Caroline Clarke Greene was born in Brookfield, Madison Co., N. Y. January 3, 1823, and died in Independence, N. Y., October 21, 1912.
She was the sixth of a family of eight children born to Samuel and Tacy Maxon Clarke. Mrs. Emily Wells of Little Genesee, and Mr. Jerry Clarke of Andover, are the only surviving children.
About eighty-six years ago, while she was still a small girl, she removed with her parents from Brookfield to this locality, which place has been her home ever since. Her mother was soon taken away, and she and her three brothers and four sisters were left in these new and wooded hills of Allegany County to grow up together. Before her death she was possibly the oldest early settler of this vicinity.
On October 14, 1853, she was married to William Bliven Greene, who preceded her into the great beyond by about thirteen years. To this union were born three children, Jennie May, who died when four years of age, Mrs. Lucy Randolph, of Fouke, Arkansas, and Mr. John Greene, of Independence, with whom Mrs. Greene has made her home for many years.
Aunt Caroline, as she was known by all, was greatly devoted to her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. In her later years she often spoke of their kindness and tender care over her, and referred to them as that for which she had lived and toiled.
Aunt Caroline was baptized by Elder Stillman Coon and became a member of this church at an early age. Through these many years she has been among its most faithful members, doing her work well in the church, the Ladies' Aid society, and sustaining a close relation to her God and her brothers and sisters in Christ. She was a devout, sincere Christian, believing in prayer, and especially devoted to the study of her Bible. She loved to meditate on the words of her Maker, and exercised unwavering faith in his ability to guide her in the way everlasting.
Funeral services were conducted at the Seventh-day Baptist church of Independence, October 23, 1912, at 11 a.m., and she was laid to rest in the cemetery near by. L. O. G.
