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HISTORY OF DALLAS COUNTY.
considerable property./In 1814 he married
Miss Nancy Means,/a native of Georgia,
born in 1796.
She was reared partly in this
State and partly in Kentucky, whither her
parents moved when she was a child. They
remained in the Blue Grass State, until 1812,
when they moved to Greene county, Illinois,
where their daughter, Nancy, married Mr.
Green. Mrs. Green was a worthy and consistent
member of the Baptist Church and
died in Greene county, Illinois, in 1854, when
fifty-eight years of age. To Mr. and Mrs.
Green were born fifteen children, who are
named in the order of their births as follows:
Jones; Malinda, now the widow of Mr. Goar,
who resides in Dallas county; Singleton F.,
resides in Greene county, Illinois; James R.,
deceased, was a resident of Greene county,
Illinois; William R., resides in the last
named county; Elias, in the same county;
John, deceased; Thomas E. and Evans E.
.(twins); Allison P., deceased; Wade H., deceased;
Lucy, deceased; Mary, deceased;
Lorana, deceased, was the wife of Hampton
Witt, deceased; and Joseph B., deceased.
The subject of this sketch, Jones Green,
was born in Greene county, Illinois, August
. 29, 1817, and was reared on a farm in that
county. He was married there on the 11th
of July, 1844, to Miss Mary Ellis, a native
of Greene county, Illinois, born January 29,
1826, and the daughter of Thomas M. Ellis
(see sketch). The fall succeeding his mar-
riage Mr. Green and wife moved to Dallas
'county, Texas, and took up 32Q acres of land
two miles southeast of the present town of
Lancaster, in the south part of the county.
Later he and Captain Perry bought 640 acres
of land in the county, each having 320 acres,
and later he took up 320 acres more. He
erected a cabin, began making improvements,
and lere his death occurred, November 12,1864. He was a plain, unpretentious man,
honest, industrious and just in all his dealings.
He is mentioned with special gratitude
by many of the old soldiers whose wives and
children he provided for during the Civil
war, by being disqualified for military service
on account of trouble with his eyes, and
rendered the Lost Cause none the less
efficient service by caring for the families of
those who were at the front. Mr. and MIrs.
Green have had the following named children:
John Thomas, born January 17, 1846,
who died in this county recently; William
Russell, born August 17, 1849; Lonzo
Worth, born March 24, 1852; Calvin Atlas,
March 15, 1854, and died February 17, 1875;
Jackson Witt, born July 11, 1856, and died
January 29, 1884; Lucy Angeline, born
December 17, 1858, is now the wife of Williani
Curry, of Dallas county; and Carry Lee,
born February 7, 1863, and is now the wife
of Evans Curry, of Lancaster. Mrs. Green
has resided on the old homestead since her
husband's death and manages it with much
success. She is a lady possessed of more than
ordinary executive ability, and is highly esteemed
in her community. Those of her
children now living are married and have
homes of their own.
ILLIAM Q. GROVES was born in
Rutherford county, North Carolina,
October 7, 1828. His early life was
spent in Tennessee. In 1856 he was there
married to Miss Jane Ballanger, whose untinely
death occurred February 14, 1858,
after a happy married life of two years. She
died without issue. (For history of Mr.
Groves' parents and also of the Ballanger
family, see the biography of J. E. Groves in
this work.)I
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Lewis Publishing Company. Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas., book, 1892; Chicago, Illinois. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth20932/m1/577/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Public Library.