Husband: Jacob P. Green
Born: ca 1794 1 Died: Nov-10-1855 2 Buried: family cemetery in Lonaconing, Allegany Co, MD 3 Census: 1850 in Allegany Co, MD Occupation: farmer 1 Father: Mother:
Wife: Charlotte Potter
Married: Feb- 2-1839 in Allegany Co, MD 4
Born: Jun-11-1797 in Maryland 5,6
Died: Oct- 6-1880 7
Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 8,3
Census: 1870, 1880 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 1)
Census: 1850 in Allegany Co, MD
Father:
Mother:
Other spouse 1
M Child 1: William P. Green
Born: Nov-30-1840 in Allegany Co, MD 5
Died: Nov- 1-1864 in Winchester, VA 7
Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 8,3
Census: 1850 in Allegany Co, MD
Occupation: carpenter 9
Military: enlisted 8/14/1862 1st Sgt & 2nd Lt, Co A, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War (died of wounds) (see note 2)
Notes
Sources: (1) 1850 Census. (2) Historical Military Records, www.fold3.com, per military records of son William P. Green. (3) Findagrave.com. (4) Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (5) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. (6) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union Twp). (7) Headstone. (8) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (9) Historical Military Records, www.fold3.com. Event Notes Note (1) In household of daughter & son-in-law Rebecca & Israel Duckworth. Note (2) William P. Green enlisted as a First Sergeant in Co A, 14th W.Va. Infantry, on Aug 14 1862 in West Union, Doddridge County. He was promoted to Sergeant Major in January 1863 at New Creek, Mineral County. He was again promoted to Second Lieutenant, assuming command on Apr 1 1863. He was wounded in action at Fisher Hill on Sep 22 1864 and was hospitalized in Winchester until his death. (The Battle of Fisher's Hill was fought September 21-22, 1864, near Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia, as part of the Valley Campaigns of 1864 during the Civil War, resulting in a Union victory. - Wikipedia) The West Union chapter of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) was the William P. Green chapter, named in his honor. NOTE: The state-issued Civil War medal intended for William P. Green was never claimed and remains in storage at the West Virginia State Archives in Charleston.