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Note: Gilbert Green, "United States Census, 1850" Name:�Ctab�D Gilbert Green Event Type:�Ctab�D Census Event Date:�Ctab�D 1850 Event Place:�Ctab�D Truro, Franklin, Ohio, United States Gender:�Ctab�D Male Age:�Ctab�D 45 Marital Status:�Ctab�D Race (Original):�Ctab�D Race:�Ctab�D Birthplace:�Ctab�D New Jersey Birth Year (Estimated):�Ctab�D 1805 House Number:�Ctab�D 154 Family Number:�Ctab�D 176 Line Number:�Ctab�D 13 Affiliate Publication Number:�Ctab�D M432 Affiliate Film Number:�Ctab�D 679 GS Film number:�Ctab�D444672 Digital Folder Number:�Ctab�D004204438 Image Number:�Ctab�D 00031 �Ctab�DHousehold�Ctab�DGender�Ctab�DAge�Ctab�DBirthplace Gilbert Green�Ctab�DM�Ctab�D45�Ctab�D New Jersey Susan Green�Ctab�DF�Ctab�D40�Ctab�D Ohio Harrison Green�Ctab�DM�Ctab�D23�Ctab�D New Jersey Wm Green�Ctab�DM�Ctab�D21�Ctab�D New Jersey Mary Green�Ctab�DF�Ctab�D13�Ctab�D Ohio Covert Green�Ctab�DM�Ctab�D7�Ctab�D Ohio Elizabeth Green�Ctab�DF�Ctab�D4�Ctab�D Ohio Merwin G Green�Ctab�DM�Ctab�D1�Ctab�D Ohio Sources Add to My Source Box Go to My Source Box Share View image Save image Search collection About this collection Citing this Record "United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MX31-YX9 : accessed 15 Jun 2013), Gilbert Green, 1850. Susanna (Mrs. (Gilbert Green), the youngest of the family of Robert and Mehctahle Tavlor. was born at Truro, Nova Sco- tia, April 18, 1804, and was but a child when the family came to Ohio. About 1830 she was married to Gilbert Greene and lived all her life on the farm in Truro Township, not more than a mile from the old house. There were four children born of that mar- riage, Mary, John C.. Elizabeth and Merwin. The last named is the only one now living. The most distressing incidenee that happened to the family in the early years of occupancy of the old house was that of Susan, the youngest child being lost in the woods. It happened when she was about nine or ten years old. She went a short distance from the house with a view of picking some berries, and as it was already towards evening, dusk and darkness came on before she realized it, and in her alarm at the darkness she ran as fast as she could, as she supposed, towards home, but evidently in a wrong direction. Her loss was soon discovered, and all the members of the family quickly went in search of her but failed to find her that night. They were greatly alarmed and gave notice to the few settlers within reach, and in the morning all were in the woods in eager search for the lost child, but the day passed without result. Tn the meantime the news reached the settlers along Alum Creek and on the second day the number of searchers was much increased, but even then there were but few consider- ing the vast extent of forest to be traversed and searched over. The second day. ended as the first, without results or even the faintest trace of the child, and fear began to be entertained that she was no longer living. The third days' search began with an augmented number of searchers, even several women joined in the search, but still the number seemed small in such an emergency. Among them was Robert Nelson, who lived on Alum Creek just east of the present city of Columbus, and where his descendants still reside. He had been in the woods all the day before and was early out again in that part of the woods in which the cliild was known to be. After wandering several hours, he happened to see a deer quietly feeding, which had not ob- served him, and as he had his rifle with him he undertook to ap- proach the deer by keeping in line with a large tree which stood between them, and when he reached the tree, he was amazed to find the child in a profound sleep at its foot. He quietly aroused her and found that beyond being badly scratched with briars and bushes and almost entirely denuded of clothing, she had suffered no serious injury. He quickly took her to the nearest house, which was some considerable distance away in the woods where she was cared for, and. as soon as possible, taken to her home and restored to her family. The place where she was found was about one-half mile east of Alum Creek and about one mile east of the present County Infirmary, and about four miles from her home. She had, each day. found berries in the woods which she ate and which tended greatly to preserve her strength. She, also, each day, found water with which she quenched her thirst. Years afterwards. 1 talked with her about her unfortunate experience, and she told me that each day she heard voices of persons seek- ing for her but none of them came within her sight except one day when she heard a voice which she knew to be that of her brother David (my father), and saw him passing not far from her. She tried to call to him but could not make herself heard and he soon passed out of sight. She then followed in the di- rection in which he had come, but neither saw nor heard more of him. This was the most exciting incident of "lost child" that ever occurred in the vicinity and it long continued to be a matter of conversation at the evening firesides of the old settlers.
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