Uncovering St. John's

GREEN, ELIZA JANE WHITE (1878-1914): Eliza "Liza" Jane White was born to John Matt White and Matilda McWorter White in April 1878 in Pilot Point, Texas.  Eliza Jane was the sixth of eight children born to John and Matilda. In Pilot Point, John M. White worked as a farm laborer on land he owned: 77.5 acres at a value of $500 that he purchsed from William Boydston and 11 acres at a value of $50 from J. Owens.  In 1900, at the age of 22, Eliza lived with her parents, four of her siblings, and her maternal grandmother. Eliza married David Thomas on December 23, 1901. However, in 1910, she is listed as a widower. At this time, Eliza lived with her father, her step-mother Patsy, and her two children Rosie Thomas (b. 1904) and Amanda Thomas (b. 1906) and worked as a hired farmhand.  On October 24, 1912, Eliza married Richard Green. On June 29, 1914, Eliza died of pellagra at the age of 36. Eliza Jane White Green was buried in St. John’s Cemetery.

Ann Allen | Isaac Allen | Matilda Allen | Thomas Allen | Martha Billingslea | John Burton | Louisa Burton | Dora Davis | Wash Davis | Charles Ellis | Mrs. Charles Ellis | Gus Finch | Josaphine Finch | Mary Turner Fourteen | Eliza Jane White Green | Hezekiah Griffin | Lindsay Haflin | Melvinie Hays | Charity Shears Holloway Helm | Henry Holloway | Georgia Ann Holstein | Abraham Lyles | Mary Varner Lyles | Marvin Newsom | Charles Oliver | Peggy Oliver | Mary B. Finch Peace | James Robinson | Harriet Davis Shears | Henry Shears | Lucy Shears | Risom Shears | Henry Smith | Lissie Smith | Little Smith | Agle Lee Truitt | George Truitt | Lou Smith Truitt | Ceborn Vaughner | Lewis Vaughner | L.D. "Lover" Vaughner | Jennie Lyles Walker | Infant Ware | Infant Ware II | Mattie Finch Washington | John D. White | Washington Whitlow | Amanda "Mandy" Truitt Williams | Angeline Williamson

The People of St. John's - St. John's Cemetery - Gone to Texas

Citations: Year: 1880; Census Place: Precinct 2, Denton, Texas; Roll: 1300; Page: 69B; Enumeration District: 103.; "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", database with images, FamilySearch, Mat White, 1895.;  Ancestry.com. Texas, Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.;  Denton County Clerk's Office; Denton, Texas; Volumes: 00010; Pages: 00093.; Ancestry.com. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.