Children of John Green (1768-1837) and Jane Kerr (1768-1855): Jane Caroline Green (1808-1897) and Husband Thomas Keesee

Or, Subtitled: He “marketed the first bales of cotton in Little Rock,—which event occasioned considerable excitement and comment” 10. Jane Caroline Green, the tenth child of John Green and Jane Kerr, was born 10 October 1808 in Pendleton District, South Carolina. This date is recorded on her tombstone in Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian cemetery at Ovilla … More Children of John Green (1768-1837) and Jane Kerr (1768-1855): Jane Caroline Green (1808-1897) and Husband Thomas Keesee

Prob. Died Young, Or How Pat Ryan Lost His Eye (As a Union Soldier) (6)

As I ended my last posting about the Civil War pension claims filed by Patrick Ryan and his widow Delilah Rinehart Ryan in Grant County, Arkansas, I mentioned that one of the threads tying together the network of families represented in these combined pension files is that men from several of these families were Union … More Prob. Died Young, Or How Pat Ryan Lost His Eye (As a Union Soldier) (6)