Summary
John W. Green was born on Beaver Island on December 1, 1870 and died there or elsewhere on September 26, 1963, according to the local obituary. The notice remembers a working life across sailing, farming, lumbering, fishing, real estate, and politics, and says he preserved more than 200 folk songs and nearly as many stories.
The held Ivan Walton collection summary also lists John W. Green among its Beaver Island performers and speakers. That catalog connection is retained without treating it as a verified item-level recording inventory or a complete biography.
Evidence and limits
The obituary gives no exact death place, burial, parents, civil identifiers, or complete list of children. The record remains separate from other Green and Gallagher records unless a source establishes the relationship.
See also
- Death of John W. Green (1963)
- Elizabeth Roddy Green (1963 obituary record)
- Ivan Walton papers and sound recordings
- Music and folklore
- Commercial fishing
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, October 1963, “Old Friend Passes.”States that John W. Green was born on Beaver Island December 1, 1870, died September 26, 1963, worked in sailing, farming, lumbering, fishing, real estate, and politics, and had more than 200 recorded folk songs and nearly as many stories; it identifies his wife as Elizabeth Roddy.
- Ivan Walton Papers and Sound Recordings, Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University, finding-aid compilation.The project's held collection summary lists John W. Green among Beaver Island performers and speakers in the Walton materials; it does not independently identify every recording or establish that all catalog references concern this obituary subject.web · bentley_walton_finding_aid_umich-bhl-86328