All
about Clarissa Katherine "Katy" (Green) (Gould) Butt.
Here's
an enlargement of the sideways article at the bottom of the
picture of the children of Bazil and Mahala. It's an obituary for Clarissa
Katherine (Green) (Gould) Butt. I call her Katy as did my father and his
mother. She was my gr
grandmother. This section discusses not only Katy but her family,
the Houston's, the Sinkey's, Brandon Township, Jackson County, Iowa and The Big
Woods.
Return
to picture of Morgan Butt and siblings where this article was included.
I know of three errors in this
obituary. First, "Mrs. Della Warner" should be Mrs. Della
Mariner/Marriner. Second, "Mrs. Delia Nowacheck" should be Mrs.
Adelia Nowachek, and third, "Mrs. Rebecca Horte" should be Mrs.
Rebecca Harter.
Here
is an exchange of letters between Mrs. Everett Nowachek (Wanda Lea NcNabb), Don C. Woods, Howard
Butts and Alan Nowachek, son of Mr. and Mrs Everett Nowachek.
I have been in contact with a descendant of Rebecca.
His name is Jon Spencer. He lives in Oregon. Here's how he descends.
Rebecca
Jane Green married William Harter. They had a daughter named Olive.
Olive Harter married a man named Sapp. Olive (Harter) Sapp and her husband
had a daughter named Jesse Sapp. Jesse Sapp married a Mr. Spencer and they
had a son named Phillip Spencer. This Phillip Spencer was the father of
Jon Spencer, the gentleman with whom I've been communicating.
Jon
has provided me with this
document. Note that whom ever filled out
this form or provided the information thought Isabella Houston was born in
Kentucky. Note also the spelling of her father's name; "Rawleigh".
I've seen his name spelled a variety of ways including "Roley".
Reading and writing, and in particular, spelling were skills not acquired by
many during this era.
Here's
a photo provided by Jon Spencer of Olive (Harter) Sapp, daughter of Rebecca Jane (Green) Harter, grand
daughter of Rolla Green and wife Isabella Jane Houston, and her family.
This photo was taken on the Sapp homestead near Alsea, Benton County, Oregon in
about 1916.
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This
is a picture of Clarissa Katherine "Katy" and her sister Lydia.
These were sisters of Rebecca and therefore Aunt's of Olive (Harter) Sapp. This is a scan of
a picture one of my father's Ripperton cousin's had made from a tin-type.
These girls along with their siblings were 1st cousin's 1 time removed of Mahala (Green)
Butt. Their common ancestors
are Regnal GREEN Sr. and who I will call henceforth, "Sarah
(?) - wife 2 of Rignal Sr.". Some record the last name of this Sarah
"Duncan". I will discuss this more later. Descendants of Lydia Stickley,
Nancy Beatty (various spellings) and Rena Stowers still live in Jackson County,
Iowa.
As
noted variously above, these
two girls were daughters of Rolla Green and wife Isabella Jane Houston
(Huston). Rolla and Isabella had a total of eight children, Lydia was the oldest, Katy
the fifth oldest. Rebecca Jane discussed above was the 7th of the eight. The parents of Isabella Jane Houston were Andrew Houston and
Elizabeth Green. Elizabeth Green was Mahala (Green)
Butt's aunt. Their common ancestors were Rignal Green Sr. and "Sarah
(?) - wife 2 of Rignal Sr.".
Recently
a cousin who descends from Nancy (Green) Batey, sister of the above two and
second oldest of the children of Rolla and Isabella, sent me
the following photo's. At one time there was a fine dance hall in
Monmouth, Iowa. These two plaques were on the wall near the cloak
room. These man were all the men from the surrounding area who served in
the military during WWII. Note my uncle Onie Butt and many of his
Ripperton/Nowachek cousins.
Also, many people who had attended the dances either wrote their
names on the wall or carved them in the plaster.
G.
A. Butt is my fathers brother (my uncle) George Addis Butt.
That
dance hall is being restored. I will take pictures of both the inside and
out and post them as well.
This
is looking North up Main Street in Monmouth, Iowa back then. The dance
hall was on the second story of the prominent building on the left.
__________________________
Before
I proceed further with Rignal Green Sr. and "Sarah (?) - wife 2 of Rignal
Sr.", I want to present
the following which I received from Mary Hicks.
1.
REGINAL (REGNAL) GREEN5 SR.
(WILLIAM4 GREEN I, ROBERT3
GREENE, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born
Abt. 1724, and died Abt. 1834 in Fairfield Co, Ohio.
He married (1) MARY MAXWELL/ MAUDE TOTTEN.
He married (2) SARAH DUNCAN Abt. 1755 in Berkeley Co, Virginia,
daughter of MATTHEW DUNCAN
SR. She
was born Abt. 1735, and died Aft. March 25, 1787 in Berkeley Co, Va--now
W. Va.. He married (3) SARAH
BUTT January 15, 1788 in Berkeley Co, Virginia, daughter of SAMUEL BUTT
and ELIZABETH. She was born
Abt. 1744 in Berkeley Co, Virginia, and died in Fairfield Co, Ohio.
Notes
for REGINAL (REGNAL) GREEN SR.:
September
2, 1755, there was a court martial recorded for Regnal Green where he was
fined 5 shillings, or 50 pounds of tobacco, for missing a muster of the
Frederick Co Foot Company of the Virginia Militia, during the French and
Indian War.
Indenture-Regnal Green and wife Sarah of Berkeley Co, Va, sold their share
of father's estate to Joseph McMurran Dec 11, 1800.
150 acres was part of a tract of 297 acres of property that had
originally been deeded to William Green in 1751 by Thomas Lord Fairfax and
surveyed by young George Washington.
Property was equally divided between brothers William and Regnal.
Regnal's wife, Sarah could not travel to court, witnesses had to be
sent to her. Transaction
completer June 22, 1801. McMurran
paid 762 lbs and 10 shillings in current Maryland money.
Cannot find a copy of Regnal's will.
There are some deeds signed by Regnal recorded in the Fairfield Co, Ohio,
Court House, Lancaster, Ohio. He
probably did not leave Virginia until after his mother's death, and
arrived in Ohio sometime between 1802-1804.
The earliest record of him in Fairfield Co, Ohio, is on a deed to
his son Thomas, dated May, 1805, selling Thomas 320 acres in Fairfield Co.
Historians say that on the day that Regnal turned 100 years old he rode
from his home in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania, on horseback, to his son
George's house in Johnstown, Ohio.
