Life History

Notes

• 1870 Federal Census, Hall County, Georgia, 3 August, Roberts District, PO Hog Mountain, page 198-199 (scan 307-308), Hse #1621, Fam #1695
  Green, Thos B 32 M W Farm Laborer $0 Real Estate $160 Personal Estate born Georgia [b abt 1838]
  Green, Frances E 30 F W Keeping House born Georgia Cannot read or write [b abt 1840]
  Green, George A 10 M W At Home born Georgia Cannot read or write [b abt 1860]
  Green, James I 8 M W born Georgia Cannot read or write [b abt 1862]
  Green, Martha L 7 F W born Georgia [b abt 1863]
  Green, Eliza L 5 F W born Georgia [b abt 1865]
  Green, Mary F 3 F W born Georgia [b abt 1867]
  -- page 199 --
  ** Green, Robt L 2 M W born Georgia Cannot write  [b 1868] **
  Green, Thomas B 3mos b Apr 1870 M W born Georgia
  
  1880 Federal Census, Blount County, Alabama, 10 July, Township 12, District 8, page 19, Hse #168, Fam #176
  Greene, Benton T  W M 42 Farming Cannot write GA SC SC [b abt 1836]
  Greene, Francis E  W F 40 Wife Housekeeping Cannot read or write GA GA GA [b abt 1840]
  Greene, Martha W F 17 Dau Single At Home GA GA GA Cannot read or write [b abt abt 1863]
  Greene, Luvina W F 14 Dau Single At Home GA GA GA Cannot read or write [b abt 1866]
  Greene, Francis M  W F 12 Dau Single At Home GA GA GA Cannot read or write [b abt 1868]
  Greene, Leroy W M 11 Son Single At Home GA GA GA Cannot read or write [b abt 1869]
  Greene, Oliver W M 8 Son Single AL GA GA Cannot read or write [b abt 1872]
  Greene, Alvan W M 5 Son Single AL GA GA Cannot read or write [b abt 1875]
  Greene, Layfayette [sic] W M 1 Son Single AL GA GA Cannot read or write [b abt 1879]
  
  Robert's name is given in his obituary as Robert Lee Greene.  He was a widely-known teacher and trader in the Birmingham area.  He lived in Inglenook.
  
  The 1870 census reported his age as 2 years; the 1880 as age 11.  The 1880 census date was 1 June & 1870 was 1 August, making him born June or July 1868.  But his sister Mary Frances was born in February 1868.  Robert's obituary has his birth date as 26 September 1870, which was after the census that reported him 2 years old!  Often in censuses, the age was rounded up to the next birthday.  His obit also reported that he moved to Alabama at age 2, which would be in about 1870.  His next brother was born in Hall County, Georgia, as Robert was, in April 1870.
  
  The family moved between the births of Robert in April 1870 the birth of Thomas Benton in August 1871 in Blount County, Alabama.  The census date on their page of the census was 1 August 1870.  They could have moved some time after 2 August 1870, when Robert was indeed about 2 years old.  The family remembered or someone transmitted the birth date incorrectly.
  
  Robert Lee Greene Obituary
  Born 26 September 1870 [census of 2 Aug 1870 rptd him 2 yrs old] in Gainesville, Georgia
  Parents Thomas Benton Greene and Frances Moss
  Moved to Alabama at age 2 [moved some time before Aug 1871, Retired in 1936 due to ill health
  Died at his residence, 4324 Jackson Blvd, Inglenook
  Death Friday 6 May 1937 Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama
  Funeral services Saturday (7 May 1937) at Brown-Service Funeral Home, Norwood, Revs W R Battle & L L Hearn officiating
  --  The Birmingham News, 8 May 1937, clipping courtesy of Bob Jones, posted on Ancestry 10 July 2017

Sources

• 1. 1870 Federal Census, Hall County, Georgia
  • 3 August, Roberts District, PO Hog Mountain, page 198-199 (scan 307-308), Hse #1621, Fam #1695
• 2. 1880 Federal Census, Blount County, Alabama
  • 10 July, Township 12, District 8, page 19, Hse #168, Fam #176
• 3. Obituary of Robert Lee Greene, Birmingham, 1937