FINAL SUMMONS TO GEO. GREEN _______________ Venerable Miner of the Roslyn-Cle Elum Field Answers the Call. With the N. W. I. Co. Forty Yrs. _______________ With the death of George Moore Green at his home in Cle Elum last Tuesday morning at 2:15, there passed onward one of the oldest, most prominent and best beloved of this district’s pioneer mining men. Everybody liked him for his splendid character. He rose during a period of forty years service with the Northwestern Improvement Company to one of the highest positions within its gift and in his declining years they did not forget his long and faithful service. The sunset of his life was made happy by the hearty appreciation of those for whom and with whom he had labored and by the knowledge that he had finished his earthly labors and peacefully and serenely awaited the Divine call, surrounded by family love and devotion. Last fall he broke an ankle, which had crippled him somewhat, keeping him close to the house. A sudden attack of stomach trouble drove him to bed several days ago and though he retained a clear mind to the end, he could not overcome the difficulty at his advanced age of nearly ninety years and he evidently felt that he could not survive. Members of the family were sent for arriving as soon as possible. Friends and neighbors did all within their power but could not stay the final summons. The funeral is being held this afternoon at the Jones chapel. George Moore Green was a native of England, the son of Henry and Elizabeth Green, and was born on September 11, 1835, in Humble Burn Cottage, Chester Parish, Durham. In 1855 he was married to Mary Bruce, August 5th at Pelton Church in the same parish, and to this union the following children were born: Annie, born May 9, 1856, now living at Streator, Ill,; John G. Green, June a4, 1883, living in Cle Elum; Henry Green, born at Streator, September 6, 1886, living at Red Lodge; Elizabeth, born at Streator, 1868, living at Salt Lake City. Two boys died in their infancy, also a girl. Mary Green died August 5th, her wedding anniversary, 1871, at Streator. Mr. Green three years ago celebrated the golden anniversary of his wedding to Achsah Matilda Blanchard, a daughter of Psalter Sylvester and Phoebe Blanchard, a native of Illinois to who he was married in that state. She survives him. The children of this uni9on are: Robert William, of San Diego, Cal.; Phoebe Isabel, living in Seattle; Thos. James, Alba Blanchard and Margaret, all born in Streator, and now living in Portland. They came by car on notification of their father’s illness and will take their mother back with them to live in Portland. Two children died in infancy. Coming to America in 1863, requiring twenty-eight days by sailboat, Mr. Green followed coal mining in Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, Missouri, and finally in Montana and Washington. He opened the Red Lodge mines for the Northern Pacific and in 1888 was transferred to the new Roslyn field. Here he sunk the old shaft in 1892 and in 1899 opened the Cle Elum mine for the company. He occupied various responsible positio9ns as foreman and superintendent on this field and did much prospecting for the company until 1913, when he resigned form active work and made a trip to the old country with his wife. He is said to have opened twenty-one different coal mines during his long experience, which speaks volumes for his ability. He was of a deeply religious nature and it is said of him that he always prayed for his men when he went on duty and when they went under ground . In the local field he established a record in the mines for lack of accidents that became nationally known. Article found in the family Bible of Joseph and Annie Westwood, Streator, IL. Bible is in the possession of Joseph Westwood of Pearl City, IL., who is the grandson of Joe and Annie. Joseph of Pearl City, was so kind as to lend me the articles from the Bible so I could enter them into our family genealogy collection. June 21, 1997 Carmen Kay Luellman (Westwood) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Carmen Luellman< carmenkl@msn.com > (© 1997 Carmen Luellman)