Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-31
OBITUARY.


elS99. at the residence of his sister, Mrs.
John r. Brewster,J Ohm Henley Green in
the sixty fifth year. His remains were
brought TO Laporte on July Sd. and taken
to his late residence on Muncy street,
where they were permitted to remain un-
till the fifth day of July, the day of inter-
ment On the day of interment a large
concourse OF friends assembled at the
home of the deceased ,and followed the re-
mains to st. Johns PIE. Church where
the beautiful and impressive services OF
said church were conducted by the Rev.
j. M lIayman, OF Germantown, Pa.
After the services had been concluded, an
opportunity TO view the remains was given
the friends of deceased, and when all had
gazed for the last upon the face OF the de-
Mt. Ash Cemetery,and deposited with his
kindred dust The deceased was the third
son of the late John s. and Elizebeth
Green's and was born in Cherry Township,
Sullivan County, Pa, on the 10th day Of
November 1S35,at which time Cherry
Township and the surrounding country
was a dense wilderness. He was descend
ed from two of the first families OF this
state. On the paternal side, he was a
was with Washington at Yorktown, and
witnessed the surrender of CORVALLIS, and
in after years Col. Thomas Craig became
the first Judge of Northampton Co., Pa.
On the maternal side he was related to
President James K.Polk and to John G.
Calhoun. His great grandmother, wife of
Col. Craig, was sister Of Benjamin Davis,
one Of the original purchasers from Will
lam Penn,and one of the first settlers of
Philadelphia. Captain Craig at one time
owned nearly all the coal lands in Eastern
Pennsylvania, (the plot of which may be
Brewster). Captain James Craig, great
grandfather, and Captain John Green,
grandfather of deceased were largely inter
ested in the ''French Spoliation Bill' but
their heirs, among whom was the deceased
never realized anything, owing to an Act
OF Congress which fixed limit to the
time of proving their claims. John 5.
Green, father OF the deceased, was soldier
in the war of 1Sl2,and his name appears
on the pension roll in the Pension Depart
ment Of the t. S. at Washington. AT the
age of five years, deceased had the mistor-
fortune from which he never recovered
In 1872 the deceased having signed n
bond as surety ,and the amount of said
bond not being paid by the principlo,it fell
upon deceased to meet and pay the same
which involved him to such an extent that
he never recovered his former financial
standing. Notwithstanding his physical
infrmity through the untiring efforts of
his parents, brothers and sisters he had
aquired an education which many might
envy,and his passion for book. was re-
markable. 1t may be said OF him that
he retained all that was useful ofwhat he
read The deceased was a consistent
member OF the p. +. Church for many years.
On September 10Th lS6S,he with other
members of his family, ,awong whom was
his mother received the right OF contir-
nation at the hands of Rt. Rev. Bishop
Stephens, and in after years he seemed TO
be cheered and comiorted by the truths
taught in the church with which he had
connected himself. He was conscious Of
his approaching end land expressed an
earnest desire to visit his "Mountain
home ere his Creator should say unto
him"Come unto me and will give you
rest. Being strongly attached to I.aporte
and its citizens. .he had ever cherished the
desire to end his days there. but it had
been decreed otherwise His death was
painless and he leaves two brothers and
three sisters to mourn his loss. His father
mother two sisters and brother had
"passed througe the valley before him
and no doubt ere his spirit took its flight
he could have truthtully said:
cover the river they eckon To me,
Loved who've pas sed to the farther side:
The CLEAN of their snowy robes isce,
liut their voices are lost in the dashing tide
Nevermore shall the troubles and trials
oithis lite be his. Never again shall
there he Il pairing from those he held
near and dear. Never again shall aillict-
ion visit him:he has gone to enjoy the re-
ward which awaits those who lead con
sisent christian ite,as did the deceased.
Doubtless on the other shore,he awaits
the coming of those near and dear ones
whom he has left behind, Until the
morning of the resurrection, when all shall
appear before the throne OF Jehovah
where families and friends shall he re-