{It has been
pointed out to me that this is incorrect. He actually rode from Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio where he lived and is buried.}
As he entered the lane to George's home he struck his horse with a
hat and road on a gallop whooping and shouting all the way.
This ride could have occurred any time after 1806, when George
moved to Johnstown, until George's death in 1862.
I believe that some of the listed children of
Regnal and Sarah were born to a second wife whose name is unknown-possibly
Sarah Duncan.
Some researchers give his death date as July
10, 1819, Fairfield Co, Ohio--I have not proven this point.
BOOK: THE MEMORIAL RECORD OF LICKING COUNTY, by Benjamine Green Jr, son of
Regnal Green Jr and his wife Sarah Willison:
"The paternal grandfather of our subject, Regnal Green, was a
native of Virginia and a farmer by occupation.
He was several times married, having two sons by his first wife,
and six by his second, who was the grandmother of our subject.
He attained the great age of 110 years, and so remarkable was his
activity and strength at an advanced age, that on the day he was 100 years
old he rode a Horse on a gallop. The
maternal grandfather of our subject was also a native of Virginia,
probably a farmer by occupation, and lived to a ripe old age."
Notes for SARAH DUNCAN:
Her
last name is unproven. Some
researchers say it is Duncan, and others say that is not so.
I received the following letter in 2002 from Vivian Boerger, who
had this to say about Sarah's name being Duncan:
I read your data about Andrew Huston and Elizabeth Green's family, and
noted that you list Elizabeth as a daughter of Regnal Green and Sarah
Duncan. Sarah Duncan was not her mother.
Sarah Duncan was never married to Regnal Green.
I know that Bob Green in his book "The Green Tree" said
that Sarah Duncan MIGHT have been a wife of Regnal Green, but it has not
been proven. Sarah Duncan's
first husband was Charles Greer, and apparently Bob Green's researcher
misread Sarah's name in her brother's will as Sarah Green.
Just finding a person whose name was thought to be Green was pretty
flimsy evidence that she was a wife of Regnal Green, so I wasn't content
to put her into my records without doing some research about her myself.
I found that Sarah was married to Charles Greer first, and later to
William Bell. After William
Bell died she moved to Kentucky near her brother's family, and in her will
she left her possessions to her nieces and nephews, so apparently she
never had any children of her own.
Vivian Boerger
(this
has not been proven by me, Mary Hicks, in the year 2002)
I
have other information from Lorie Kerns that verifies that the maiden name of
"Sarah (?) - wife 2 of Rignal Sr." was not Duncan. That MARY MAXWELL/ MAUDE
TOTTEN was not the first wife of Rignal Sr. is also confirmed by Lorie's
information. I will present all that information later. Suffice it
to say at this point, I will refer to Rignal Green Sr.'s three known wives as
"? ? - wife 1 of Rignal Sr.", "Sarah (?) - wife 2 of Rignal
Sr." and "Sarah Butt - wife 3 of Rignal Sr.".
The
above document gives Rignal's birth date
as "Abt.
1724". This is also questionable. I will present information
from Lorie Kerns below that seems to be correct. In any event, I have the following
that says that in 1850, A Rignal Green was 65 which would make his
birth year 1785. This Rignal was the son of Rignal Sr. and "Sarah (?)
- wife 2 of Rignal Sr.". This Rignal was married to Sarah Willison. Sarah Willison was Diadema Willison's sister and therefore
Mahala Green's Aunt. If these dates are correct, Rignal Sr. would have been
61 years old when
Rignal Jr. listed here below was born.
I have chosen to present the information I have that seems credible
to me and hope the reader can sort through it and makes sense of it. I
cannot. I have at least as much conflicting information as I do that which
agrees.
Andrew Houston and Rolla Green are mystery men too,
albeit to different degree's. Neither of their graves have been
found. But then, neither has that of Isabella Jane (Houston) Green.
I
have been searching the Crabbtown area for these graves. Recently I came
across a posting that a Ken Wright made for the "Said Cemetery" just
north of Crabbtown. It was the first I knew of that Cemetery. I send
Ken Write the following message. His reply is at the top.
-----
Original Message -----
Sent:
Wednesday, December 05, 2007 10:58 PM
Subject:
Re: Locating graves
Dennis:
It is my understanding that there was a cemetery at Crabbtown that was
bulldozed by a farmer and no longer exists. You might find something at
the Genealogy library at the fairgrounds.
Ken
______________
Ken:
My
gr gr grandfather was Rolla Green. His wife was Isabella Jane
Houston. Her father was Andrew Houston.
It's almost certain that they were all in Jackson County when they died
but none of their graves have ever been found. Andrew
Houston came to Jackson County, near Crabbtown in 1848. His wife
Elizabeth Green died just before that and she's buried in Green Hill
Cemetery in Johnstown, Ohio. Rolla and Isabella inherited some of
Andrew's ground up by Crabbtown and in later years sold it to family
members.
Catherine Clarissa Green, a daughter of Rolla and Isabella was raised
there on that ground near Crabbtown. She later married Elijah
Gould. They had three kids and then divorced. Catherine then
married my gr grandfather Morgan Green Butt.
I
have volumes of information about my family. BUT, no one has ever
been able to find these three graves. I just visited the SAID
cemetery up by Crabbtown. I'd never heard of it until I saw your
posting on FindAGrave. You're doing very good and valuable work.
I for one appreciate it very much.
If
you ever run on to these three graves, I sure would appreciate knowing
about it.
Thanks,
D Butt
Like Bazil Butt, the parents of Andrew Houston are also unknown. Many have
reported that
he was born in Kentucky. Some say Ireland. Some current research though, seems to indicate that
it was Pennsylvania.
Here is part of a message I received in about
2000 from Mary Hicks, who by the way, is also a descendant of Andrew Houston and wife Elizabeth Green.
Andrew Huston born between 1775 and 1780, died
about 1850, last known place was a hotel in Iowa where he was staying, while
presumably visiting his son. He
is not found after that time, and no one knows what became of him. He appears mysteriously in Lancaster, Fairfield Co, Ohio,
January 30, 1803, when he married Elizabeth Green.
So, he appears mysteriously, and disappears the same way.
Elizabeth Green, wife of Andrew, is a different story.
She was born 1780, Berkeley Co., VA, now West Virginia.
She Died Feb 12, 1844, Monroe Twp, Licking Co, Ohio.
