Curtis Corwin Green (1874 - 1948)

Born 24 Jan 1874 in Mifflin township, Franklin, Ohio, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Jane Jennie (Vernier) Green — married 13 Dec 1898 in Nemaha, Nebraska, USA

Died 6 Sep 1948 at age 74 in Grand Ronde, Polk, Oregon, United States

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Biography

Biography by Fred South 2011
Curtis Corwin Green
Curt was born January 24, 1874, in Mifflin township, Franklin County, OH.^[1][2] He married Jane Vernier in Nemaha County, NE, on December 13, 1898.^[3] He farmed for a time and then ran a store in Brock, NE. The store was a combination of groceries on one side and clothing on the other. They also built a very fine house in Brock for about $10,000, which in those days was a lot of money. It had the kitchen in the basement with a dumbwaiter to bring the food up, reminiscent of Jefferson's Monticello. The store and later the house burned. The house was rebuilt. The house had tile siding, which had to be covered because of the fire damage. He had no insurance on the store and little on the house. He had gone in to the store business with another fellow. William Leonard South warned him to watch guy, but Curt had complete faith in him; he shouldn't have, for Curt ended up being cheated.
He later moved to Grand Ronde, OR, where he raised turkeys. He first made a trip there so see friends and liked the area. He died there on September 6, 1949.
Ervin South found a 12-gauge shotgun, which Curt left in a barn after one of his moves. In the 1950s Donnie Ray South, Ervin's son, still had the gun. It had CCG carved on the stock. The author remembers shooting it one time while rabbit hunting outside of Miles City. What a recoil! It was called a "Zulo."
Curt had diabetes and when it grew worse the doctor told him to go to Florida, eat raw vegetables, raw fruit and perhaps fish, but only boiled. He bought a Model T truck chassis and had a fellow build a small house on the back. The engine had to be started by cranking, but he couldn't do it (because of the illness I assume), so whenever he stopped someone else had to crank. About 1922 or 1923 he came back from Florida with the diabetes gone, having lived in his "motor home" all that time. He was about 43 when he returned and lived to be 75 years old. The last Vern South saw Curt was after he (Curt) had walked to town in a new pair of overalls only to slip and fall into the mud. He was a mess.
Curt and Jane seem to have been Methodist while in Nebraska, but became Seventh-day Adventist while in Oregon. Jane was born in 1878.

Records summary by Steven Lake 2018.
The Family Bible fo Ephraim and Malinda Asbell Green gives Curt's birth as 24 Jan/Jun? 1874. His WWI draft registration also states his birth date as 24 Jan 1874. A certified copy of his Ohio delayed birth certificate states that his birth was on 7 January 1874.^[4] Note that the 24 Jan 1874 date from the Green Family Bible and the draft registration is being used both here and on Find-a-Grave.com burial memorial in spite of the delayed birth record and the year 1873 on his gravestone inscription.
Curt was living in Richland township of Fairfield county, Ohio, in the household of Ephraim Green when recorded in the 1880 Census.^[5] His family moved from Ohio to Nebraska about 1886
After Curt and Jane were married in 1898, they lived with her mother in Lafayette precinct of Nemaha county and were there in 1900.^[6] They were living in Lafayette precinct with no children in 1910.^[7]
He registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Auburn. The record gives his date of birth, says that he was married, self employed as a farmer in Brock, his height was tall, build medium, eyes blue and hair brown.^[8]
They were living in Brock in 1920 and a neice and nephew were with them. Curt's sister, Roxanne died in 1905 and her husband, Robert Shirley, could not care for Mearl and baby Robert. This record does not show the oldest boy, William "Mac" McKinley, age 23, who went to south Dakota.^[9] Curt's occupation was farmer in that record. The kids later went to other relatives, Leonard and Nora South. In 1930 Curt and Jane were farming in Washington township of Nemaha county and Curt's brother, Charlie, was living with them.^[10] Curt and Jane were living with Jane's sister, Adell Lozeron, in Lafayette precinct in 1940. Adell's husband, Robert, had died the year before. Curt was age 68 and had no occupation listed.^[11]
Curt and Jane must have moved to Oregon after 1940 and that is where Curt died in 1948^[12] and Jane died in 1960. Their bodies were each buried in the Green Crest Memorial Park in Sheridan, Yamhill county, Oregon.^[13]
These records do not happen to catch Curt in Florida, but those dates don't seem to make sense in Fred's narrative. Curt was born in 1874 and would have been 43 years old in 1917. The story says that, "About 1922 or 1923 he came back from Florida..." Since Curt is in every census from 1900 through 1940 living in Nebraska, then his trip would have had to have been shorter than ten years and between those census years. The likely time span between 1910 and 1920 was further shortened by Curt's draft registration in 1918 in Brock. Another point to consider is that the Model T Ford started production in 1908, so his trip could probably not have been in that decade before 1910. The return date of 1917 is probably more likely to be correct and the trip was a maximum of seven years in duration. I've always wondered if Jane went to Florida with him, keeping house in a tiny motor home parked on the beach. The sources on this profile have two different death years. His Oregon death record and his gravestone both have 1948. The Fred South biography has 1949. The 1948 year is being used because the two sources for that year are considered stronger than the biography.^[14]

