John and Rebecca Reed resided first at Acworth, New Hampshire, The 1810 Census shows John and his bride living in the same neighborhood as his father Supply Reed. According to the Better Fuller account, Henry was born in New York and that is where the Reeds came in contact with him. John and Rebecca previously had four children, born in the early years of their marriage. None of these children survived. Thinking they would have no living children, they took a child named Henry Green to raise. The age of this child or the reason for their taking him is not known. John and Rebecca Reed later had nine living children. Fanny L. S. Meadows' history of the Reed family, provided the following information about the adopted child they called Thomas Henry Green. "Thomas Henry Green: this man does not belong to the Reed family, but when quite young was taken by John and Rebecca (Bearce) Reed to be raised, as their first four children had died in infancy and they thought they could have no children that lived. He was raised in the family and is known among them, so we give what information we have regarding him. We have little information of his parentage except that he was a son of Green and his mother's maiden name was Cummings."

Henry moved with the Reeds to Ohio, on the shores of Lake Erie. The 1820 census lists the John Reed Family living in Richfield, Summit county, Ohio. The 1830 census shows the John Reed Family living in Rome, Ashtabula, Ohio and next door was Henry green with his new bride and another adult male living in their house. on August 25 1830, Henry Married Loiza Spooner.

Loiza, and her parents Pardon and Susan DeMaranville Spooner, resided in the Conneaut, Ashtabula, Ohio area. The Spooner Family History indicates Loiza was born, probably in Vermont, in 1810, the eighth child of Pardon and Susan. Fannie L. S. Meadows' lists Loiza's birth date as April 9, 1812. The comment "married a Mormon and moved to Illinois and then to Utah" is all that is written in the Thomas Spooner history about Loiza. Were the Spooner's unhappy with Loiza's choice of husband and/or the newly founded Latter Day Saints religion? Loiza previously had belonged to the Huguenot faith, a French Protestant religion. The marriage records for Ashtabula County, Ohio, show a Justice of the Peace married the young couple on the 25th day of August, 1830. Loiza's first name is written as "Loiza" on the county marriage record, however other records, including the Thomas Spooner family history, record her name as Lois. Fannie L. S. Meadows records show her name as Louisa.

Prior to Henry and Loiza's immigration move west, eight children were born into their family. Their first-born, Rhoda Ann Green was born on May 18, 1831 in Conneaut, Ashtabula County, Ohio. Rhoda married twice. She died 26 short years later on 31 of August 1857 and is buried in Ripley Twp., Illinois. George Henry, born 11 October 1832, in Conneaut, Ohio, is said to have died in 1842. Information on another son William, born in Conneaut in 1833, has yet to be found. Jonathan Wilbur came into the world in 1835, followed by Rufus Ira, in 1836. Tragedy struck the family when a daughter, Mary Caroline, the sixth child, died October 11, 1838, before the family left Ohio. She lived only 5 months.

It must have been hard for Loiza to loose an infant daughter because she stopped having children for 5 years.

In the year 1835, an entry was found in the Kirkland, Ohio, History of the Church, (LDS). Page 274, describes a trial of an Elder, Henry Green. If this trial, by the leaders of the LDS Church, is truly speaking of our Henry, it involves a complaint preferred by President Joseph Smith, Jr. against Brother Henry Green for accusing President Joseph Smith, Jr., "of rebuking Brother Aldredge wrongfully", and stating that "President Joseph Smith, Jun. was under the influence of an evil spirit."

The transcript of the trial, reads that a "discrepancy had occurred over the purchase of a book for recording Patriarchal Blessings". Brother Aldridge had voiced verbally his opinion of the cost of the purchase, to which Elder Henry Green had agreed by saying, "he (Joseph) acted like a scoundrel, and that the devil was in him when he rebuked Brother Aldredge". Henry was called to meet with the Church High Council leadership regarding his verbal remarks. Henry failed to meet at the given time, but he did appear, prior to the closing of the meeting. The punishment for this act against the leadership was resolved by Brother Henry Green being dissolved of his church membership. This loss of membership is recorded in the "Early Quincy Illinois Ward Records 1840-1845". Pretty stiff punishment, however in the early days of the newly founded religion, members were excommunicated often for "unsaintly" acts. Loiza, still in good standing, was also listed as a member on the Quincy Ward Record. Henry and Loiza were living in Quincy, Adams County, Illinois area during this time period.