Her parents were Reginal (Regnal) Green and Sarah (thought to be
Sarah ["Sarah
(?) - wife 2 of Rignal Sr."]), of Virginia. The
Greens have been traced back to the day the first Green stepped on American
soil - Andrew is not with them, nor did he live anywhere near them, that
anyone can see. Children of Andrew and Elizabeth:
-
Thomas
-
Samuel
-
Mary
(Polly) born 1805, Licking Co, Ohio, died Oct 6, 1881, Johnstown,
Licking Co, Ohio. married John r. blamer, Aug 27, 1822, Licking Co,
Ohio.
-
Sarah
born 1803, Fairfield Co, Ohio, and died March 25, 1880, Licking Co,
Ohio. She first married John Butt, and then Peter Hartsock.
-
Ferby
born Dec 25, 1804, Fairfield Co, Ohio, and died July 28, 1873, Farmer's
Creek, Jackson Co, Iowa. She married John Streets July 11, 1822, Licking
Co, Ohio.
-
George
H. Huston born Oct 10, 1810, Licking Co, Ohio, died March 22, 1881,
Brandon Twp, Jackson Co, Iowa, of rheumatic fever. Married Leah Stickley
about 1835.
-
Nancy
born Nov 22, 1817, Licking Co, Ohio, died Nov20, 1890, Jackson co, Iowa.
Married Matthew Sinkey about 1839.
-
Elizabeth
born 1819 Licking Co, Ohio, died Jackson Co, Iowa, date unknown. Married
William Green June 5, 1838
-
Isabella/Isabelle
J. born 1821, licking Co, Ohio, died (probably) Jackson co, Iowa.
Married about 1840 in Licking Co, Ohio, Rolly (Rolla) Green
-
Andrew
born 1822, Licking Co, Ohio, died March 10, 1884, Jackson Co, Iowa. He
married Sarah Ann (Hartsock) Heath
-
Lovina
born 1835, Licking Co, Ohio, died Sept 10, 1870, Johnstown, Licking Co,
Ohio. She married Demas Lewis 1835.
-
John
-
Jonathan
Here's
a photo of the headstone of Ferby (Houston) Streets.
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There
is a headstone in the Streets Cemetery for a John Streets. However, the
dates do not match those of the John Streets who was Ferby's husband.
Here's
the information De
Vaughn has on her site.
Here's
an "editable text" scan of the first page of a document given to me by Deb (Sinkey) Zimmerman,
a distant cousin who
descends from the above mentioned, Mathew Sinkey and wife Nancy Houston. Note in particular here
the November 2, 1848 Jackson County, Iowa Land Warrant of Andrew Houston.
This made Andrew, my gr gr gr grandfather, the first of my family to come to
Iowa. To put this in perspective, Iowa became a separate territory in 1838
and a State on 12/28/1846. At that time the government started selling the
Iowa land for $1.25/acre. Copies of his Patents are below.
Descendants
of Andrew Huston
Generation
No.1
1.
ANDREW HUSTON was born 1776 in Kentucky, and died 1849 in Lancaster, Fairfield
Co, Ohio. He married ELIZABETH GREEN 13 Jan 1803 in Fairfield Co, Ohio,
daughter of REGNAL GREEN and SARAH DUNCAN [I'm
referring to her as "Sarah (?) - wife 2 of Rignal Sr."] . She was born Abt. 1780 in Berkeley,
W. Virginia, and died 12 Feb 1844 in Johnstown, Ohio.
More
About ANDREW HUSTON:
Property:
02 Nov 1848, Land Warrant Jackson County, Iowa
More
About ANDREW HUSTON and ELIZABETH GREEN: Marriage:
13 Jan 1803, Fairfield Co, Ohio
Children
of ANDREW HUSTON and ELIZABETH GREEN are:
i.
ELIZABETH HUSTON, b. 1819; d. 1834; m. WILLIAM GREEN, 05 Jun 1828, Licking
County, Ohio; b. 1808, Ohio; d. 17 Sep 1871, Jackson Co., Iowa.
More
About WILLIAM GREEN and ELIZABETH HUSTON: Marriage: 05 Jun
1828, Licking County, Ohio.
ii.
SARAH HUSTON, b. Abt. 1803, Ohio; d. 25 Mar 1880, Licking County, Ohio; m.
(1) JOHN BUTT; m. (2) PETER HARTSOCK, 06 Dec 1846, Delaware County,
Ohio.
More
About PETER HARTSOCK and SARAH HUSTON: Marriage: 06 Dec 1846,
Delaware County, Ohio
iii.
FIRBE HUSTON, b. 25 Dec 1803, Ohio; d. 25 Ju11873; m. JOHN STREETS, 11
Jul1822, Licking County, Ohio.
More
About JOHN STREETS and FIRBE HUSTON: Marriage: 11 Jul 1822, Licking
County, Ohio
iv.
MARY "POLLY" HUSTON, b. Abt. 1805, Licking County, Ohio; d. 06
Oct 1881; m. JOHN BLAMER, 29 Oct 1822, Licking County, Ohio.
More
About JOHN BLAMER and MARY HUSTON: Marriage: 29 Oct 1822, Licking
County, Ohio
v.
GEORGE HUSTON, b. 10 Oct 1810, Licking County, Ohio; d. 22 Mar
1881, Jackson County, Iowa.
vi.
JOHN ANDREW HUSTON, b. Abt. 1812, Island Creek Twp., Jefferson Co, Ohio;
m. JANE T. FLEMING.
vii.
ISABELLA HUSTON, b. Abt. 1817, Ohio; m. ROLLA GREEN
viii.
NANCY HUSTON, b. 22 Nov 1817, Licking County, Ohio; d. 21 Nov 1893,
Jackson County, Iowa.
ix.
ANDREW HUSTON, b. Abt. 1818; m. SARAH ANN HEATH.
I
have some comments from noted researcher B J Denahey about the Andrew Houston
family to insert here. I will get that done as soon as I get the final
approval from her. B J's the one who
corrected the record for R. M. Green and others regarding the parents of Rolla
Green.
B J's
comments go here.
Here
are two land patents of Andrew Huston Sr. The first of 160 acres on
February 11, 1847, the other for 40 acres on March 3, 1850. He had another
for 160 acres which I cannot find as I did these on the web site of the Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office Records.
All three are outlined on the Brandon Township map below.
Here's
a message from B J Denahey that mentions these properties.
