John G. Green

b. 22 August 1863, d. 28 November 1935
  • John G. Green was born on 22 August 1863 in Texas (in Freestone County, according to his son Albert's World War I draft registration card.)
  • He married Nancy Jane Nichols, daughter of Tom Nichols, on 25 September 1884 in Johnson County, Texas.
  • John G. Green and Nancy Jane Nichols appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. Other members of the household included Rachel Green, Marion Green, George Washington Green, Albert Green and John Green.
  • He was a teamster, according to the 1900 census.
  • John G. Green and Nancy Jane Nichols appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, at 12th Street. Other members of the household included Marion Green, George Washington Green, Albert Green and John Green. Names and ages are quite confused.
  • He was a baggage expressman, according to the 1910 census.
  • John G. Green and Nancy Jane Nichols appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, at 910 West 12th Street. Other members of the household included Pauline Inez Green, Wesley Green and Lizzie Ola Bennett. Son George is absent from the household, and has not yet been located elsewhere in the 1920 census.
  • He was a drayman, according to the 1920 census.
  • The following appeared on 7 May 1922 in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Miss Pauline Green was given a party on her eighth birthday by her mother, Mrs. John Green at her home, 912 West Twelfth Street, on Thursday afternoon.
         The guests were Helen Bowles, Allen Glazer, Doris and Marion Litsey, Virgil Bullard, Eula May [sic] and Lula Fay [sic] Bullard, Ella Satters, Aline and Raymond Ray, Sue Miles, Gladys Nelson, Marie Vanners, Walter Smith, Loraine Black, David Bellew, Elizabeth Strange, John Green, Wesley Green, Pauline Green, Bonnie Belle Bonnett, Mmes. M. E. Bullard, Olla [sic] Green and Mr. and Mrs. John Green.
  • John G. Green and Nancy Jane Nichols appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, at 910 NW 12th Street enumerated near John's grandson Virgil Bullard.. Other members of the household included John Green, Eula Mae Holtzclaw, Pauline Inez Green and Wesley Green.
  • He was a local express driver, according to the 1930 census.
  • John G. Green died on 28 November 1935 at age 72 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, at 910 NW 12th Street at his residence. . His death was officially witnessed by Albert Green.
  • His wife Nancy Jane Nichols became a widow at his death.
  • He was interred at West Oakwood Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, according to his death certificate.
  • Last Edited: 23 May 2016

Family: Nancy Jane Nichols b. 11 February 1867, d. 8 August 1951