In Illinois, Henry was close to his adopted family. Loiza was close to the members of the church, She must have been happy. Two more daughters were born into the family, increasing their offspring to eight children: Sarah Jane, born June 5, 1842 and Emily Melissa in 1844. Some records indicate the two girls, Sarah Jane and Emily Melissa, may have been born in Illinois or Ohio. Sarah listed Ohio as her place of birth in the 1880 census, so it is possible that Loiza went home to have her two girls. Although it is unlikely, because of the distance she wouldv'e had to travel. Their exact birth location remains undetermined. In the winter of 1845-6 another son, James Alden was born. Some records indicate a place called Garretts Grove, Illinois but James' obituray said it was in Quincy. There has also arisen some question as to who was the mother of this child. In family records his mother is listed only as "Epsiba"and as "unknown" on James Alden's death certificate and the Eureka, Juab County, Utah Cemetery record. there are no records that indicate whether or not this child was Loiza's child. The fact is that he was born before Loiza died. 

The fact that Loiza bore at least eight children in a short fourteen-year period, which was not uncommon in her day, probably took a toll on her health. The hardships caused by the trek across Iowa, probably added to it. The Reed history written by Fannie L. S. Meadows, states that Loiza "died February 16, 1851 at Kanesville, Iowa." Kanesville is now known as Council Bluffs. Loisa's death came prior to the Green family completing their journey to Utah and left Henry alone to continue the journey with the Mormon immigrants to the Rocky Mountains with three very young children.

It has not been determined whether Henry ever came back into the church so he may not have been anxious to go to the west. we know three things however, his wife was a member of the church. His adopted family were members, John and Rebecca Reed both died in Iowa on the way to winter quarters. Henry may have had no choice but to go with the Mormons because his association with them would have brought on persecution. After Loiza died however, he may have experienced a resurgence of his faith. 

Henry, needing help with his young family, he needed to marry again. A marriage license issued by the State of Iowa, Pottawattamie County, recorded the marriage of Henry Green age 42 and Harriet Knight, age 33 on the 12th day of April 1851. The 1851 Pottawattamie County, Iowa, LDS Ward census shows the following family as ward members: Henry Green, male age 43; Harriet Green, female, age 34; Jonathan W., male, age 18; Rufus I., male, age 15; Sarah J., female, age 10; Emily M., female, age 7; and James A., male, age 5.

Harriet Knight was born in Marlowe, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Her parents were George Knight and Polly Pierce Knight.

The honeymoon must have been short lived because sometime between 1851 and 1855, the family crossed the plains into the Utah Territory. They probably came with a freight company and not a pioneer company. Henry most likely hired on as a muleskinner. His two sons, Jonathan and Rufus, probably made a couple of trips as Mule skinners before staying in Utah with Henry and Harriett. When Henry arrived, he settled in the Davis County area.

Stephen Knight was the first son of Henry and Harriett. He was born on Sept 9, 1854 and a daughter, Harriet Elizabeth was born 6 September 1856, The Centerville, Davis County, Utah, Ward Membership, 1857 -1917, finds Henry, Harriet, James Alden, Sarah Jane, Emily Melissa, and Stephen listed together as Ward members. Jonathan Wilbur and Rufus Ira were also listed later in the Centerville record. Henry and Harriet later divorced and Harriet took back her maiden name of Knight. It has been said that Henry's boys, (Jonathon Wilbur and Rufus Ira), may not have been kind to Harriet, their stepmother. This possibility may have been Harriet's reason for divorcing Henry but there may have been other reasons.