The following is what I copied from the Abstract of Original Entries book at the Jackson County Court House. I can't account for the difference in dates.
p. 80
Part of Section: W ½ of NW & W ½ of SW
Section: 14 Township: 85 Range: 1E 160 acres
Name of Purchaser: Andrew Huston Sr.
Date of Sale or Location: Nov'r 2, 1848
Land Warrant #8767
p. 83
Part of Section: W ½ of SE & E ½ of SW
Section: 24 Township: 85 Range: 1E 160 acres
Name of Purchaser: Andrew Huston Sr.
Date of Sale or Location: April 17, 1849
Land Warrant #33912
p. 83
Part of Section: SE ¼ of SE
Section: 24 Township: 85 Range: 1E 40 acres
Name of Purchaser: Andrew Huston Sr.
Date of Sale or Location: April 17, 1849
Cash - Cert. of Purchase #10224 Rate per Acre: $1.25
Here's
a map with these properties outlined in Red. Note the property of M. G. Butt
in the lower left-hand corner of this map. That's where Morgan raised his
family and where my father and his six brothers were born and raised. Somewhere in the large area
outlined in red, probably nearest Crabbtown is where Clarissa Catherine Green grew up.
Ferby
Houston and John Streets had a daughter named Mary who married Ezra
Edwards. Ezra and Mary Edwards had a son named Sanford Richard Edwards who
married Ida Alice Batey. Ida Alice Batey was the daughter of Amby Mann
Batey and wife Nancy Green, the latter of whom was the daughter of my gr gr
grandparents Rolla Green and wife Isabella Houston.
Here's
the head stone of Ezra Edwards, son-in-law of Ferby Houston and husband John
Streets.
Ezra
was a member of Company F of the 31st Iowa Infantry.
I
think, since the time of Deb's writing, she may have changed her mind about the birth place of Andrew Houston. I think
she's one who may believe it was Pennsylvania. Note that Mary Hicks lists
13 kids for Andrew and Elizabeth, De Vaughn has 12 and Deb lists 9. I've never been able to
reconcile these differences, nor those with respect to dates and places.
Work continues to learn more about this family.
Here's
some history of Jackson County, Iowa that describes the area where Andrew
Houston acquired property in 1848. Geo. Houston, Thos. Houston and Andy
Houston, the former two probably sons of the latter, are mentioned in the second
paragraph on page 690 below as are many others from Licking County, Ohio.
688
HISTORY OF
JACKSON COUNTY -- Volume I
OZARK
FIFTY YEARS AGO.
(By
Levi Wagoner.)
As early as 1847 there was a settlement begun around what is now
the village of Ozark. At this point was found an excellent water power
on the North Fork of the Ozark or Maquoketa River. This site was first
improved by one Joseph E. Hildreth in about 1848. Mr. Hildreth built a
dam of brush and logs to dam the water sufficient to run a sawmall. It
was in 1850 that the writer first visited the place. The town consisted
of five slab shanties. They were built of slabs set on end in a trench
dug in the ground, instead of being set on a stone foundation. The walls
were double, the slabs were placed face to face and solidly nailed
together, which left the walls as rough on the inside as they were on
the outside, but it made a strong and warm house. These shanties were
one story high with shed roof which was also made of slabs. Thus
equipped, Mr. Hildreth with a crew of half a dozen stalwarts began his
career as pioneer of this part of Jackson county.
It was soon after this that emigration began to pour into Iowa,
and lumber was in large demand, and Mr. Hildreth was unable to supply
the demand with his present force of help, and he found it necessary to
build more slab houses and double his force of men around the mill that
he might run at night as well as day time. It was in 1850 that the
writer first visited the place and found everything in running order as
above described.
Mr. Hildreth was a man of great energy and business ability, and
withal one of the kind that did not leave his religion on the east side
of the Mississippi River, but in his little village early established a
preaching point to be supplied by the itinerant missionaries as they
made their rounds. His moral and Christian zeal was quite as great as
his business energy, and altogether he made this first settlement a
model community. And as the surrounding country was being settled by
sturdy farmers whose first aim was to raise as much wheat as they could,
for wheat in those days was king, Mr. Hildreth soon learned that a
flouring mill was the next great necessity. This he proceeded to build
in 1853, five years after he built his first slab shanties, but this was
not a slab affair; it was a first class structure two stories high with
a capacity of sixty barrels of flour per twenty-four hours, for it, as
the saw mill, ran day and night, and still was not sufficient to keep up
with the constant increasing business for the reason that there was
not then a flouring mill north or east, short of the Mississippi River,
twenty-five miles distant.
In addition to the mills Mr. Hildreth found it necessary to
establish a general store. This enterprise he began on a small scale
which he increased as the business increased, until the stock in the
store amounted to fifteen thousand dollars, and he employed four
clerks.
The first settlers throughout the country almost invariably kept
sheep enough for the wants of the family for clothing, which was spun
and woven in nearly every house, which was the case in all parts of our
country before we had woolen factories, as at the present day. Mr.
Hildreth being a man that was always up to date, now began to see the
necessity of a woolen factory in connection with his other business, and
this industry he brought into activity about 1858.
It was now full ten years since Mr. Hildreth had begun his career
at Ozark, and it looked now like being fully developed as a village of
over one hundred population. There were no other inducements to build up
a town at this point outside of the mills that were already there. Among
the employes at the flouring mills were Mr. A. Boyd, Mr. Harry Spray and
A. Heister. The woolen mills were run under the supervision of John
Reynor & Sons. All these mills were run to their full capacity and
the little village was one of the busy places of Iowa, notwithstanding
its tender age.
________________________________________
HISTORY OF JACKSON COUNTY
-- Volume I
689
It was at this time
that the village received its death blow. Mr. Hildreth, together with
Mr. Heister, his miller, were making repairs in a breech of the dam, and
Mr. Hildreth with a heavy crowbar, was trying to dislodge a large
boulder on the bluff to be used in mending the breech. The rock in
rolling down struck the crowbar in Hildreth's hands and the bar in turn
struck his head and scattered his brains over several yards of ground.
This catastrophe acted as a pall over the village and also affected the
settlement of the country around. The property was now placed in the
hands of administrators, and when finally settled was sold to parties in
Dubuque, under whose management the decline was steady from start to
finish. Now there is scarcely a vestige of its former importance
remaining. Among other industries of the town the cooper business also
deserves mention. In those days flour was all packed in wooden barrels;
of these the mill used daily from forty to sixty, and of pork barrels
that were manufactured here, Dubuque and Galena furnished the market.
The number of coopers that found steady employment at this point often
exceeded twenty, that is including those who manufactured shingles which
were made from the fine native oak that could be found for a number of
miles around are village. In this forest the native hoop pole was also
found in great abundance.
Among the first settlers of Ozark and its vicinity may be named,
James Ryan, John Hayden, Tom Mulford, the Howard brothers, Tom Boyd,
Geo. Turner, Snyder Horton, E. Harding, Sam Bickford, A. Hildreth, A.
Heister, E. Ralston, ].
Ralston, Chas. Basely and others.
Of other settlers who came to the vicinity when Jackson county
had its greatest boom in 1850, the following may be named: Geo. Duel,
John Sinkey, Jack McCullough, John M. McCullough, Sr., Van Shirley, Geo.
McCullough, Joe Pennell, Millen Ralston, Rube Jacobs and others; for the
most part these early settlers have lived in this vicinity continuously
since that time, but by far the greater number are now dead and their
places occupied by the generation that followed.
Having now given a brief description of the early settlement of
Ozark and its vicinity, we will follow the river down stream in quest of
another early settlement that was made near the beginning of 1845, and
is at the present time best known as Crabbtown, which I will describe in
the following article.
CRABBTOWN FIFTY YEARS AGO.
Leaving Ozark, we will
now go southeast and follow the river, for in the early settlement of
Jackson county as in other places, the first aim of the settlers was to
get as near as possible to the water courses; not that the land was
better or even as good as on the adjacent ridges, but was almost
invariably rough, but the water privileges seemed to outweigh the
advantages of the uplands. There was a prevalent idea among the first
settlers that the man who owned a good strip of the river had a bonanza,
and a mill site, that only needed development to make him rich. So
prevalent was this idea that the river land and that which lay along the
creeks was the first to be occupied, and in due time the best of the
water powers along the Maquoketa Rivers were improved. Sawmills usually
preceded flouring mills, and it was about the year 1845 that a Rev. Dr.
Blackburn from Licking county, Ohio, built a sawmill three miles below
Ozark on the north Maquoketa River.
This gentleman was no exception to the general rule, but like
others who improved the water power along this stream, was a man of
energy and grit, and well calculated for a pioneer leader. A doctor who
stood at the head of his profession, and as a teacher his ability was
second to none of the pioneer ministers in those early days, and withal
a No. I mechanic, and was also in every way affable and easy of
approach. On one occasion the writer took the liberty to question him as
to his adaptability to the different professions he had acquired. To
this he re-
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HISTORY OF JACKSON COUNTY
-- Volume I
plied, a man must be a natural mechanic
to be a successful doctor or a successful preacher, and if he lacks
mechanism he should seek some other profession.
Almost simultaneous with the building of this first sawmill, the
adjacent country began to be settled. It was about 1848 when a large
portion of the land was settled by emigrants from Licking county,
Ohio. Among these may be named Shepherd Caven, Ezariah Clark, Geo.
Houston, Thos. Houston, Andy Houston,
I. W. McCullough. Tom Oliver, Tom Saunders, Nathan Said and sons, James
and Rev. J. W. Said. But by far
the most numerous among these first settlers were the Edwards and
Streets families. With these the writer had not sufficient acquaintance
to correctly call them by their given names, but their offspring are
quite numerous and still outnumber in name all others in this community.
And now after a lapse of eight years after the first sawmill was
built by Mr. Blackburn it became apparent that a flouring mill was
needed at this point, which the proprietor was not slow in building. The
new mill was a fine building with a capacity of about twenty-five
barrels per day. But this
mill did not do the business that was expected by the proprietor,
for the reason that the territory was somewhat circumscribed by other
mills above and on the same stream, and for this reason the custom work
of the neighborhood was all the patronage that centered at this place.
It was about fourteen years after the first sawmill was built
that Dr. Blackburn began to be infirm and old. He sold or traded the
mill property to Isaiah and Washington Crabb. They were brothers and
practical millers as well as practical mechanics, and were men of energy
and push in all
their under-takings, and withal were men of unblemished character,
strictly honest in business and thoroughly Christian in sentiment. These
two brothers conducted the business for a number of years to which they
added a fairly good country store. Finally the senior partner died and
the property became an estate, and is now operated by the grandsons of
Isaiah Crabb, deceased. The boys seem to have inherited all the
characteristics of their forefathers and bid fair to perpetuate the
good name of their progenitors.
In the fifteen years that elapsed from the first settlement of
Rev. Dr. Blackburn, the county was fairly settled. The war of the
Rebellion soon followed and patriotism among the boys around Crabbtown
ran extremely high as it also did all over the western part of Jackson
county. Nearly all the boys who were of proper age and muscle around
Crabbtown enlisted at the first call of the government. Although
Brandon township had at that time a population of less than nine
hundred, all told, out of this population seventy-seven men, the cream
of the township, went into the service of Uncle Sam during the four
years of that war, or nearly nine per cent of the entire population.
Of these in the immediate vicinity of Crabbtown were, T.
J. Houston, Amby Harden, Richard Clark, Alfred Baty, Eli Heath,
Daniel Heath, Chas. Said, J. W. Said, James Said, Christopher Barger and
brother, Zackariah Said, Tom Edwards, Tom Post, Abe Post, Chas.
McCullough, Jacob Lusere, Geo. Johnson, James Johnson (nineteen, all
toId of the Crabbtown school district). Of the other fifty-seven of
Brandon's soldiers no less credit is due. If patriotism can be measured
by the large proportion of the brave men who responded to the
government's call, then this part of Jackson county stands in the front
row with any other district of like population in the state. By far the
largest number of the Brandon boys were in the Twenty-sixth Iowa
Regiment, and among all these there were killed or wounded from which
they died, John Sinkey, Jr., Leonades Miller, Harvey Swift, Chas. Said.
Of those who died of disease while in the service were the following:
John Cooley, Ambrose Robins, James Johnson, Charles Johnson, Tom Mulford,
Admant Cooley, Sam Alberry, and a Mr. Boyd, eight men in all.
It will be readily seen how the industrial interests would be
affected by so heavy a drain on the breadwinners of the overpatriotic
districts. The young men who composed the bone and muscle which makes
business win, were now in the sunny south, and the farmers were hard put
to secure necessary help to run their
Some
of the Iowa descendants of Andrew and Elizabeth Houston are buried in Hickory
Grove Cemetery here in Brandon Township which is ~3.5 miles, as the crow flies,
straight North of where I currently live. I've included a link to Hickory Grove at
the end of this document. I have uploaded to that site, many pictures of
the stones in that cemetery. I will include here the picture below because of
it's similarity to the Bazil Butt stone now in Green Hill. Note the word
"Mother" chiseled in the stone.
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This
stone marks the grave of Nancy (Houston) Sinkey, born 11/22/1817 in Licking
County, Ohio. As mentioned, she was the wife of Mathew Sinkey b, 9/25/1808 in Huntingdon, PA.
This Mathew Sinkey was an Uncle of Mary Isabelle Sinkey, the first wife of
Morgan Green Butt.
This
picture is of Andrew Jackson Sinkey, son of Matthew Sinkey and Nancy Huston.
Andrew Jackson Sinkey and Mary Isabella Sinkey, the first wife of Morgan Green
Butt were 1st cousins.
The
following pictures are of Mary Lovina (Potter) Ralston and husband James
Alexander Ralston. Mary was the daughter of Elizabeth (Sinkey) Potter and
William Potter III. Elizabeth was the daughter of Nancy (Houston) Sinkey
and Mathew Sinkey.
James
Alexander Ralston was the son of Nancy Agnes (McLane) Ralston and John Ralston
Jr.
This
is the headstone in Hickory Grove Cemetery in Jackson County, Iowa of Nancy
Agnes McLane Ralston.
Turning
now to Rolla Green; his parents were George Green and Martha "Patsy" (Butt) Green.
The parents of this George Green were William Green Jr. and wife Ann (aka Mary Ann) Butt, the
couple who founded the current Greensburg, WV. This information was included in the
above mentioned corrections to R M Green's book.
At
the time R M Green published, he was nervous about the long gap between
the birth dates of Rolla and who R M Green thought at the time was Rolla's next
elder sibling, Nancy (see page 81, "A Branch from The Green
Tree"). Researcher B J Denahey
found the following and provided same to R M Green which resulted in the
correction made by R M Green.
Jackson
Sentinel, Maquoketa, Iowa, Thursday, March 4, 1897
Died.
Another Old
Citizen Passes Away.
(From
the Newark (0.) Journal)
Hon. George Green died Monday, Feb. 1st, 1897, at his
residence in Johnstown, Licking County, Ohio. He has been a constant sufferer
and an invalid for three years, caused by a runaway team in 1894. Deceased was
born in Ohio in 1810---aged 87 years and 6 months. He was married to Lizzie A.
Green in 1885. In 1840 he with many others went to seek his fortune in the
gold regions in California, but the trip proved to be a failure, and after a
few years abroad he returned to his home in Ohio. His wife died about 1870. In
1876 he married Julia A. Johnson, who with three step-daughters, Mrs. Kim Tigh
of Thompson, III.; Mrs. John Willison, of Cedar Grove, Jackson county, Miss
Helen, who remains at home with her mother, survive and mourn his loss.
Deceased was an uncle of Hon. Jerry Green, the democratic speaker of
Maquoketa, Iowa; also an uncle of Mrs. John Doty, Mrs. Alonzo Templeton, of
Emeline; Mrs. George Stickley and Mrs. Morgan Bott [this should be Butt], of
Monmouth. He is a brother of Wm. Green, of near Iron Hills, Iowa. He was a
loving husband, a kind father, a good neighbor
and a generous giver. He was strictly honest in all his dealings. No man ever
heard him swear or knew of him telling a lie. He was honored and respected by
all who knew him and his death, though long expected, has cast a gloom of
sadness over the entire community seldom felt. His funeral services were held
at the schoolhouse and his remains were laid to rest in the Johnstown cemetery
by the side of his first wife and daughter, and was followed by a large
concourse of sympathizing friends, neighbors and relatives, where he will
await the first resurrection morn.
B J provided
the following additional information about this article.
"George
Green married Siggy Ann in 1845 not 1885; she died in 1875. George and
Siggy Ann had a daughter Angeline who died in 1882.
Relatives
mentioned in the obituary:
Jerry
Green was a son of James Green.
Mrs.
John Doty was Mary Green daughter of Rolla Green.
Mrs.
Alonzo Templeton was Emma Green daughter of Elijah and Diana (Green) Green.
(Elijah was son of Allen Green)
Mrs.
George Stickley was Lydia Green daughter of Rolla Green.
.
Mrs.
Morgan Butt was Clarissa Catherine Green daughter of Rolla Green. William
Green of Iron Hill. This William Green married Philena Gould and died on 9 Dec
1897.
What
we [B J and R M Green] finally came up with was that the parents of Rolla
Green (b. 1815) were George Green and Martha "Patsy" Butt and that
Rolla's known siblings were James Green (b. c. 1819; d. 1893), William Green
(b. c. 1819-1823; d. 1897), Diana Green (b. 1820; d. 1873) and George (b.
1810; d. 1897). In the 1856 census there was a George Green aged 78, born in
Virginia in the household of James Green. In the 1860 census there was a
George Green, aged 86, born in Virginia in household of Elijah and Diana
Green. This George Green is assumed to be James and Diana's father.
I
am not sure if there is any additional evidence to support that George Green
and Martha Butt were Rolla's (and James, William, Diana and George's) parents."
I
have the following as well:
1860
Brandon twp, Jackson co, [roll 326, pg 137] has the h/h of Rolla Green 45 Va.
Isabel 43, Oh. Children all born Oh. are Nancy 17, Andrew 15, Eveline
12, Catherine 10, and Mary E. 8. Born Ia. are Rebecca E. 5 & Serepta
V.
Andrew
is aka Hardin.
The
newspaper article is convincing as are B J's comments. Rolla Green,
according to the above is a 2nd cousin to Bazil's
wife Mahala. George Green, Rolla's father was a 1st cousin 1 time removed,
and Rolla's mother, Martha "Patsy"
(Butt) Green was Mahala's 2nd cousin as well.
Below
are two maps I've marked up that describe that part of Jackson County, Iowa
where Andrew
Houston bought the land in 1847 and 1848, where Rolla Green and wife Isabella Jane
Houston lived, where three of their children were born, and where Morgan Green
Butt and his family lived. The first of these is one I made up of two
separate maps, one of Jones County, Iowa and the other of Jackson County.
You will note that the two were different colors and do not join exactly right in the middle.
Note
the heavily wooded area in Brandon Township. This was part of what was
referred to as "The Big Woods".
