John Portineus GREENE
Information from G Y Smith family records. Film 2276A slg page 299, Nauvoo, Sealing wife to husband. St George Temple records, Film Book A page 135, sealing children to parents. LDS Biograph Encycl., Vol 11, No. 1, Jan 1908, pages 633 to 636. Note: Sealings were not generally done by proxy in the Nauvoo Temple where both parties were deceased, but the above was an exception. Brigham Young and Mary Eliza Nelson, second wife of John Portineus Green, acted as proxies.
Information from George Young Smith family records. Burial: Remains were removed to Salt Lake City in Oct 1890 and burried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery.
He married Rhoda Young 11 Feb 1813 . Rhoda Young was born at Platawva, District, New York 10 Sep 1789 daughter of John Young and Abigail (Nabby) Howe .
They were the parents of 7
children:
Evan Molbourne Greene
born 22 Dec 1814.
Abby Ann Greene
born 17 Apr 1817.
Addison Greene
born 12 Jun 1819.
Fanny Eliza Greene
born 17 Jan 1822.
Rhoda Greene
born 2 Oct 1824.
John Young Greene
born 21 Sep 1826.
Nancy Zerviah Greene
born 17 Sep 1829.
John Portineus Greene died 10 Sep 1844 at Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois .
Rhoda Young died 18 Jan 1841 at Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois .