Theodrick Green
 written by Mrs Loyal Bunker Green  given to her by John L. Green Feb 1929. also see S.C. Turnbo Papers titled  "A horrifying war Time Incident in Horseshoe Bend of White River'

Theodrick, the son of Thomas and Amy Kizee Green. was born in Va. dec31,1799.
in 1811 he was taken to Picklemania,Tenn. Kingston co. and grew to manhood there. 
He married mary Hassler there dec 20 1820.  

she was the dau of michael and Agnes Scarsborough Hassler.
and was born april 5 1805.
 Theodrick and mary were the parents of 13 children 8 sons and 5 daughters.
In 1857 they moved to Marion Co Ark.
Theodrick led a busy and active life as a farmer and a mechanic.
It is said that he built the first threshing machine in northern Ark. and that Henry Ford tried to by it. . it was later burned in the barn in which it was built.  the barn was a 2 story building. 
Horsepower was applied on the ground level,while on the 2nd floor the cylinders stripped the grainheads and removed the grain.
the grain ran down to the ground level and was carried back up to be poured down again for the wind to blow the shaft from the grain.
In later years Theodrick lost the use of  his mind   at times ,altho at other times he could still do good work.he could not be depended on to look out for himself or his family. later in his illiness an abcess in his head broke .He never regained his sense of bAlance.and was never able to do business agai and became a ward of his family.
Later in his illiness he became so violent that he was unsafe to be near the younger children and would sometimes beat them with great force.  His Son,MIKe being about grown, built a pen in which they would lock their father until he would calm down. . he learned to go into the pen when he felt a spell coming on .
It was this condition  that was the background for the ease in which he was lured away from home and killed by bushwackers during the civil War.  He was a southern Symathizer . he was shot from a boat and dumped into the white river in Ark in mar 1865.  Some women who were washing in the river discovered the body.. it was taken from the rivr ,rolled in a blanket and buried near by.   
Years later when the land was being put in culivation, the remains were moved to a grave in the Goverment Cem  at Cedar Creek. Taney Co Mo.  The wife Of Theodrick, Mary died 1882 in Sharp co Ark. 
their children were;
[1]Michael born 12/5/1822 married Hannah Lacy  in 1842[was a civil war veteran][ my line]
[2]Thomas J. born 10/8/1824 died in Roane co Tenn ,leaving a family
[3]Johnathan born 1827  died 1852 in calif gold field
[4]Ginsey born 1829 died in infancy
[5]James Independence born 1831 died of fever while in civil war at van buren ark.
[6]jehu born 1833 died 1864 killed in war at battle of Pilot Knob 9-27-1864 in Mo.
[7]John Lewis Green born 10-2-1835 married Evaline Edgmon 1855 in Roane co Tnn died 3-29-1931[union soldier]
[8]Almeda Green born 1838 died 1903 buried at Maxwell Ark
[9]Theodrick Bradford born 5-1-1840 died 1861 in Civil War At Marmaduke in S.W. mo.
[10]Letha ann  1born 1842 married Henry Shirley died 1924 in Evening Shade Ark.

[11]Amanda born 1845 married James A. osborn  died 1879[shot by  drunken husband]
[12]Avery Green 1847 died 1888 [civil war veteran]
[13 Milie born 1850 died 1859 in taney co mo.


i have photos of ; 
Michael
John Lewis
Almeda
Letha
 Theodrick and Mary