey, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA.
Children of CHARLES GREEN and ESMERALDA MEREDITH are: i. MARY GREEN. ii. HARRY GREEN, b. February 1872, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA; d. 1931, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA Buried in Elkton Cemetery, Kersey, PA; m. JULIA. iii. ULYSSES GRANT GREEN, b. September 1873. iv. JENNIE GREEN, b. September 1875. v. CLATY C. GREEN, b. 1877, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA; d. July 09, 1878, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA Buried in Elkton Cemetery, Kersey, PA. vi. ETHEL GREEN, b. February 1882.
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