GREEN CEMETERY

       ST. CHARLES, MISSOURI

(GREEN’S BOTTOM)

James Green emigrated from North Carolina in 1797, and settled first in St. Louis county, where he remained two years. In 1799 he removed to St. Charles county and settled on what has since been known as Green’s Bottom, where he obtained a Spanish grant for 800 arpents of land. Mr. Green, who was a plain, honest farmer, had a passion for running for office, and was a candidate at nearly every election. He was always defeated, but did not seem to mind that, being satisfied, apparently, with the pleasure it afforded him to be a candidate. The largest number of votes he ever received at an election was 70, and the smallest 11. He married in North Carolina, and raised five children– Robert, John, James, Squire, and Elizabeth. (“A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri”, Wm. S. Bryan and Robert Rose, 1876, Page 151).

An article in the St. Charles Journal, Thurs. July 30, 1964, states:

“James Green of New Bern, North Carolina and eight families migrated to Missouri in 1797. James Green is listed as a Revolutionary Soldier (Ref. No. Car. Society of Cinti.). They had a hard long trip and when they reached the Mississippi River just before Christmas, 1797, opposite St. Louis. The river was partly frozen over and they could not cross so this group set up camp.

It is interesting to note that the Governor of Upper Louisiana sent tents, coffee and supplies to the stranded families. Each of these families were given a Spanish land grant. They crossed the Mississippi River as soon as it thawed in 1798...”

The article goes on to describe the land grant and the remarkable two-story cabin that Mr. Green built for his family.

With regard to the index of the graves at the Squire Green Cemetery or James Green Cemetery:

James Green, d. 14 Mar 1853 at 57y, was James Green, Jr., son of James Green as written about above.

Rachel (Yarnell) Green, b. 20 Dec 1803, d. 3 Dec. 1876, wife of James, was the wife of James Green, Jr.

Dulcena Green, d. 18 Oct 1857, dau of James & R. 14y9m5d, was the daughter of James & Rachel Green as shown. She was born 13 Jan 1843.

Squire Green, d. 23 Mar 1843, 43y3m “my husband”, was the brother of James Green, Jr.

Margaret Green, d. 16 Jan 1868, 66y7m18d wife of Squire, was the wife of Squire Green.

Sarah E. Green, d. 1 Mar 1870, 26y12d wife of Irvine, was Sarah Elizabeth (Soey) Green, wife of Irvin Pittman Green, one of James and Rachel Green’s sons. They were married

07 Jan 1861. She was born 19 Feb 1844.

GREEN CEMETERY (continued)

Ada Green, d. 19Aug 1865, 6m17d dau of A.P. & S.E., could be the daughter of Irvin Pittman (I.P.) Green and Sarah Elizabeth (S.E.) Green.

Elizabeth Yarnell, d. 13 Jul 1858, 48y wife of A. Could be the wife of Amos Yarnell, who was Rachel Yarnell’s brother. He married Elizabeth Tagart on 01 Dec 1836.

The other Yarnells and the Hoffmans listed on the index of the cemetery are unknown to me at this time.

Information on the above families can be found at the website for the

“Yarnall - Yarnell Family Genealogy”, and some descendants of the Yarnells and Greens can be found in the KIRKMAN GENEALOGY website..

 The book “A PARTIAL GENEALOGY OF THE NAME YARNALL - YARNELL 1683 - 1970" by Harry H. Yarnell and Ruth Brookman Yarnell has extensive information on these families, as well as more information on the cabin built by James Green.

Submitted September 5, 2006, by Charlotte Kirkman Robbins with thanks to my cousin, Sandra Tuttle, for her help and research.