Almira Hannah (Burdick) Green 1846-1935
Categories: The Sabbath Recorder Obituary, Woman's Relief Corps
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 119, No 5, p 136, Sep. 2, 1935.
Almira H. Burdick was born in Albion Wis., February 10, 1846, and died August 2, 1935, at Otis Orchards, Wash. She was a daughter of Daniel R. and Sarah Burdick.
She received instruction in both vocal and instrumental music under the best teachers connected with Milton College, J. M. Stillman, George Root, and other noted instructors, and finally attended the Ziegfeldt Conservatory of Music, Chicago. She was a teacher of vocal and piano music for a number of years.
At an early age she united with the Seventh Day Baptist Church of Albion, Wis. She freely gave of her talent not only for the church but for the community as well. She was united in marriage to Jesse S. Green, a Civil War veteran, December 5, 1865. Mrs. Green was a member of the Relief Corps of the G. A. R. and loyal to the order as long as active.
Besides [daughter] Mrs. W. C. Allen, of Otis Orchards, Wash., she is survived by one son, H. R. Green, Minneapolis; eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. B. I. Jeffrey of Riverside, Calif., and one foster brother, Rev. M. G. Stillman, of Milton, Wis. W. C. A.

"The Wisconsin Tobacco Reporter", Edgerton, Wisconsin, Thursday, Sep. 26, 1935.
Burial services for Mrs. Jesse S. Green were held at the Albion Evergreen cemetery, Saturday afternoon, September 21st, conducted by Rev. C. W. Thorngate and interment was made in the family lot beside her husband. Mrs. Green passed away August 2, 1935, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W.C. Allen, Otis Orchards, Wash., and after cremation was brought here for burial. She was born in Albion, Wis., Feb. 10th, 1846, and was the daughter of Daniel R. and Sarah Burdick. She was married to Jesse S. Green, a Civil War veteran Dec. 5th, 1865, and spent the greater part of her life in this village. She was a teacher of vocal and piano music here for a number of years, having attended the Ziegfeldt Conservatory of Music in Chicago. Besides the daughter in whose home she lived after the death of her husband, she leaves a son, H. R. Green of Minneapolis, a sister, Mrs. B. I. Jeffrey of Riverside, California, and a foster brother, Rev. M. G. Stillman of Milton, also several nieces and nephews.
Census: 1880 Albion, Dane Co., Wisconsin: age 34, music teacher

Jesse Saunders Green 1842-1923
Categories: Albion, Wisconsin, First Generation Milton, Rev. Edgar D. Van Horn Officiating, The Sabbath Recorder Obituary, Veteran Civil War
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 94, No 13, p 415, Mar. 26, 1923.
Jesse Saunders Green, son of Duty J. and Mary G. Green, was born in the town of Milton, near Lake Koshkonong, Rock County, Wis., January 20, 1842. He was one of four children, Harriet, Charles, Jesse, and Joseph, the last of whom is still living. He died at Spokane, Wash., February 21, 1923.
He was baptized by Eld. Joshua Clarke, March 10, 1866, and united with the Albion Seventh Day Baptist Church, and with the exception of a short period when he transferred his membership to the Milton Church, held his membership in that church to the time of his death.
Mr. Green was twenty years old when the Civil War broke out and responded to his country's call by enlisting at Baraboo, Wis., in Co. I, Third Wisconsin Cavalry. After serving one term, he re-enlisted and served to the close of the war. He was honorably discharged as a corporal.
December 5, 1865, he was married to Elmira Hannah Burdick who was his faithful companion throughout life and who survived him. To this union were born three sons and one daughter, - Wardner, deceased, Mrs. Mary Allen, of Spokane, Wash., Winfred, and Ralph of Minneapolis, Minn.
At the time of his death Mr. Green was being cared for in the home of his daughter in Spokane, Wash., but his body was brought back to Albion and laid to rest in the Evergreen Cemetery.
Owing to the illness of the local ministers, Pastor E. D. Van Horn, of Milton Junction, conducted the services in the Albion church, assisted by Rev. S. H. Babcock. A military escort from the American Legion attended the services, giving the military honors by firing the salute over the open grave and sounding taps.
Mr. Green was a man of modest and retiring ways and lived a quiet life of usefulness. He was widely known and respected. A large company of friends and relatives gathered at the farewell services. He is mourned by his widow, two sons, one daughter and many other relatives and friends. E. D. V. H.

Census: 1880 Albion, Dane Co., Wisconsin: age 38, blacksmith

Served in the Civil War, Coprl, Co. F 3rd Wis Inf bd as 20 Jan 1842