Life History

Notes

• We know that James Daniel Green's wife Eliza Arilla Bridgman died in1914.  In the 1920 census, he is reported wife a different, youngerwife named Lillie.  There is no wife named Lillie reproted in familygenealogy and notes provided by a descendant, Houston Green.  ButHattie Cain could have been named Lillie Hattie (and Hattie would beshort for Harriet).
  
  There is a problem in the definite identity of the wife reported in1920.  The Green genealogy provided by Houston Green reports thatJames Daniel did not marry Hattie until 29 November 1921.  Perhaps thefamily recorded the date wrong or misread it in transcribing it fromthe Family Bible, which is stated to be the source of the information. But their daughter Mary Louise (Mollie) was not born until 1923,which matches better with a marriage in 1921.
  
  Houston Green, Genealogy Notes, James Daniel Green family
  Hattie Cain [no date or place of birth]
  d 04 Feb 1928 Weatherford, Parker, Texas
  2nd wife, Married James Daniel Green 9 Nov 1921 Weatherford, Parker,Texas
  one child Mary Louise b 8 Feb 1923.
  --  Personal Notes by email form Houston Green, via my coresearcherMarion Mixon
  
  Further confirming their earlier marriage, in his 1918 WWI DraftRegistration, James reports his "nearest relative" as Mrs LillieGreen.  IN trhese records the normal person here is the woife.  Thehome address is also the same as his.  James' second wife was LillieHarriet Cain.  This matches perfectly.  Arilla died in 1914, so ifJames was married, this would be Lillie Harriet Cain, his second wife.
  In the 1920 census, Lillie is also reproted as his wife.  However,here it reports she is age 23 and married at age 23, meaning it wouldhave been 1919.  But that is only one year differnent.  The date ofthe Draft registration is 18 September 1918.  As discussed below, theage of 23 is also 4 years younger than the date of birth on Lillie'sgrave.
  
  At any rate, we know they were married before 1920, so the error is inthe Green family records as reproted by Houston.  It may have beenwritten down wrong orignally at a later date, or rememebred later as awhole list of dates and informaton was being written or recompiled,and perhaps miscopied.  We have to allow a date as early as at least1918, since James himself reported he was married. I must report theearlier date of 1918, since we know they werwe already marreid bySeptember of that year.
  
  1920 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas, 9 January, Weatherford Ward1, District 61, page 8A, 107 Cypress St, Hse #145, Fam #167
  Green, Jim D  Head Rents  M W 44 Married OK OK OK Laborer [b abt 1876]
  Green, Lillie  Wife F W 23 Married at age 23 TX OK TX No Occupation [babt 1897]
  Green, Andrew  son M W 21 Single TX OK TX Foreman, Oil Field [b abt1899]
  Green, Oscar  son M W 18 Single TX OK TX Laborer At Home [b abt 1902]
  Green, Jessie J Dau F W 12 Single TX OK TX No Occupation [b abt 1902]
  
  The wife Lillie here is only 23 years old, about one year older thanJames' oldest son Jacob Andrew.  This would make her born about 1897.But the gravestone of Hattie Green in Curtis Cemetery says she wasborn in 1893.  Lillie Green was born in Texas, her father in Oklahomaand her mother in Texas.  We do not have any information on HattieCain's parents' birth states.
  
  In Letter 8 extra notes Bety Hess refers to Jim Green's wife as RillieBridgeman:  "I remember Jim Green's wife's name.  She was RillieBridgeman."  I found her as well as Jim's second wife in CemeteryRecords for Parker County.
  
  Rillie is Arilla, Jim's first wife, buried in City Greenwood Cemetery. Born Dec 6, 1876, died Jun 27, 1914, noted as "wife of J D Green."In 1910 the wife of James D Green is transcribed by Ancestry as LeyaR, but this is probably meant to be Liza R.  The R would be forRillie, a nickname for Arilla, by which Betty Jackson Hess refers toJames' wife in her letters.  Birth year from the age of Liza R in the1910 census is abt 1877, which matches the gravestone birth date ofDec 6, 1876.
  
  In the Curtis Cemetery records you sent me last October, we find Jim'ssecond wife Hattie, which Betty refers to on p 2 of Letter 8.  "JimGreen married Hatty Lane."  (This could be Cane, in Betty's unsteadyhandwriting.  And in September 2008, Houston Green, a descendant of JDGreen sent family information that gave Hattie's name as Hattie Cain.)
  
  The Curtis Cemetery register lists Green, Hattie Harriet (and we knowHattie is a nickname for Harriet, also).  Annotation on thegrave/register gives her husband.  That might be why we did notrecognize it earlier, since we did have Letter 8 with her name at thattime.  No maiden name is given either, so that link was hidden.
  
  Hattie/Harriet was born on November 20, but they have no year.  Shedied on February 4, 1928.  [This death date matches the date given infamily information from Houston Green]  This places her as the secondwife of Jim Green, since Rillie died in 1914.  I have not yet foundJim/James in 1930 to confirm his widow status or other details.  Wedo, however, already have Andrew separately with his wife Essie(called Effie, as you note, by Betty, probably just due toabsent-minded association with the phonetic similarity of her sister'sname).  The picture is fairly complete.
  
  This would mean that Rillie is the wife (Leya R) in the 1910 censusfor James D Green.  The second wife in the 1920 census might Hattyunder another name of Lillie.

Sources

• 1. Curtis Cemetery (Weatherford, Parker, Texas) Listing
  • Name: Name: http://www.graveinfo.net/Curtis_FJ_pctx.htm;;
• 2. U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
• 3. Houston Green, Genealogy Notes, James Daniel Green family
• 4. 1920 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas
  • 9 January, Weatherford Ward 1, District 61, page 8A, 107 Cypress St,
• 5. 1930 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas
  • 4 April, Weatherford Ward 4, District 4, page 3A, 114 Eureka St, Hse