Life History

Notes

• 1860 Federal Census, Hall County, Georgia, 2 June, District 570, P O Gainesville, page 5, Hse #44, Fam #39
  T M Green 31 M Farmer $500 Real Estate $500 Personal  born GA [b abt 1829]
  Elizabeth Green 35 F born So Carolina [b abt 1825]
  W J Green 10 F born GA [b abt 1850]
  Robert Green 7 M born GA [b 1853]
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  J E Green 4 F born GA [b abt 1856]
  W S Green 1 M born GA [b 1859]
  
  WJ's name is clarified a little in the 1870 census, when he is reported as William J Green.
  
  1870 Federal Census, Hall County, Georgia, 13 June, Whelchel's District, PO Gainesville, page 37-38), Hse #309, Fam #267
  Green, Tira [Tyree]  42 M W Farmer $250 Real Estate $400 Personal Estate born Georgia [b abt 1828]
  Green, Elizabeth 48 F W Keeping House born Tennessee Cannot write [b abt 1822]
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  Green, William J 19 M W Laboring on Farm born Georgia [b abt 1851]
  Green, Robert 18 M W Laboring on Farm born Georgia [b abt 1852]
  Green, Lizzie 13 F W Laboring on Farm born Georgia [b abt 1857]
  Green, Melvina 10 F W Laboring on Farm born Georgia [b abt 1860]
  Green, Elbert 7 M W Laboring on Farm born Georgia [b 1863]
  
  This 1870 census report is puzzliing, since Civil War Regiment records report William J Green died in aprison camp in Illinois in 1865.  In the list of Green surnamed enlistees, we find tow of his father Tyree Green's brothers, James M Green and Thomas Bention Green.  All these Greens joined the army on the same day.  It appears thay are all related, though the identities of some of them do not match known members of this Green family.
  
  I suspect that the Benton A Green was actually Thomas Bention.  I suspect that there was a confusion over the name Thomas Benton, and the middle name got entered as another person.  This list notes that there is no further record on that name.
  
  Roster, 55th Infantry Regiment, Company G, Randolph County, Georgia, "Jackson Avengers"
  Civil War Confederate POWs, GREEN SURNAME
  GREEN, BENTON A. - Private May 12, 1862. No later record.
  ** GREEN, JAMES M. - Private May 12, 1862. Died of measles at Bridgeport, Tenn. July 30, 1862. **
  GREEN, THOMAS B. - Private May 12, 1862. Captured at Cumberland Gap, Tenn. Sept. 9, 1863. Released at Camp Douglas, Ill. June 14, 1865.
  GREEN, WILLIAM J. - Private May 12, 1862. Captured at Cumberland Gap, Tenn. Sept. 9, 1863. Died of chronic diarrhoea at Camp Douglas, Ill. Jan. 29, 1865. Grave #582, Block 2, Chicago City Cemetery.
  GREEN, W. A. - Private May 12, 1862. Appointed 5th Sergeant Aug. 1862. Reported present on roll of Co. A, Detachment this regiment, Oct. 1864. No later record.
  --  Ranger 95 Civil War Records, http://www.ranger95.com/civil_war/georgia/infantry/55inf_rgt/55th_inf_regt_rost_d.html
  
  The Regimanet record reports that William was buried in the City Cemetery of Chicago.  This cemetery, where WIlliam was originally buried, was closed and reburials began in 1859.  Burials continued there throiugh the Civil War, even as reburials were being conducted, and the last burials were in 1866.
  
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  Chicago City Cemetery was located in at the south end of what is now Lincoln Park. The first burials were in 1843, and at its peak, had 20,000 burials. City residents did not like the cemetery location, which was on low land, close to the lake, thinking it contaminated water supply and aided the spread of diseases such as cholera.  In 1859, the city stopped selling lots at the cemetery and reinterments began in the newly-opened Rosehill Cemetery. The last burials at City were in 1866.
  --  Find a Grave, Cemetery Descripiion, https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1406098/chicago-city-cemetery-(defunct)
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  William J Green
  Birth unknown
  Death unknown
  D 55 GA
  Burial Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
  Created by Doug the bug 1 Jun 2009
  --  Find A Grave Memorial 37803702, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37803702/william-j-green

Sources

• 1. 1860 Federal Census, Hall County, Georgia
  • 2 June, District 570, P O Gainesville, page 5, Hse #44, Fam #39
• 2. 1870 Federal Census, Hall County, Georgia
  • 13 June, Whelchel's District, PO Gainesville, page 37-38), Hse #309, Fam #267
• 3. Civil War Soldiers Roster
• 4. Find a Grave Memorial Registry