 The Women's Legacy Project of Snohomish
County, Washington seeks to honor our foremothers by recording and
sharing their personal histories, their ability to adapt to the forces
of change and their constant vigilance as stewards of the
diverse cultures of our society.
www.snohomishwomenslegacy.org |
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WLP Story Number 3 ~
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Mary Jane Green
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Once a slave from Tennessee, Mary Jane Green spent her last
years in the sawmill town, Everett, Washington.
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Once as
a child, twice as an adult, Mary Jane Green had been
sold, her family divided on the auction block in the
dark days of slavery. We know of her life only from
an article that appeared in the Everett Herald
on May 5, 1911. She died one year later and was
buried in Everett's Evergreen Cemetery. Her
caretaker in her final days was granddaughter Sarah
Walker who had become a widow when her husband, a
porter for the Great Northern Railway, was killed in
the famous Wellington avalanche of 1910. Both Mary
Jane’s and Sarah’s lives remind us that the large
events of history are really, at heart, made up of
many smaller, personal stories.
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| Contributed by Margaret
Riddle, Everett Public Library Northwest Room, 2006 |