The Green Family and Connections Hold a Reunion at Jesse Green’s Residence

The reunion of the Green family and connections at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Green, Dayton, on New Year’s was a much larger affair than was expected by Mr. Green. The occasion was the 73rd anniversary of his birth. It was not until the guests had begun to arrive that an inkling of what was intended entered his mind. His amiable better half understood more fully than he did what was to be, and made her preparations accordingly. She had eatables cooked in large quantities and great variety, and, when the hunger of all had been appeased, it was found that fully seventy-five persons — men, women and children — had sat at the table. A conspicuous object on the table was a large frosted cake, with the date of Mr. Green’s birth in raised letters and figures.

After dinner Mr. Thos. W. MacKinlay, on behalf of the relatives, presented Mr. Green an easy chair and Mrs. Green a table as tokens of their affection and esteem.

The following gentlemen were present with their wives: Ex-Attorney-General McCartney, now of Hutchinson, Kansas; L. C. Robinson, Rutland; Jos. Jackson, Millington; Frank Allen, Galesburg; Harry Green, T. E. MacKinlay, C. B. Hess, H. B. Williams, Wm. Bagly, Ottawa; O. W. Trumbo, Isaac Green, Dayton; also Mesdames J. Harris, J. Crum, Lavina Matlock, Yorkville, Craig, Jacksonville, and Bagley, Ottawa, Ray Harris and Myrtie Crum, Yorkville, Ella, Maud and Barbara Green, Dayton; and Messrs Ed. Jackson, Cincinnati, Kent Green, Chicgo, E. J. Hess, Harry Robinson, Theodore Strawn, W. E. and Don MacKinlay, Ottawa, and Basil and James Green, Dayton. The children numbered about fifteen.

The reunion will not be forgotten soon by any one of the fortunate guests of Mr. and Mrs. Green. May they continue to enjoy the evening of their lives and live to celebrate the 80th anniversary on a scale equally large and enjoyable.¹

1. The Ottawa [Illinois] Republican Times, January 8, 1891, p. 3.