Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-03-14
INTERESTING LIFE
Mrs. Polly Green Who
Recently Died.
Story Of the Early Life Of Wor-
thy Pioneer-Motfler Of Mrs. S,
M. Eaton.

Of this city.
Mrs. Polly Cain Green was born in.
the state of New York August "a, 1908.
She was the oldes, and only survivor
of family of six children. Of the
generation besides her own children,
only two nieces survive, her youngest
brothers daughters. Lilly and Nellie
Cain of Albany, New York.
Her father, Dennis Cain, was of
Irish decent. Her mothers mother,
Holland dutch, Her mothers father.
James De Collier, was of French orig
in. Her great grandfather, Palmatier,
her mothers grandfather, died at the
age of 100 years. Her great grand
mother, Palmatier, lived to the age of
Ia years.
Polly Green was married to Joseph
Green January /. 1925, who died Sep
tember 10, 1850. Twelve children
were born to them. Those who sur
vive her are Calvin of Hebron Wis;
Eleanor, Mrs S. M. Eaton of Water
town, Wis; William H. of Hebron,
Wis; John P. of Los Angeles, CAL;
Anna B., Mrs.-Z. Meade of Denver,
Col, Sarah. Mrs. G.. S. Cartwright of
Rome, Wis; Asenath, Mrs. HI. l.. Ed
wards of Rome. Wis; Lucinda, Mrs.
w. L. Blakely, Hebron, Wis; James
w. of Aurora. III.
She with her husband and family of
nine children came to Wisconsin in the
year 1914. She bore the hardship of
a pioneers life and when death
claimed her husband and left her alone
to battle with the stern hand of fate,
she cared for and kept her family of
little children together, and brought
them up we'll to womanhood and to
manhood. Truly her children can
call her blessed. She and her hus-
band were members Of the Free Will
Baptist church before coming to Wis
consin, but never united with any
church after coming to this state.
She was a resident of Hebron, but died
at the home of her daughter, Mrs H.,
l.. Edwards at Rome, February II,
1908, at the age of 94 years, 5 months
and % days.
Grandma Green, as she was known
in Hebron, could boast OF the honor of
having seen General La Fayette, she
being a small girl at the time Of his
last visit to the United States. She al
SO held the pride of knowing that
George Washington taught her grand
father how to read. He was a boy of
ten or twelve years of age Uhen he ap
piled for the situation as Washington S
page, or waiter, and was accepted.
One day Washington asked him If he
could read and he replied no. You
must learn to read. Washington said.
Washington bought him book and he
took his daily lessons of the great man.
She often told to her children the
story how her great grandfather Pal
matter and family were taken by the
Mohawk Indians. Mr.. Palmatier with
neighbor had been in the woods to
cut bee tree. The had just brought
the honey to the house when they saw
band of Indians coming towards
them.
Her great grand father had just TAX
en- several loaves of bread from the
oven. The Indians ate all the bread
and honey they wanted, then destroyed
what was left.
Mrs. Palmatier had her feather beds
out airing. They took their knives,
cut the ticks open and threw the
feathers into the air, then laughed at
their destructive pleasure. They en-
terrd the house, and what they did
not or could not take with them they
destroyed.
One Indian cav little dress hang
ing on nail. He took it down, held
it up, looked at it, gave a grunt, said,
Pappoose, and then put it inside his
leather suit.
After destroying every eatable
thing in the house except box of
chestnuts they did not see, they
marched the whole family with the
neighbors into the woods.
Her grandmother, small girl at the
time, had large boil on one of her
hips that lamed her so she could not
walk fast enough to keep up with the
company. An old Indian seized her
slung her across his hip and held her
there with his arms pressing against
the boil, Her mother walking behind,
saw her shutting her teeth to keep
from crying out. She cautiously shook
her head at her to encourage her to
keep still, while the bloody pus trio
kled down and dropped from her foot.
After making them walk long way
into the woods, they seated them in a
row on log. The young braves
would walk up to them, hold up their
tomahawks over their heads, while eve
ry minute they expected to have them
cut open, but the old Indians shook
their heads and made them step back.
They kept them until almost sundown,
then toll Mrs. Palmatier that she and
her children could go home, but must
not be seen out of doors for two weeks,
then in that time they would send her
husband home.
And as she turned to 90 she said: !: