Excerpts from a History of James Kirkman Green:
He was a farmer and school teacher in South Africa. He married Mary Ann Wiggill at Braanbosh Spruit, South Africa. She died in childbirth in 1862.
Set sail for America on 28 Mar 1863 and landed in New York Harbor 24 May 1863. The family traveled with the A.H. Patterson Company and arrived in Salt Lake City 4 Sep 1863.
He married Clara Elizabeth Hammer and to this union 13 children were born. In 1875 James took his family of four children from Kaysville, Utah to Salt Lake City, where he became a carriage driver for President Brigham Young. James drove the President's carriage when he traveled to Logan or Manti or other places for Church Conferences. He was among the men who guarded Brigham Young's body until his burial.
In the fall of 1877, James moved to the Bear River Valley. In 1878 his family joined him in a two-room log cabin with a lean-to, which he had built. They burned nothing but sagebrush for heat and used a witch light, (rag in tallow)
He was a member of the School Board in Box Elder County for several years. He was a stern, religious, frontier man. He demanded and got strict obedience from his family and earned the respect of all who knew him.
James had a serious case of asthma and was sick most of his life. He was practically bed-ridden for 20 years.
He was among the first settlers in Elwood and watched the valley grow from a barren alkali prairie to a wealthy, fertile area. He turned the first furrow in the Bear River Valley and planted the first fruit trees.
His first wife, Mary Ann WIGGILL, died in South Africa in 1862. Second wife Amelia Jane LEGG. Third wife Clara Elizabeth HAMMER.
Children not listed in family links below:
Mary Ann (died in South Africa), James Walter, infant boy, stillborn girl, Leron Kirkman
Excerpts from a History of James Kirkman Green:
He was a farmer and school teacher in South Africa. He married Mary Ann Wiggill at Braanbosh Spruit, South Africa. She died in childbirth in 1862.
Set sail for America on 28 Mar 1863 and landed in New York Harbor 24 May 1863. The family traveled with the A.H. Patterson Company and arrived in Salt Lake City 4 Sep 1863.
He married Clara Elizabeth Hammer and to this union 13 children were born. In 1875 James took his family of four children from Kaysville, Utah to Salt Lake City, where he became a carriage driver for President Brigham Young. James drove the President's carriage when he traveled to Logan or Manti or other places for Church Conferences. He was among the men who guarded Brigham Young's body until his burial.
In the fall of 1877, James moved to the Bear River Valley. In 1878 his family joined him in a two-room log cabin with a lean-to, which he had built. They burned nothing but sagebrush for heat and used a witch light, (rag in tallow)
He was a member of the School Board in Box Elder County for several years. He was a stern, religious, frontier man. He demanded and got strict obedience from his family and earned the respect of all who knew him.
James had a serious case of asthma and was sick most of his life. He was practically bed-ridden for 20 years.
He was among the first settlers in Elwood and watched the valley grow from a barren alkali prairie to a wealthy, fertile area. He turned the first furrow in the Bear River Valley and planted the first fruit trees.
His first wife, Mary Ann WIGGILL, died in South Africa in 1862. Second wife Amelia Jane LEGG. Third wife Clara Elizabeth HAMMER.
Children not listed in family links below:
Mary Ann (died in South Africa), James Walter, infant boy, stillborn girl, Leron Kirkman
Family Members
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Lydia Green Goad
1860–1945
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James Walter Green
1866–1947
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Ivy May Green Hunsaker
1871–1931
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Ida Green Hubbard
1873–1958
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Mary Ada Green Nielsen
1875–1961
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Charles Henry Green
1878–1956
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John Wilford Green
1881–1938
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Myrtle Green Grantham
1883–1975
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Mattie Green Bench
1885–1968
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Ruby Green Nickolaisen
1888–1907
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Joseph Arnold Green
1890–1958
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Leron Kirkman Green
1893–1953
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