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www.childers-shepherd.org, 20 Mar 2011
James Green +  Mahala Frankum                                                  Elijah Childers + Lucinda Guilliams
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Jasper Marion Green            +               Sarah Emeline Childers
1849   -     1901                         1869                          1850       -        1917
Macon Co NC    Jackson Co NC                       Jackson Co NC                    Macon Co NC             Swain Co NC
                                                                              
                                                                        
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Sarah L. Green (James Marion Dowdle), 1870 - 1937
                                John R. Green (Lulu Pauline Morris), 1872 - 1934
                                James E. Green (Eva Shelton), 1874 - 1933
                               *Thomas H. Green (Tina [?]), 1877 - after 1929
                                Mary Caldonia "Dona" Green (Daniel Conner Gass), 1879 - 1954
                                Nancy Ellen Green (Bruce R. Hughes, D. Benjamin Franklin ), 1881 - 1917
                                Dovie L. Green  1885 - after 1899
                                Jacob A. Green 1889 - after 1909

Notes:
(1)  Thomas enlisted in US Army, Coast Artillery Regiment 43, 18 Jul 1901.

(2)  In 1910, Sarah E. Green was a widow and head of the household at Qualla, Jackson Co NC. With her
were her youngest son Jacob, age 20; her daughter Nancy Hughes, age 28 (also a widow), and Nancy's
daughters Lizzie, 7, and Lenora, age 2. Sarah's occupation was farmer ("own farm"), and Jacob's was farm
laborer ("home farm").

(3) At her death, on 4 July 1917, the informant for Sarah E. Childers Green's death certificate was her son
John R. Green. She was buried beside her husband at Union Hill Cemetery, Whittier, Swain Co NC.
Sources: US Census 1850, Macon Co NC;
        US Census 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, Jackson Co NC;
        NC Death Certificate, Sarah Emeline Green, 1917;
        US Census, 1930, Canton, Stark Co OH;
        Linda White Ward, 6 March 2011;
        Ancestry.com's OneWorldTree; Johnson family tree; Thouvenin family tree; McGovern family tree;
        NC Birth Index, Maud Morris Green, 1895;
        NC Death Certificate, John R. Green, 1934;
        NC Death Certificate, Dona Green Gass, 1954;
        US Army Register of Enlistments, 1798 -  1914.
        
Union Hill Cemetery, Whittier,
NC. Photos by John L. Mathis