We must note here that, regardless of Harriett's reasons, She must be applauded for taking on the large task of trying to fill Loiza's shoes. Henry had a great many mouths to feed and children to take care of, including Henry. Loiza's posterity owe Harriett a debt of grattitude.

Not long after the divorce, on 4 July 1858 in Payson, Utah, Henry married again. This time he married A Widow from England, Frances (Fanny) Porter Mclean. She had three girls Fanny, Alexandria (Lexy), and Mary Ann. There was another child named Catherine who died a year after she was born. Fanny and her husband Frances Mclean joined the church in England and emmigrated to Utah but on the way, Her husband Died leaving his little family to continue their journey. Assisted by the members of the church, they came to Payson and Fanny was employed at the woolen mills and it was there, that  Henry met her.

Shortly after the wedding, Henry made an offer to a young man who was courting Fanny's oldest daughter and was trying desperately to secure a position as a teacher. the following is from the Journal of Issac Coombs:

In the 1860 census, the enumerater listed "Quartz Miner" as Henry's occupation. from these facts we can draw a conclusion that Henry must have been involved in the mines up American Fork Canyon. If we note from the book, "the Sackettes" by Louis Lamour, hard rock miners were making about $40.00 per month.  

Sometime before the 28th of July 1858, Henry moved his family to Spanish Fork. In 1860, the census shows that he was living in Goshen with Fanny and two of Fanny's Daughters. Also living there, were Emily and James, his youngest children from Louisa.

In American Fork, Utah, 1 Feburary 1861 Sarah Jane (Henry's Daughter) Married Daniel Okey And moved to Sanaquin, Utah their second child was born in Goshen in 1864 so there must have been a large number of family and other visitors that enriched the lives of Henry and Fanny.

Later that year, Issac (Fanny's son-in-law) recieved a teaching position in Payson and had to move his family up from Beaver Utah. Again from the Issac Coombs journal:

The research is inconclusive, but I believe that Henry was traveling around to different places because of his work. He was doing one of two things, either he was hauling freight, or he was working on the mills as a millwright. There was a mill in Payson, a cannery in Spanish fork, a mill in Beaver and a smelter in Goshen and one in Forest City, American Fork canyon. It is also easy to see him hauling freight because his sons were in the freight buisness and they may have been in it together.

The 1870 Census for Spanish Fork, Utah County, Utah,  Shows Henry and Fanny living in Spanish Fork again and at that time, the only child in residence was Mary Ann who was now 21 years old and listed as a school teacher.

Henry and Fanny

Now a side note:

in 1869, while returning from discovering the ore that would become the beginning of the Sumbeam mine in the Tintic Mining district, Stephen Bliss Moore Met Brigham Young & Joseph F. Smith in Goshen. Brigham stopped and said to Stephen, "I hear you have been mining?" "Yes," answered Stephen. "Don't you know it is against my council to the church members?" "Yes" He aswered. "Well what do you intend to do now?" Stephen answered. "I intend to keep Mining." "Well Go ahead and may God Bless you."

This story taken from History of Juab county by Pearl D. Wilson, if it is true, emphasizes that Brigham recognised the inevitable. The council was given and many followed and stayed away from the mines. they reaped many blessings for doing so. Others didn't follow, but it must be mentioned that during the time of the boom of 1870, there were many people who were very poor. It isn't hard to figure out why so many went mining. The "Boom", and the decisions that were forced by it, was the source of much anguish for some.

By the end of 1870 the news of the new strike had spread like wildfire. causing a large influx of prospectors and those looking for work. There were many large camps in the hills that surrounded the mines. Soon there was news of miners filling claims on Diamond mines. When it was discoverd that the "Diamonds" were nothing more than quartz crystals, they named the larger of the camps "Diamond" as if to propigate the mistake. This camp soon became a town and was the first in the area. Diamond boasted a population of 1,000 people, there were three hotels, five saloons, one post office, a Mormon church and a Methodist church.