Sources

1. ↑ FamilySearch.org, [1], Green Family Bible.
2. ↑ FamilySearch.org, [2], Ohio Births.
3. ↑ WikiTree.com, [3], Image of Marriage License of Curtis Green & Jane Vernier.
4. ↑ WikiTree.com, [4]. Image of certified birth certificate for Curtis Green.
5. ↑ FamilySearch.org, [5], 1880 US Census.
6. ↑ FamilySearch.org, [6], 1900 US Census.
7. ↑ FamilySearch.org, [7], 1910 US Census.
8. ↑ FamilySearch.org, [8], 1917-1918 Draft Registration.
9. ↑ FamilySearch.org, [9], 1920 US Census.
10. ↑ FamilySearch.org, [10], 1930 US Census.
11. ↑ FamilySearch.org, [11], 1940 US Census.
12. ↑ FamilySearch.org, [12], Oregon Deaths.
13. ↑ FamilySearch.org, [13], Burial Index.
14. ↑ Comments in last paragraph are reasoning and opinions by Steve Lake

• Curtis C. Green, "Ohio, Births and Christenings, 1821-1962"

Indexed Information
Name: Curtis C. Green
Gender: Male
Birth Date: Jan 1874
Birthplace: Mifflin, Franklin, Ohio
Father's Name: Ephraim Green
Mother's Name: Malinda Asbel
"Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XD18-2DD : 8 December 2014), Curtis C. Green, Jan 1874; citing Mifflin, Franklin, Ohio, reference v 1 p 154; FHL microfilm 285,135.

• Curtis C Green in household of Ephraim Green, "United States Census, 1880"

Indexed Information
Household - - - - Role - - Sex - - Age - - Birthplace
Ephraim Green - Self - M - 35 - Ohio
Malinda Green - Wife - F - 28 - Ohio
Frank M Green - Son - M - 10 - Ohio
Emma J Green - Daughter - F - 9 - Ohio
Curtis C Green - Son - M - 6 - Ohio
Lenore Green - Daughter - F - 4 - Ohio
Roxanna Green - Daughter - F - 1 - Ohio
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M8MZ-G6X : 24 December 2015), Curtis C Green in household of Ephraim Green, Richland, Fairfield, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 208, sheet 281B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1014; FHL microfilm 1,255,014.

• Family Bible of Ephraim & Malinda Green from 1867 through 1898

https://familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/5277192?p=630355&returnLabel=Ephraim%20A.%20Green%20(LH2J-6YF)&returnUrl=https%3A%2F%2Ffamilysearch.org%2Ftree%2F%23view%3Dancestor%26person%3DLH2J-6YF%26section%3Dmemories
Citation
Transcription from image by Steven Lake
Image included with materials collected by Fred South 2011
1898 Family Bible of Ephraim & Malinda Asbell Green
Marriages
Ephraim Green and Malinda Asbel were married Dec 14th 1867
Emma Jane Green and Henry Sherman Curtis were married Sept 25th 1890
Francis Marrion Green and Emily Ann Branstiter were married Oct 20, 1890
Lenore E. Green and William L. South were married Mar 4th 1896
Roxannie Green and Robert Shirley were married Apr 15th 1896
Births
Ephraim Green was born June 22nd A.D. 1845
Malinda Green was born June 15th A.D. 1852
Frank Marrion Green was born Oct 9th A.D. 1869
Emma Jane Green was born Oct 30th A.D. 1871
Curtis Corwin Green was born June 24th A.D. 1874
Lenora Ellen Green was born June 22nd A.D. 1876
Roxannie Green was born Sept 27th A.D. 1878
Virgil Madison Green was born Dec 29th A.D. 1880
Leo Emmet Green was born Apr 7th A.D. 1882
John Henry Green was born Apr 13th a.D. 1885
Son of Ephraim & Malinda Green was born Apr 22nd A.D. 1887
Ethel Green was born April 26th A.D. 1889
__[Robert]__ Elsie Green was _[born]_ _____ 1st 1891
__[Charles]__ Edward Green was _[born]_ _[Sept]_ 1st 1893
__[Leona]__ Gertrude Green was born June 24, 1898
Deaths
Son of Ephraim & Malinda Green died Apr 22 1888
Robert Elsie Green died June 21st A.D. 1892
_____ Blanks denote torn pages and missing words, [ ] Brackets are supplied words.

