Don F. Green Family

Don Felix & Nancy Ann (Drummonds) Green Family


In 1819 Max and Nancy Drummonds* immigrated to the United States from Scotland with their daughter Nancy Ann (born July 30, 1805).** In the same year (1819) fourteen year old Nancy Ann married Don Felix Green (born about 1796 in Virginia) in Halifax County, Virginia.
*There is conflicting evidence that Nancy Ann's parents were William and Sally (Perkins) Drummond. They were married 10 Jan 1800 in Halifax County, Virginia.
**Census data indicates that Nancy Ann was born in Virginia and that her father was born in Scotland and her mother in Virginia. So, the year of immigration of Max Drummonds is unclear. The above account is from a family history document in the handwriting of Ella (Green) Shaw that gives an accurate account of Nancy Ann's age and marriage year and a precise birth date (1 day off of the obituary birth date) as well as the following list of eight of the nine Green children.

Nancy Ann (Drummonds) Green Rose possibly taken in the 1870s:


Don and Nancy had nine children. We know the names of eight of them:

1. Martha Ann was born December 21, 1821, in Virginia

2. Berryman was born in 1823 in Tennessee

3. Henry was born in 1825 in Tennessee

4. Marquis (Marcus) Lafayette was born June 19, 1829 in Tennessee

5. Nancy Emaline (Emily) was born in 1829 (or 1831) in Tennessee

6. Sophia D. was born November, 1831 (or 1835) in Tennessee

7. Eliza was born in 1833 in Tennessee

8. Sarah Elizabeth was born November 30, 1838 in Tennessee

- 1820 Virginia census
- 1830 Tennessee census

An older woman was living with them and is listed in the 1820 and 1830 census. It is probable that the woman was either Don's or Nancy's mother. The older woman either died or moved away from the family between 1830 and 1840, as she is not in the 1840 census. Don left the family between 1838 and 1840.

Martha Ann married William Rooker Patty on September 10, 1839, in Roane County, Tennessee. This left Nancy as the head of family to care for her seven children remaining at home.

- 1840 Tennesee census

Nancy Ann Green(e) married William Rose in Roane County, Tennessee, on October 23, 1842 (marriage and marriage bond registrations), and the family moved to Georgia. Five of Nancy's children were married in Murray County, Georgia:

Nancy Emaline Green married David Williams in Murray County, Georgia, on June 10, 1847.
Berryman Green married Lucretia Williams (perhaps David's sister) in Murray County, Georgia, on August 26, 1847.
Henry J. Green married Rudy Emeline Voyles in Murray County, Georgia, on May 30, 1848.
(Marcus) Lafayette Green married Permelia Carter in Murray County, Georgia, on December 29, 1849.
Sophia D. Green married Thomas E. Brown in Murray County, Georgia, on November 21, 1850.

- 1850 Georgia census


Meanwhile Don had moved to Monroe County, Mississippi where he married Nancy (or Unity or Nuny) Wise on April 30, 1849 (marriage and marriage bond registrations and close up of Don's signature). They had a son, Taylor, born 1849 to 1850 in Mississippi. Don was a carpenter in 1850.

- 1850 Mississippi census

On November 21, 1850, Sophia married Thomas E. Brown in Murray County, Georgia. They had daughters Nancy Ann about 1852 and Mary J. in August of 1855 in Georgia.

By 1849 Berryman and Lucretia had moved to Arkansas. There they had Mary E. born about 1849, Nancy A. about 1853, William B. about 1855, James J. about 1857, and Martha D. about 1866.

David and Emily had William Henry born in January 1852 in Georgia. In late 1853 David and Emily Williams moved to Arkansas. They went with Emily's brother Marcus Lafayette Green and his family, sister Sophia and her husband Thomas and their family, sister Sarah and probably their mother Nancy Ann Green/Rose. They David started homesteading January 1, 1854, at Cedar Creek in Crawford County. (land application). David's brother-in-law, Marcus L. (Marquis Lafayette) Green signed an affidavit on David's behalf. (affidavit). David and Emily's family grew. Lafayette A (born about 1853), Marion Warden (about 1853), Eliza (Della) Palestine (February 24, 1857), James H. (about 1858), Elizabeth (Laura) (about 1861), Sarah (about 1862), Mary D. (March 2, 1865) were all born in Arkansas.

Photos of the area where David and Emily and Lafayette and Permelia lived can be seen here. It's beautiful country.

(Marcus) Lafayette and Permelia lived in the next farm over from David and Emily's. Their family grew. Martha J. was born about 1852 in Georgia. After the move to Arkansas four more children were added to the family: Mary E./Tina (about 1853), Henry Frances (April 2, 1858), and Louisa A (about 1860). Sometime before 1864 Permelia died.

In 1864 Lafayette married Nancy Jane Johnson in Arkansas. Nancy Jane had been born October 27, 1849 in Arkansas or Tennessee. They had two children in Arkansas before moving to Oregon. A baby girl born in 1865 lived one hour. William born in 1867 died at 6 months.

Thomas and Sophia Brown lived in Crawford County too, but in Van Buren Township. Their family grew: William Franklin, born in 1856; James Douglas, born November, 1857; Sarah M., born 1859; Jerman, born January, 1860; Martha A., born 1863, all in Arkansas. Their youngest child, Ellen D., was born in Texas, about 1866.

In Arkansas Sarah met and married widower John Boen. He brought six children and two stepchildren to the marriage. He and Sarah had three more: Jesse P., born July, 1859; Eliza, born about 1861; and Elizabeth, born about 1865, all in Arkansas. John and Sarah lived in Cedar Creek Township along with David and Emily and Marcus and Permelia.

- 1860 Arkansas census

David and brother-in-law Marcus Green joined the Confederate war effort. Marcus enlisted March 11, 1862 at Brownsville, Arkansas, joining Turnbull's Battalion, Arkansas Infantry, Company H, as a private.

In 1852 William and Martha (Green) Patty had moved to Oregon. In 1869, Martha's sisters Sophia, Nancy Emaline and Sarah and their families along with brother Marcus Lafayette and his family and their mother Nancy Rose moved from Arkansas to Salem, Oregon. They traveled across the plains to Oregon by ox team. Emily's husband, David Williams, died in early 1870. Nancy Rose lived with Emily and her family in Salem after David's death. Their daughter, Sophronia E. (Etta) was born December, 1870 after David's death.

- 1870 Oregon census - Emily Williams family and Nancy Rose
- 1870 Oregon census - William and Martha Patty family
- 1870 Oregon census - Marcus and Nancy Green family
- 1870 Oregon census - Thomas and Sophia Brown family
- 1870 Oregon census - Sarah (Green) Boen family

Sarah (Green) Boen married Jacob Holland November 24, 1870. After David's death Emily (Nancy) Williams married James Tomlinson in 1873. Her mother, Nancy Rose, went to live with the oldest Green daughter Martha Patty and her husband William. By June of 1880, Martha, was an invalid with breast cancer and died in the following month on July 6.

- 1880 Oregon census (William and Martha Patty family and Nancy Rose)
- 1880 Oregon census (Marcus and Nancy Green family)
- 1880 Oregon census (Thomas and Sophia Brown family)
- 1880 Oregon census (Jacob and Sarah Holland family)

Nancy (Drummonds/Green) Rose outlived all but three of her children (Marcus, Sophia and Sarah), dying on May 12, 1893. She had over 150 great-grand and great-great-grandchildren at the time of her death. Her obituary reads as follows:

Rose--At the residence of her grandson, W.F. Brown, in North Salem; Friday, May 12; from old age, Nancy Ann Rose, age 87 years and 10 months.

Mrs. Rose at the time of her death was one of Salem's oldest lady residents.

Mrs. Nancy Ann Rose was a native of Halifax County, Virginia and was born there July 30, 1805. She married D.F. Green in that county, when she was only 18. Her maiden name was Drummonds. She then lived successively in Roan county, Tenn., and in Crawford county, Arkansas. In 1868 she came to Salem and lived for a time with her son-in-law, Wm. Patty, near the Little Central school house. She was married twice and had nine children by her first husband. Those living are Mrs. S.D. Brown, of North Salem, L. Green, of Long Creek, Eastern Oregon, and Mrs. Sarah E. Howlen, of Eastern Oregon. She has over 150 grand, great-grand, and great-great-grandchildren.

The funeral service will be held at the residence at 10 a.m. today and the remains will be interred in the Lee Mission Cemetery.

Oregon Statesman, May 13, 1893 4:4

Drummonds/Greene family history from the Roscoe & Ella (Green) Shaw family records.
Marquis (Marcus) Lafayette Greene family history from the Roscoe & Ella (Green) Shaw family records.

*Much of this information on the Green family was compiled in a collaborative effort with C. Arima, T. Fea, S. Flora,
S. Ford, C. Gurney, J. Hastings, J. Miyama, T. Seim, W. Shaw and S. Spaulding.

Green Family Links - http://www.oregonpioneers.com/family/family.htm

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