Few people risked going into The Big Woods after many who did never
returned. This area was infamous for being an "outlaw haven".
Among the visitors to The Big Woods, was Jesse James.
Note
Crabbtown in the upper right hand corner. As mentioned in her obituary,
this is where Clarissa Katherine (Green) (Gould) Butt grew up. It is also
where Rebecca and Serepta V. "Rena" were born. Crabbtown
no longer exists. At one time there were, among other structures in
Crabbtown, a saw mill and kiln. The house I live in is a school house that
was built in 1882. The lumber came from the Crabbtown mill.
I
have driven all around this area thinking I might be able to locate a grave yard
where Andrew, Isabella and Rolla might be found. Many others have do so as
well. None of these graves have ever been found. I've talked with the few people who live in the area. They
know nothing of a grave yard. This area is so rough yet today that the roads are impassable
with snow on the ground and passable only in good weather with a four wheel
drive vehicle. At one point, the road goes straight up the side of a 50
foot bluff! It could well be that there is a grave yard in that
area. If there is, it would take a major effort to find it and the graves
would have had to have been dug with dynamite as the area is practically all
rock.
Here's
some substantial information that establishes an historical perspective.
ROLLA
GREEN ISABELL JANE HUSTON
Rolla
Green was born about 1815 in Virginia. Rolla is believed to be the son
of George and Martha “Patsy” (Butt) Green. He married Isabell
Jane, who is believed to be a daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth (Green)
Huston. Isabell was born about 1821 in Ohio. It appears Isabell may
have died between 1870 and 1873 as she is recorded in the 1870 census
but is not a party to a warranty deed executed by Rolla on 20
September 1873. No record has been found of Rolla after this date.
Proof
of Rolla’s parentage is based on research by Robert Green and the
obituary of a George Green which lists daughters of Rolla as nieces of
George.
Proof
of Isabell’s parentage is sketchy. There was a possibility that her
maiden name was Hardin because of a son of that name listed in the
1850 and 1860 censuses. No connection has been found with the Jackson
Co. Hardin family. The marriage record of her daughter Sarepta in 1885
gives her name as Isabella Hustion. Additional evidence that Isabell
was the daughter of Andrew Huston is in Deed Book M, Jackson Co.,
Iowa, page 474. The land sold, the north half of the west half of the
northwest quarter of Section 14 in Brandon Township, was originally
purchased by Andrew Huston in 1848.
Children:
Lydia
Margaret Green, married George A. Stickley
Nancy
L. Green, married Amby Mann Baty
Hardin
Green
Eveline
“Emma” Green, married Richard S. Doty
Catherine
Green, married 1st Elijah Gould; married 2nd Morgan Green Butt
Mary
E. Green, married 1st John H. Doty; married 2nd Frank L. Rhoades
Rebecca
E. Green, married William Harter
Serepta
Victoria Green, married Riley James Stowers
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PUBLIC
RECORDS
Jackson
Co., Iowa Deeds Book M, p. 474
Green
Rolly Know all men by these presents, That we Rolly Green and Isabel
J. Green his wife
To
Deed of Jackson County, State of Iowa, In consideration of the sum of
one hundred &
Hill
M. J. Eighty Dollars in hand paid by M. J. Hill of Marion County State
of Iowa, do hereby sell and convey unto the said M. J. Hill, the
following described premises, to wit The North 1/2 of the W 1/2 of the
North West 1/4 of Sec. fourteen (14) Township Eighty five (85) Range
One (1) East of the 5th principal Meridian containing twenty acres
more or less. And we do hereby covenant with the said M. J. Hill that
we are lawfully seized of said premises, that they are free from
incumbrances, that we have good right and lawful authority to sell and
convey the same; and we do hereby covenant to Warrant and defend the
said premises against the lawful claims of all persons whomsoever; And
the said Isabel J. Green hereby relinquishes her right of dower to the
premises herein before conveyed. Signed the first day of June A. D.
Eighteen hundred and fifty seven.
In
presence
B.
Tracy, Rolly Green, Isabel Tracy , Isabel
Green, her Mark
State
of Iowa On this first day of June A. D. 1857 before me the undersigned
a Justice of the peace
Jackson
County in and for said County personally came Rolly Green & Isabel
J. Green his wife to me known to be the identical persons whose names
are affixed to the above deed as grantor and acknowledge the same to
be their voluntary act and deed. Witness my hand and Seal this first
the day and year the last above written
Bazzel
Tracy Justice of the peace
Jackson
Co., Iowa Deed Record Book 36, p. 255
Warranty
Deed
Rolly
Green to Amby Baty Filed for record the 30 day of July A. D. 1874, at
1 o’clock PM.
J.
R. Griffin Recorder.
Know
all Men by these Presents, That I Rolly Green of the County of Jackson
and State of Iowa in consideration of the sum of four Hundred Dollars,
in hand paid by Amby Baty of Jackson County, and State of Iowa do
hereby sell and convey unto the said Amby Baty and his heirs and
assigns the following described premises, situate in Jackson County,
Iowa: To wit: The West half of the South West of the North West of
Section (14) fourteen Township (85) Eighty five North of Range (1) one
East of the (5) fifth PM Containing (20) Twenty acres. And the South
West of the South West of Section (14) fourteen Township (85) Eighty
five North of Range (1) one East of the (5) fith PM containing (30)
thirty acres more or less To Have and To Hold the premises above
described, with all the appurtenances, unto the said Amby Baty and His
heirs and assigns forever. And I do hereby covenant with the said Amby
Baty that I am lawful seized of said premises; that they are free from
incubmrance; that I have good right and lawful authority to sell and
convey the same; and I do hereby covenant to Warrant and Defend the
title to said real estate and appurtenances thereto belonging against
the lawful claims of all persons whomsoever.
Signed
the 20th day of Sept. A. D. 1873
Rolly
Green
State
of Iowa, Jackson County, ss:
on
this 25th day of Sept A. D. 1873, before me the undersigned, a Justice
of the Peace in and for said County, personally came Rolly Green to me
personally known to be the identical person whose name is affixed to
the above deed as grantor, and acknowledged the same to be his
voluntary act and deed.d
Witness
my hand and Seal the date last above written.
Samuel
Clark
Justice
of the Peace
Amby Mann Baty
(various spellings) mentioned above was the son-in-law of Rolla and
Isabella Green. Amby Mann Baty's wife was Nancy Green. Many
descendants of this family remain in Jackson County, Iowa and the surrounding
area.