• Curtis C Green in household of Catharine Vernier, "United States Census, 1900"

Indexed Information
Household - - - - - - Role - - Sex - - Age - - Birthplace
Catharine Vernier - Head - F - 55 - France
August F Vernier - Son - M - 27 - Ohio
Adell Vernier - Daughter - F - 25 - Nebraska
Lucy M Gabus - Granddaughter - F - 9 - Nebraska
Jane Green - Daughter - F - 22 - Nebraska
Curtis C Green - Son-in-law - M - 25 - Ohio
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M3BX-K91 : 20 January 2015), Curtis C Green in household of Catharine Vernier, Lafayette Precinct, Nemaha, Nebraska, United States; citing sheet 6B, family 109, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,935.

• Curtis G Green, "United States Census, 1910"

Indexed Information
Household - - - - - - Role - - Sex - - Age - - Birthplace
Curtis G Green - Head - M - 35 - Ohio
Jane Green - Wife - F - 31 - Nebraska
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/ML4R-X2X : 29 October 2015), Curtis G Green, Lafayette, Nemaha, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 118, sheet 4B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,865.

• Curtis Corwin Green, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

Transcribed Information
Name: Curtis Corwin Green
Event Type: Draft Registration
Event Date: 1917-1918
Event Place: Nemaha County, Nebraska, United States
Gender: Male
Nationality: United States
Birth Date: 24 Jan 1874
Birthplace: United States
Citation
"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QJDG-C8RC : 11 June 2014), Curtis Corwin Green, 1917-1918; citing Nemaha County, Nebraska, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,711,756.

• Curtis C Green, "United States Census, 1920"

"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCKP-NYS : 14 December 2015), Curtis C Green, Brock, Nemaha, Nebraska, United States; citing sheet 3A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,998.

• Curt C Green, "United States Census, 1930"

Indexed Information
Household - - - - - - Role - - Sex - - Age - - Birthplace
Curt C Green - Head - M - 50 - Ohio
Jane Green - Wife - F - 50 - Nebraska
Charles E Green - Brother - M - 35 - Nebraska
"United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XQ27-532 : 8 December 2015), Curt C Green, 1930.

• Curtis Green in household of Adell Lozeron, "United States Census, 1940"

Indexed Information
Household - - - - - - Role - - Sex - - Age - - Birthplace
Adell Lozeron - Head - F - 65 - Nebraska
Curtis Green - Brother-in-law - M - 68 - Ohio
Jane Green - Sister - F - 64 - Nebraska
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K9MN-JPD : 17 May 2014), Curtis Green in household of Adell Lozeron, Lafayette Election Precinct, Nemaha, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 64-14, sheet 1B, family 18, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 2258.

• Curtis C Green, "Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998"

Indexed Information
Name: Curtis C Green
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 06 Sep 1948
Event Place: Polk, Oregon
Certificate Number: 12656
"Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VZWS-D6P : 11 December 2014), Curtis C Green, 06 Sep 1948; from "Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2000); citing Polk, Oregon, certificate number 12656, Oregon State Archives and Records Center, Salem.

• Curtis Corwin Green, "Find A Grave Index"

Indexed Information
Name: Curtis Corwin Green
Event Type: Burial
Event Date: 1948
Event Place: Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States of America
Photograph Included: Yes
Birth Date: 24 Jan 1874
Death Date: 06 Sep 1948
Affiliate Record Identifier: 18672040
Cemetery: Green Crest Memorial Park
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVVG-3H1V : 13 December 2015), Curtis Corwin Green, 1948; Burial, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States of America, Green Crest Memorial Park; citing record ID 18672040, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

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