Bio: Green, Jane (History - 1834)

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Surnames: GREEN CHRISTIE HEMPSTOCK BINGHAM SISCO BOSTWICK STANLY STANLEY FARNING

----Source: 1891 Bio. Hist. Of Clark Jackson Co., Wisconsin, pg.s 194 and 195:

JANE GREEN, (formerly Mrs. Christie) of section 34, Eaton Township, was born in London, England, December 1, 1834, the daughter of William and Hannah (Hempstock) Bingham, both natives of England. The father brought his family to the United States in the spring of 1836, settling in La Crosse Valley. He was a miller by trade, and rant the Lewis Flouring Mill in Lewis Valley, La Crosse County, several years. He died there in 1861, the mother died in this city in May, 1879, at the age of eighty-four years. The parents had three children, two of whom still survive: Mary A., now the wife of William Hempstock, of McMinnville, Oregon and Jane, our subject. The deceased, William A., died in McMinnville, June 28, 1890, at the age of seventy years.

The subject of this sketch was married December 30, 1857, to Romeo Bostwick, a native of Vermont, and they had four children: Isaac C., Henry A., Martin B., and George B. Isaac married Annie Sisco, and has three children: Sarah, Ella M., and an infant daughter. Henry married Mary Stanly (Stanley ), and has two children-Charles and Agnes. George married Mrs. Alice Ross, daughter of John W. Congley, of this city. Mrs. Bostwick had two children by a former marriage: Archie P. and Maggie A. Ross. Mr. Bostwick was a soldier in the late war, in Company L, Second Wisconsin Cavalry, and died in the service. His widow was again married, October 4, 1865, to James Christie, a native of Green County, Pennsylvania, born May 8, 1840, and by this union there were four children: Martha J., Minnie M., Eleanor P. and Joseph. Martha married John T. Farning, of this city, and has one child: Annie B. Minnie married Thomas Chadwick of Neillsville and has two children: Joseph and Sabrina. Eleanor married Adolph Hemp, of Weston Township, this county. Mr. Christie died October 3, 1883, and his widow was again married, July 5, 1889, to Henry Green, a native of the State of New York. He had four children by a former marriage.

Mr. Green worked many years in a sawmill of Mr. Farning, near the homestead of Mrs. Green. The latter came to this county with her husband, Mr. Christie, in the fall of 1865, where she has since resided. She owns forty acres of land, and has lived in her present residence eighteen years. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Greenwood.