By 1872 the mine owners were busy building mills and smelters to make it easier to ship the wealth they were taking out of the earth. This may have been where Henry came in. It is not known when Henry moved to Diamond, but I believe that it may have been part of the reason for the break up of His and Fanny's marriage. Her wanting to follow the council of the prophet, and him looking for work. in the 1880 census he listed his occupation as millwright. The proliferation of mills being built may have lured Henry to the Tintic Valley.

Some time between 1870 and 1873 Daniel Okey brought his family to Diamond. Many others of Henry's children also came to the Tintic valley. Some stayed in Goshen but worked off and on in and around Tintic. We know that Daniel was in Diamond when he was killed in some kind of minning accident. It is like trying to find a certain grain of sand in a river to find information about the death of one man in a Boom town area that in less than 20 years would be on the decline.

According to the Records of my grandfather, Daniel was buried in American Fork, but I can't find any record of that. there is a large unmarked area near the grave of Daniel's mother but then there is a large number of children buried there also. (I have since been given a copy of a deed card from the American Fork, Utah cemetry. it shows Daniel Oakey and others The city records show it as David Oakley. the headstone that has been placed says Daniel Wilbur Oakey. Here is the problem, According to all the records Daniel did not have  a middle name. His SON was named Daniel Wilbur (I assume after his mother's brother) but Daniel Wilbur died in SanFrancisco. If it IS the grave of the father, then someone made a mistake with the name. there are many scenerios that surface. there is an empty spot next to Daniel, Sarah may have intended to be buried there but was buried next to her second husband instead. never the less there is doubt about my first theory.KF 3-05)    It is rumored that Henry purchased the land for the cemetery in Diamond then donated it to the town. So my assumption is that Daniel was buried in the Diamond cemetery and Henry marked off a lot for his family then gave the rest of the land to the town.

in 1879 the town was mostly composed of miners. It contained various buisnesses. A general store, dressmaker, shoemaker, butcher, blacksmith, physician, surveyor, assayer, and they even had a school.

The mines around Diamond had water at the 300 foot level and it became too expensive to pump out so the town began to dwindle. The town expereinced a resurgence of people in the late 1890s but after the end of the second boom the buildings were all torn down and moved to Silver city and Mammoth.         

The 1880 Utah Census shows Henry living in Juab County, Diamond Prescient, Utah with still another wife, Grace Simmons. Their marriage date was August 4, 1879, in Juab County, Utah. Little is known about this marriage, however the census taker recorded an age difference of thirty-four years. Records obtained from the Salt Lake County, Utah, Probate Court indicate that Grace was granted a divorce on January 2, 1884. Grace and Henry divorced according to the decree, because Henry did not sufficiently provide for Grace's needs.

There was no alimony or restition awarded so the reasons for her suite must not have been upheld. The judge just disolved their marriage. It can therefore be assumed that Grace had deserted Henry a year before but Henry didn't want her to leave.

Also living in the town of Diamond were, Johnathan Wilbur and his family. And Emily Elizabeth with her husband William Rowley and their family. Sarah Jane had moved to Spanish Fork with her new husband.

Also of interest in the Spanish Fork Utah 1880 census, Fanny was listed as Fanny Mc Lean a widow. in her house were Mary Ann, 30 years old listed as a divorced School teacher. Mary Ann's Daughter Fanny was 2 years old and also living in the same house. According to the ancestral file of the LDS church Family history library, Fanny married again and became one of the wives of a polygamist, Erastus F Snow.   

Henry died some time in 1887 and is buried in the Diamond, Juab County, Utah Cemetery. There was  a serious outbreak of typhoid fever in the area at the time and Henry was probably a victum. This cemetery, which is in a very deteriorated condition, has not been completely indexed; therefore the actual location of the grave site is unknown. Some say that a readable wooden footboard marker may have been in existence as late as 1954. This marker, however is no longer present. If it is true, that Henry donated the land for the cemetery then how tragic, that his final resting place, in this cemetery, is unmarked.