Life History

Notes

• "Toliver Green b.1812 SC. Married Winnie Ann Bearden in Gilmer Co. GA. Had the following children all born in GA, Delitha b.1842, Daniel (David) b1844, Mary b.1846, Jacob b.1849, Jackson b.1850, Winna b.1852, Elizabeth b.1854 and Cynthia b.1857"
  --  Linda Hanks, RootsWeb Discussion Lists, 14 Aug 2004 (http://www.rootsweb.com/~txcooke/cookequery04.htm
  
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  Some lists and references spell the name of this person as Syntha.  There is a grave in the Thurmond-Fairview Cemetery in Fairview, Texas, for a Syntha A Green.  The photo is so dark the details of dates are unreadable.  Fairview is in Wise County, about 2 counties south and west of Cooke County, where Syntha/Cynthia was enumerated in her father's household.
  
  However, in the list of names from this cemetery, I find no entry for any Syntha, and the only Green is a Henry, stated to be the son of A G and M L Green http://www.wisecountytexas.info/cemeteries/thurmond-fairinfo_.htm.  This Green is of no known relation to Toliver Green's family.  This Synthia is a different person.  The gravestone and listing seems to indicate this Syntha, whose maiden name was apparently Green, married G C Reeves, who is not buried here.
  
  Thurmond-Fairview Cemetery List
  102  Reeves Syntha A.   Feb 23, 1848   Nov 16, 1896   Married to G.C.on Oct 11, 1866
  --  http://www.wisecountytexas.info/cemeteries/thurmond-fairinfo_.htm
  
  Note that the Synthia's birth date was in 1848.  Our Synthia Green was born in 1857, as recorded in the 1860 census for her family in Gainesville, Texas, below.  She would have been only about 9 years old when this Synthia married G C Reeves.
  
  Further, an online collection of all the grave headstones from Wise County cemeteries lacks such a gravestone (http://www.wisecountytexas.info/cemeteries/g.htm).  But I did find the name Synthia listed in the plot designations for Thurmond-Fairview Cemetery.  There are, in fact, two women named Syntha in that list.  The Syntha A is surnamed Reeves, but the base of the headstone is inscribed with the name Green.  I cannot find a Reeves in the lists that may be her husband, and in the plot list the next plot is for Henry Green.  It seems most likely that this was Syntha Reeves, who married Henry Green, who is not part of our Green family.
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  1860 Federal Census, Cooke County, Texas, 21 July, Gainesville, page 58, Hse #481, Fam #496
  Taiferro [Taliaferro or Toliver] Green  48 M Farmer [No real estate value] $250 Personal Estate  born SC
  Winna [Winney] Green  38 F Georgia
  Daniel Green  16 M born Georgia
  Mary Green  14 F born Georgia
  Jacob Green  12 M born Georgia
  Jackson Green  10 M born Georgia
  Winna Green  8 F born Georgia
  Elizabeth Green  6 F born Georgia
  Cyntha Green  3 F born Georgia
  
  Green researcher Cindy Pannell has discovered the  middle name Almeda for Cynthia.  She notes this in a comment on on Ancestry.com on Cynthia's entry in the 1860 census.  We have found no record to support this.  Cindy did not state the source for this middle name.
  
  "Cynthia Almeda Green rather than Cyritha Green."
  --  Cindy Pannell, Ancestry Comment, on 10 March 2016
  
  It appears that Cynthia married George Thomas White about 1877, probably in Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory.  The date and place of marriage are based on birth of first child and other location evidence for Green family members.  All records and family info we have is from southern Oklahoma or northern Texas near the Red River.
  
  In 1900, George has a second wife named Lizzie.  Genealogies report Lizzie as Elizabeth Mason.
  
  1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, 12 June, Township 3, District 124, page 7A, Hse #108, Fam #110
  White, George T Head W M Dec 1847  52 Married 14 (?) years KY KY KY Farmer Rents
  White, Lizzie Wife W M Apr 1863  37 Married 3 [13?] years 1 children/1 living MS MS MS
  White, Milton Son W M Oct 1887  12 Single  Ind Territory KY IL At School
  White, William A Son W M Aug 1878  21 Single  At School
  White, Elzie N Dau [Son ] W F [M] April 1881  18 Single Ind Territory KY IL
  White, Jonnie Son W M June 1884  15 Single Ind Territory KY IL At School
  
  Since the new wife Lizzie is reported to have had 1 child and 1 is still living, at first it seems likely that the youngest child here, Milton, is Lizzie's son.  His being listed first even though the youngest also supports this possibility.
  
  Since the census reports Milton born in Oct 1887, this would seem to mean that Cynthia died probably in 1886, after which George married Lizzie and Milton was born in late 1887.  However, note that Lizzie's record reports that she has been married only 3 years.  All the children reported in this census would be Cyntha's children.
  
  Should this report have said married 13 years?  Notice that it says George was married 14 years, and there is a 2 above that, indicating the second marriage?  But the number of years should be the same.  These people certainly were not obsessed with the precision drilled into us by our modernistic schools focusing on detail and precision analysis.
  
  On balance from this uncertain information in the census, it appears that Cynthia died after October 1887, when their son Milton was born  Her death could still have occurred as early as 13 years before the 1900 census, when her husband George and her children are all still in Chickasaw Nation, as are other Green family members and relatives.  Going by the record here for Lizzie, we will say that George and Lizzie married about 1897.
  
  It is reported that her daughter Elzie's death certificate says that Cynthia was born in Texas, but the first census for this family in 1860 reported 3-year-old Cynthia as born in Georgia, which I believe to be correct.  Family tradition and census records indicate all the children had been born before Toliver moved his family west.

Sources

• 1. RootsWeb Discussion Lists
• 2. 1860 Federal Census, Cooke County, Texas
  • 21 July, Texas, post office Gainesville, page 5B, Hse #401, Fam #496
• 3. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
  • 12 June, Township 3, District 124, page 7A, Hse #108, Fam #110
• 4. Ancestry Comments
• 5. Loretta Gregory Gay, Personal Communication
• 6. Ancestry Trees
  • My Discoveries, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/6077148/person/-1350060203?ssrc=&ftm=1
• 7. 1910 Federal Census, Johnston County, Oklahoma
  • 3 May, Garner Township, District 120, p 11A, Hse #195, Fam #196
• 8. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
• 9. 1930 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  • 3 April, Stephens Township, District 17, page 1A, 705 8th St, Hse/Fam #6
• 10. 1920 Federal Census, Marshall County, Oklahoma
  • 24 March, Odell, District 165, page 95A, Linn and Blessworth Rd, Hse/Fam #178
• 11. 1920 United States Federal Census
  • Year: 1920; Census Place: Odell, Marshall, Oklahoma; Roll: T625_1472; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 165; Image: 763
• 12. U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
• 13. U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
  • The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War II Draft Cards (4th Registration) for the State of Oklahoma; State Headquarters: Oklahoma
• 14. 1940 Federal Census, Johnston County, Oklahoma
  • 25 April, Ravia, District 35-20, Page 1A, Hse #10, Owns $400
• 15. 1910 Federal Census, Johnston County, Oklahoma
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  • Year: 1900; Census Place: Township 3, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory; Roll: 1847; Enumeration District: 0124; FHL microfilm: 1241847
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