Here's
an 1850 Monroe Township, Licking County, Ohio census that includes Rolla and
family. They are at the bottom of page 1 and top of page 2.
Here's
an 1860 Brandon Township, Jackson County, Iowa census that includes the Rolla
Green family, Amby Baty and others.
And
here's an 1870 Brandon Township, Jackson County, Iowa census that includes Rolla
Green at the very bottom.
More
about this family.
The
next map is a satellite view of the area. I've added to it an array of
known landmarks. I have labeled my current residence "Château de Derrière - D
Butt's place". Château de Derrière
is French for
"The Butt country home" - everything sounds better when you're
saying it in French. It's just to the left of the blue line that marks
the approximate location of Pine Run an Horse Thieves Cave.
Jackson County, Iowa now owns ~ 950
acres known as the Pine Valley and Buzzard Ridge Nature Areas that practically
surrounds my place. All this was part of The Big Woods. In these nature
area's massive rock outcroppings and 60+ foot bluffs are common. I doubt
that in the ~1,000 acres or so that includes my property, there is one square
inch that is flat. It is not uncommon for hunters to get lost in and have to call for help to get
out of The Big Woods yet today.
As
mentioned, at one time, certainly in 1847/48 when Andrew Houston bought land here,
this area was heavily populated with Black Bears.
Note
the Big Bear Creek in the lower part of this map. Rattlesnakes were common in this
area as well. The snakes were mostly removed in large part by people building pens around the
dens and putting pigs in the pens. The pigs eat the snakes. But now
the Rattlesnakes are protected, and even though the County has stocked the area
with wild turkeys that also raid the snake dens, the Rattlesnakes are returning. One
should be very careful yet today in The Big Woods.
Indeed, I doubt that it would be
possible to exaggerate the fearsome nature of this place when Andrew Houston
arrived. He had to be just one hell of a man. But those women who
came here and grew up here were even more remarkable in my view.
The
straight vertical white line I have drawn here to mark the Jackson/Jones County
line might not be correct. My brother and I drove all thru this area
recently attempting to verify all the information on this map. We found
the old Midland Line RR right of way and found where it crosses the
Jackson/Jones county line. From that, I am certain that the lower part of
this line should be further West. We took some pictures of road signs and
addresses that will allow me to verify whether or not this is the case.
The Jackson/Jones County line might not be exactly straight as I have it now on
this map. I have more old land marks to put on this map as well, if I can
fit them in. Perhaps I need yet another map.
One Saturday night when Morgan Green Butt was in town in Monmouth, Iowa some of
the residence there were sitting on a bench along main street talking. One
told the gathered crowd that he fished often in the Maquoketa River and that the
fish in that river where huge!!! He said the way he fished was he'd go to
Millertown and when a big fish came by, he'd drop one of his sons off on the
back of the fish, and then he himself would hurry on down to Royertown. He
said the fish were so big in that river that the son, while
riding the fish from Millertown to Royertown could cut ten or twelve pounds of
fillet's off the side the fish. All he had to do when the boy and fish
came by Royertown, he said, was snatch the boy and his take off the back of the
fish and they'd have enough fish to feed his family for a week.
Morg
listened to the story and when the guy was finished Morg said: "Hell
that ain't nuthin". Last Saturday I came to town and bought a sow and
eight piglets, enough feed for them for a week, enough cedar posts and rails to
build a 30 foot by 30 foot pen for them and enough lumber to build them a 10
foot by 10 foot shed. I put every thing I bought on my back" Morg
said, "and carried it all home afoot. The load was so heavy", he
said, "when I walked up that hill North outa Monmouth, I sunk in that hard
clay clear up to my ankles".
Here
are a couple of Iowa maps that illustrate the nature of the area into which my
Iowa ancestors settled. Directly below the first, I have provided a
historical perspective as well.
At
about the same time as Andrew Houston was born (~1776) and about 20 years before
Bazil Butt was born, the son of a half-Potawatomi
lady, half-Irish British soldier was born as well. His Potawatomi name was "Sauganash" (Zhagenash)
which means
"Englishman." His English name was Billy Caldwell. He was
also a contemporary and close friend of Tecumseh and Shabanee, the latter of whom the town of
Shabbona, Illinois is named.
In August of
1812, during the war of 1812, Fort Dearborn on the Chicago River was
evacuated. Many of the White people who lived in the area surrounding the
fort left as well. Shortly after leaving the fort, the evacuees were
ambushed by hostiles who were mostly Potawatomi. Of the 148 soldiers,
other men, women and children who evacuated the fort
and surrounding area, 86 were killed. This became known as the Fort
Dearborn Massacre. Among those killed was William Wells, a half-breed
himself whose allegiance had turned to the Whites. Wells Street in Chicago is
named after this William Wells.
The
Kinsey family who at the time ran a trading post on the Chicago River did not
evacuate with the others. They were saved from being killed by Billy
Caldwell and his good and close friends Tecumseh and Shabanee.
Billy
Caldwell later settled in the Chicago area but later still, in 1836, he and some
followers moved to Western Iowa. He died there on September 28, 1841 in a
village along Indian Creek. This village
eventually became the current Council Bluffs, Iowa. Again, Andrew
Houston is thought to have died in 1849-50. His Jackson County, Iowa Land
Warrants were dated 1847/48.
Here's
what Iowa looks like today. The Big Woods is now mostly grassland.
Andrew
Houston's wife Elizabeth
Green, my gr gr gr grandmother, is buried in Green Hill Cemetery in Johnstown, Ohio.
As mentioned above,
her parents were Rignal Green Sr. and "Sarah (?) - wife 2 of Rignal
Sr.", making Bazil's wife Mahala (Green) Butt,
Elizabeth's niece. This is the stone
of Elizabeth (Green) Houston.
Elizabeth
Green died 2/12/1844. Andrew bought land in Iowa on 11/2/1848, so it
appears as though after his wife died, Andrew picked up and along with some of
his kids, went West.
I
provide this information primarily to describe the sideways obituary of Clarissa
Katherine (Green) (Gould) Butt in the picture of Morgan Green Butt and siblings. But also to produce a
flavor for the adventurous nature of my ancestors and for the seemingly endless inter- and intra-marrying in this BUTT/GREEN
family, all of which lends to the difficulty one encounters in attempting to sort them all out.
All this helps paint the picture I mentioned early on of my ancestors.
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