Greene - James Wilson
Source: Waveland Independent, Waveland, Montgomery County, Indiana, Friday June 30, 1899
Rev. J.W. Greene, well known retired minister of the ME Church, died at his home at Crawfordsville Tuesday aged 70 years. - kbz
Source: Crawfordsville Journal, June 30, 1899
The funeral of Rev. Dr. JW Greene occurred at the home on E. Wabash Ave. on Thursday at 3 o'clock conducted by Rev. JH Cissel. Music was rendered by AA McCain, Wm. M. White and Misses Anna Willson and Grace Lee. The pall bearers were Warren H. Ashley, BL Ornbaum, Lewis Hornaday, George S. Durham, Benjamin Wasson and George R. Brown. The services were largely attended and the remains were interred at Oak Hill. - kbz
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly, Friday, June 30, 1899- thanks, Kim :)
Dr. J. W. Greene, died last Tuesday at 10 o'clock at his home on east Wabash avenue. He begun to fail over two years ago from slow paralysis following the grip and has been bed fast since February. He had failed rapidly during the past week but it was not thought to be serious. He was taken much worse, however, Tuesday morning at 8 o'clock and death ensued in two hours. The funeral occurred at the home on Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock. James Wilson Greene was born February 1, 1829, in Greene county, Ohio, being the youngest son of John and Nancy Greene. In 1832 he came with his parents to St. Joseph county, Indiana, and grew to manhood. When twenty-six years of age he relinquished a prosperous lumber business to enter the Methodist ministry, being admitted as a member of the northwest Indiana conference. His first pastorate was at Michigan City, he filling there the unexpired term of minister whose health had failed. He held then terms at Crown Point, Stockwell and Delphi, and in 1864 was sent to Indianapolis. After that time his pastoral work was confined to Indianapolis, Greencastle, Terre Haute and Crawfordsville. He was also presiding elder of the Terre Haute and Crawfordsville districts and was for several years financial agent of DePauw university of which institution he was trustee for quite a number of years. His active relations with the ministry ceased almost a decade ago but until his health failed he was frequently called upon in a ministerial capacity. During the civil war he was stationed at Indianapolis and was a member of the commission appointed by Gov. Morton to visit the soldiers hospitals and afford relief. He was in 1880 a delegate to the general conference of the church in 1890 received the honorary degree of D.D. from DePauw University. December 25, 1861, he was married to Miss Catherine Elizabeth Organ, daughter of Samuel Organ of Laporte, who with four sons survive him. The children are Robert J. Greene, of Lincoln, Neb., Jesse A. Greene and Dr. Henry E. Greene, of Crawfordsville, and Philip T. Greene, of Lincoln, Neb. Dr. Greene also leaves two brothers and one sister, Daniel Greene, of South Bend, Nelson Greene, of Danville, and Mrs. Martha Inwood, of South Bend.