NameLester Ellsworth GREEN157,535,416
Birth23 Jan 1861, Walworth, Walworth Co., Wisconsin
Death19 Mar 1934, Boulder, Boulder Co., Colorado
BurialHillside Cemetery, North Loup, Valley Co., Nebraska
ReligionSeventh-Day Baptist
FatherWells Lee GREEN (1833-1906)
MotherLois Lucetta DAVIS (1835-1920)
Spouses
Birth20 Jul 1863, Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin
Death9 Mar 1962, Boulder, Boulder Co., Colorado
BurialHillside Cemetery, North Loup, Valley Co., Nebraska
ReligionSeventh-Day Baptist
FatherRichard CLARKE (1813-1894)
MotherIsabelle DAVIS (~1821-1867)
Marriage24 Sep 1881, North Loup, Valley Co., Nebraska
ChildrenHarriet Estelle (1882-1931)
 Elsie Susan (1896-1986)
Notes for Lester Ellsworth GREEN
Lester Ellsworth Green 1861-1934
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 116, No 11, p 263, June 4, 1934.
Lester Ellsworth Greene, son of Wells Lee and Lois Davis Greene, was born at Walworth, Wis., June 23, 1861, and died in North Loup March 19, 1934.
He became a member of the Carlston Seventh Day Baptist Church at Alden, Minn., at the age of twelve. When he moved to North Loup his membership was brought here. September 24, 1881, Mr. Greene was married to Miss Carrie I. Clark. To them were born six children: Hattie Estelle Babcock deceased; Richard Lee and Archie Hugh, Ismay, Mont.; Delwin Burdette, Newberry, Calif.; Elsie S. Thorngate, Denver, Colo.; and Edward Ellsworth, North Loup. At the golden wedding anniversary all the children were present. Besides other relatives and friends there survives one brother, Fred, of Cashmere, Wash.
Farewell services were conducted from the North Loup church by his pastor and his nephew, Rev. L. O. Greene. Interment was in the North Loup cemetery. H. S. W.
Notes for Caroline E. “Carrie” (Spouse 1)
Caroline Isabelle (Clarke) Green 1863-1962
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 173, No 8, p 16, Sep. 3, 1962.
Caroline Isabelle Green, adopted daughter of Richard and Isabelle Clarke, was born in Whiteside County, Illinois., July 20, 1863, and died in Wheatridge, Colo., April 9, 1962.
At the age of four her foster mother died and she was reared by her foster sister, Mrs. H. C. Van Horn, then living at Welton, Iowa. During a brief residence of the family at Humboldt, Neb., Caroline was baptized in 1872 and joined the Seventh Day Baptist Church at that place.
She was married in 1881 to Lester Ellsworth Green. To this union six children were born, of whom Elsie (Mrs. G. H.) Thorngate of Denver, Colo., and Edward of North Loup survive. She is also survived by 18 grandchildren, 41 great-grandchildren, and 46 great-great-grandchildren. Most of her married life was spent in North Loup where she has held her church membership since 1904. She lived with her daughter from 1954 to 1960 when she went to a nursing home.
Farewell services were conducted at Wheatridge, Colo., by Pastor Kenneth Smith, and at North Loup by Pastor David Clarke. Burial was at Hillside Cemetery, North Loup. D. S. C.

Census: 1880 North Loup, Valley Co., Nebraska: age 16, w/ bro Albert, b IL
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