Brief Life History of James W
When James W Green was born in 1838, in DeKalb, Tennessee, United States, his father, William Green, was 22 and his mother, Elizabeth Edens, was 21. He married Isabelle Gabrielle Edens on 17 May 1853, in DeKalb, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died about 1882, at the age of 45.
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- James W Green, "United States Census, 1860"
- James W Green, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Wash Green in entry for Sarah Ann Ballew, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
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World Events (6)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846
Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.
1862 · Battle of Shiloh
The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.
Name Meaning
English: either a nickname for someone who was fond of dressing in this color (Old English grēne) or was young or immature, or who had played the part of the ‘Green Man’ in the May Day celebrations, or a topographic name for someone who lived near a village green (Middle English grene, a transferred use of the color term). This is one of the most common and widespread of English surnames. In North America it has assimilated cognates from other languages, notably German Grün (see Gruen ) and Dutch Groen ; compare 7 below. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
English: alternatively, from a Middle English personal name Grene.
Irish: adopted for Ó hUainín ‘descendant of Uainín’, a personal name from a pet form of uaine ‘green’, see Honan .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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