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Notes

• The name Green has the variation of Greene.  At various times in this same Green lineage we find the name spelled by a family member or in public records as Greene, though the normal way is Green.
  
  "Uncle John Colbert Green always went by Greene.  That’s on his tombstone and death certificate.  He and Aunt Pearl are buried in the same cemetery as my mother, etc., but in a different plot.  His children also used Greene, but everyone else used Green.  Don’t know why he was different.  I may have told you that Uncle Fred is buried in our family plot at Cottage Grove Cemetery which is a few miles south of Plain Dealing, LA."
  --  Mari Jayne Burke, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 14 May 2008
  
  1880 Federal Census, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, 8 June, Ward 3, District 11, page 9 (scan 272A), Hse/Fam #65
  Green, Israel William  W M 76    Married Nechanic SC SC SC
  Green, Martha Cathrine  W F 34 Wife Married GA SC SC
  Green, John Tolbert [Colbert] W M 12 Son Cannot read or write LA SC SC
  
  1940 Federal Census, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, 5 April, Alden Bridge, District 8-16, Page 3B, Hse #66, Rents $
  Greene, John C Head M W 72 Married Grade 0 b louisiana Same house in 1935 Black Smith [b abt 1868]
  Greene, Pearl Wife F W 62 Married Grade 5 b louisiana Same house in 1935 [b abt 1878]
  Callaway, Levader Dau F W 40 Single Grade C1 b louisiana Same house in 1935 Seamstress, At Home [b abt 1900]
  
  Louisiana, Statewide Death Index, 1900-1949
  John C Greene
  Death 7 Jan 1948 Caddo Parish
  Age 80 Years, Estimated birth year 1868
  White or Mexican (White)
  Certificate #156
  Louisiana Statewide Death Indices 1945-1949
  
  John C Greene
  Birth Aug. 8, 1866
  Death Jan. 7, 1948
  Spouse Pearl V Greene (1876 - 1960)
  Burial Cottage Grove Cemetery, Benton, Bossier Parish, Louisiana
  [This cemetery is 6 miles north of Benton.  It is placed in Plain Dealing by Mari Jayne Burke of this Green family]
  Created by Ed & Sue Anderson Jul 19, 2010
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #55174006, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55174006
  
  Greens buried in Cottage Grove Cemetery:
  
  Isreal F Green    1869    1947
  Mrs. M C Green    June 26, 1844    May 22, 1914
  Aubrey B Greene    March 24, 1912    October 18, 1946
  Jewel Greene    n/a    n/a    bu/Laurice Greene
  John C Greene    August 8, 1866    January 7, 1948    h/Pearl Greene
  Levander Greene    October 4, 1899    January 22, 1971    bu/V R Greene
  Mae M Greene    May 6, 1913    n/a    w/W H Greene
  Pearl V Greene    September 9, 1876    November 19, 1960    w/J C Greene
  Vinton R Greene    December 30, 1896    January 15, 1947    bu/Levander Greene
  Wheless H Greene    February 20, 1905    October 1, 1974    h/M M Greene
  --  Cottage Grove Cemetery, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/bossier/cemeteries/cotgrove.txt
  
  In the list of burials, one name above is Levader.  This is the name under which John Colbert's daughter was reported in the 1940 census.  The name on her grave is the same.  However, this transcription list from Cottage Grove Cemetery has the name as Levander, which is usually a man's name.  Yet another variation appears on her Find a Grave memorial, where the memorialist has given her the name of Lavender.
  
  Lavender Greene
  Birth Oct 4, 1899
  Death Jan 22, 1971
  Parents:
  John C Greene (1866 - 1948)
  Pearl V Greene (1876 - 1960)
  Burial Cottage Grove Cemetery, Benton, Bossier Parish, Louisiana
  Created by Pat Sproat Apr 22, 2011
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #68779934, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=68779934

Sources

• 1. 1880 Federal Census, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana
  • 8 June, Ward 3, District 11, page 9 (scan 272A), Hse/Fam #65
• 2. 1940 Federal Census, Bossier Parish, Louisiana
  • 5 April, Alden Bridge, District 8-16, Page 3B, Hse #66, Rents $3
• 3. Louisiana, Statewide Death Index, 1819-1964
• 4. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 5. Email Sources