DIED: 11/6/1881
AGED: 43
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BURIED IN UNION CEMETERY WITH THE SAME LAST NAME:
- Green, Bessie G
- Green, Caroline S
- Green, Caroline
- Green, Charles D
- Green, Eleanor W
- Green, George
- Green, Harriett
- Green, Joseph
- Green, Lottie E
- Green, Maud E
BURIED NEARBY IN PLOT 167:
CURRENT EVENTS:- 1845 Texas annexed into U.S.
- 1846 Mexican-American War
- 1849 California Gold Rush
- 1850 California became the 31st State
- 1860 The Pony Express
- 1861 Abraham Lincoln elected President
- 1861 American Civil War
- 1865 Abraham Lincoln assassinated
- 1866 Ku Klux Klan
- 1869 National Woman Suffrage Assoc.
- 1871 The Great Chicago Fire
- 1876 Telephones (Alexander Graham Bell)
- 1876 Baseball's National League
- 1877 Phonograph (Thomas Edison)
- 1879 Light Bulb (Thomas Edison)
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OBITUARY ---------------GEORGE W. GREEN
From Roy W. Cloud’s manuscript.
Nov. 6, 1881 was one of the saddest days of this city’s history. George W. Green and a young jail trustee were sailing near the mouth of Redwood Creek in a small sailboat, with Mr. Green’s wife and two daughters and a little girl friend. A sudden gust of wind overturned the round bottom boat. Sheriff Green was a good swimmer, so was Henry Von Senden, the trustee. These two succeeded in putting Mrs. Green and the girls on to the bottom of the boat but, because of their heavy clothing, were unable to save themselves. Lon Cook, father of Miss May Cook and Mrs J.E. Ensor, was sailing near by and saved Mrs. Green and the girls and brought them to Redwood City. Several days later, the bodies of Sheriff Green and Henry Von Senclen were recovered and the funeral of the sheriff was one of the largest ever held in the county.
Redwood City Nov. 6, 1881
Died near Redwood City Nov. 6th, George Wilson Green, Sheriff of San Mateo County, a native of the próvince of New Brunswick, ages 43 years 3 months and 15 days. He was drowned in Corkscrew Slough during an outing in the Annie on the way to the oyster beds.
The following sketch of Mr. Green’s life was prepared for the pages of Messrs Frazer and Holloway’s forthcoming history of San Mateo County.
GEORGE WILSON GREEN
He was born at St. Andrews, Province of New Brunswick, July 21. 1838. When seven years of age he moved with his parents to Eastport, Maine, and in July 1846 went to Belfast, Maine. Here he went to school and at the same time learned the trade of a ship joiner, in the employ of White, Connor & Co. He afterwards went to Minneapolis, where he remained three years, during which time he worked at house carpentering. He then returned to Belfast, Maine, where his mother was then residing, and remained there until February 16, 1860, when he started for California. Feb. 20, 1860 he sailed from New York in the steamer North Star for Aspinwall, crossed the Isthmus of Panama and took the steamer Orizaba for San Francisco, and landed at the foot of Howard Street March 16, 1860. Shortly after arrival he went to Napa city where he prosecuted his calling at house carpentering, working in different parts of Napa Valley until Fcb. 1, 1861, when he returned to San Francisco. Here he worked at his trade until March 31st, when he came to San Mateo County. Here he went to work for J. E. Butler, and followed his business in his employ for eleven years and three months, during which time he had some work to do for William Ralston at Belmont. At the end of this time J.E. Butler went to Salt Lake City and Mr. Green took charge of the work at Belmont, which he continued for three years. In May 1875 he was employed by the Spring Valley Water Co. in putting up temporary buildings for the men, timbering tunnels and general carpentering. Whilst engaged by the water co. he was nominated for Sheriff of San Mateo County, and was elected in September 1877, and on March 4th he was re-elected Sheriff and was still serving under that election at the time of his death. June 28th, 1870, he married Caroline Smith, who died January 23, 1878, and by whom he had three children, Eleanor Wilson, Caroline Smith and Maud ELizabeth. He was again married to Elizabeth Beck of Redwood City Dec 16, 1879, by whom he has one child Harry Beck
Plot 167
April 17, 1886
Mrs. Joseph Tyson, recently the widow of Geo. W. Green, escorted by a delegation of Masons, were present at the interment of the bodies of the late sheriff, his first wife and daughter in Union Cemetery yesterday, the bodies having been removed from the cemetery in San Mateo. The coffin was opened by Undertaker Crowe, and the body found to be in wonderful preservation, the coffin having been hermetically sealed after an especially careful preparation of the body by Mr. Crowe, although it was not embalmed.
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