One by one the early pioneers of
this vicinity are passing away, and in a few years none will be left. The
last of these to join the silent dead was Mr. James Loder Green, an old
and respected resident of his place, who died on Friday morning last, 16th
inst.
Mr. Green was born July 23rd,
1810, on a farm near the town of Bloomsburg, in the State of Pennsylvania,
where his parents resided. His parents, Robert and Ann Green had a family
of nine children, four sons and five daughters, James being the fifth
member of the family, four were older and four younger than himself.
When he was at the age of 19 years
the family moved from Pennsylvania to Ohio, and settled on a farm about 20
miles south of Cleveland. In the autumn of the same year Mr. Green came to
Canada and remained with his uncle Job Loder, of Ancaster, for about two
years, during which time he was chiefly occupied in supervising the
cutting of the canal across the beach from Burlington Bay to the Lake.
From Ancaster, Mr. Green came to Waterford and took charge of Mr. Loder's
mercantile and other business affairs. The store was then in what is now
known as the Beemer House.
About two years after his arrival
here he was married to Elizabeth, the elder daughter of Morris and Lydia
Sovereign, a family among the first settlers of this locality. By this
marriage Mr. Green was the father of three sons, all of whom are living,
and two daughters, both deceased, one having died in infancy.
On July 7th, 1874 he was bereft
of his partner by death, and was again married on Oct. 13th, to his now
bereaved widow, who in company with the children, grand children, great
grand children, and a remaining brother in Ohio, with many other relatives
and friends mourn his departure and who receive the sincere condolence of
this entire community...
