middle name: Isabelle
nickname: Carrie
born: 20 Jul 1863, Whiteside Co., IL
died: 9 Mar 1962, Boulder, Boulder Co., CO
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 173, No 8, p 16, Sep. 3, 1962.
Caroline Isabelle Green, adopted daughter of Richard and Isabelle Clarke, was born in Whiteside County, Illinois., July 20, 1863, and died in Wheatridge, Colo., April 9, 1962.
At the age of four her foster mother died and she was reared by her foster sister, Mrs. H. C. Van Horn, then living at Welton, Iowa. During a brief residence of the family at Humboldt, Neb., Caroline was baptized in 1872 and joined the Seventh Day Baptist Church at that place.
She was married in 1881 to Lester Ellsworth Green. To this union six children were born, of whom Elsie (Mrs. G. H.) Thorngate of Denver, Colo., and Edward of North Loup survive. She is also survived by 18 grandchildren, 41 great-grandchildren, and 46 great-great-grandchildren. Most of her married life was spent in North Loup where she has held her church membership since 1904. She lived with her daughter from 1954 to 1960 when she went to a nursing home.
Farewell services were conducted at Wheatridge, Colo., by Pastor Kenneth Smith, and at North Loup by Pastor David Clarke. Burial was at Hillside Cemetery, North Loup.
D. S. C.
transcribed by Jon Saunders, contributor 47674050
middle name: Isabelle
nickname: Carrie
born: 20 Jul 1863, Whiteside Co., IL
died: 9 Mar 1962, Boulder, Boulder Co., CO
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 173, No 8, p 16, Sep. 3, 1962.
Caroline Isabelle Green, adopted daughter of Richard and Isabelle Clarke, was born in Whiteside County, Illinois., July 20, 1863, and died in Wheatridge, Colo., April 9, 1962.
At the age of four her foster mother died and she was reared by her foster sister, Mrs. H. C. Van Horn, then living at Welton, Iowa. During a brief residence of the family at Humboldt, Neb., Caroline was baptized in 1872 and joined the Seventh Day Baptist Church at that place.
She was married in 1881 to Lester Ellsworth Green. To this union six children were born, of whom Elsie (Mrs. G. H.) Thorngate of Denver, Colo., and Edward of North Loup survive. She is also survived by 18 grandchildren, 41 great-grandchildren, and 46 great-great-grandchildren. Most of her married life was spent in North Loup where she has held her church membership since 1904. She lived with her daughter from 1954 to 1960 when she went to a nursing home.
Farewell services were conducted at Wheatridge, Colo., by Pastor Kenneth Smith, and at North Loup by Pastor David Clarke. Burial was at Hillside Cemetery, North Loup.
D. S. C.
transcribed by Jon Saunders, contributor 47674050
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