ASHTABULA — Janet McNeill Green was born in Chapel Hill, N.C., on Dec. 18, 1931, the youngest and last child of Paul and Elizabeth Green, authors and social activists.

She lived in Chapel Hill, except for occasional stays in Los Angeles, Calif., until she graduated from Chapel Hill High School (valedictorian), in 1949. She attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison as a dance major until she returned to a warmer climate, graduating from the University of North Carolina, Phi Beta Kappa, with Honors in English in 1954. She did secretarial work in New York City for a few years and then obtained her Master of Arts degree from Columbia University in 1961. She then obtained her Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina in 1969.

She married John S. Catlin (Jack) in 1964 and after their only child, Virginia McNeill, was born in 1969 the family moved to Norman, Okla. After a divorce, she accepted a position as Assistant Professor of English at Kent State University in Ashtabula, Ohio, in 1990. After retiring from Kent, she taught part-time at Penn State University, at Behrend in Erie for two years and then, retiring from teaching, settled in Ashtabula permanently. Janet had taught English in colleges in North Carolina, Virginia and Oklahoma (at Rose State College in Midwest City).

Her scholarly work focused on the rhetoric on Queen Elizabeth I, and in addition, she wrote pedagogical articles, poems and essays as well as plays for members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Boston Shakespeare Company. Her awards include a Career Teaching Fellowship at UNC and a grant to study in England from the National Endowment for the Humanities (1984).

She was a member of the Ashtabula County Choral Music Society, the YMCA, the Salvation Army Advisory Committee, the Neighborhood Watch on Walnut Blvd., the Harbor-Topky Library Book Club, Alcoholics Anonymous, the Paul Green Foundation and the Democratic Party.

She is survived by her daughter, Virginia "Jenny" and her husband Scott Storm who with their children, Sarah McNeill, Joshua Thomas, Jonathan Catlin and Madeline Grace, live in Morocco. She is also survived by a brother, Paul Green Jr. of Chapel Hill, N.C.; sisters, Byrd Green Cornwell of Morganton, N.C. and Betsy Green Moyer and her husband Bill of Concord, Mass.; many beloved cousins, (especially Claire Shaffner of Richmond, Va. and Avery Russell and her husband Fred McLaren of Nederland, Colo.); and also by many beloved nieces and nephews and their children.

Funeral Services will be held 11 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 30th, at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 4901 Main Ave., Ashtabula, with Canon David Evans officiating. Calling Hours will be held from 10 a.m. until the time of Service, Tuesday, at the Church.

Burial will take place on Monday, Nov. 5th, at 11 a.m., at Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery, Chapel Hill, N.C.

Memorial contributions may be made to Children's International, St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Ashtabula, Ohio or the Salvation Army. DUCRO FUNERAL SERVICES AND CREMATORY, 4524 Elm Ave., Ashtabula is handling arrangements.

Obituary at www.ducro.com and starbeacon.com.

name: Janet Green titles & terms: event: Census event year: 1940 event place: Chapel Hill Township, Orange, North Carolina, United States gender: Female age: 8 marital status: Single race (original): race (standardized): White relationship to head of household (original): relationship to head of household (standardized): Daughter birthplace: North Carolina estimated birth year: 1932 residence in 1935: Rural, Orange, North Carolina enumeration district number: 68-12 family number: 124 sheet number and letter: 6B line number: 74 nara publication number: T627 nara roll number: 2954 digital folder number: 005460298 image number: 00378 Household Gender Age Birthplace head Paul Green M 47 North Carolina wife Elizabeth Green F 43 North Carolina son Paul Green M 16 North Carolina daughter Nancy Bird Green F 14 North Carolina daughter Betsy Green F 10 North Carolina daughter Janet Green F 8 North Carolina

name: Paul Green event: Census event date: 1930 event place: Chapel Hill, Orange, North Carolina gender: Male age: 36 marital status: Married race: White birthplace: North Carolina estimated birth year: 1894 immigration year: relationship to head of household: Head father's birthplace: North Carolina mother's birthplace: North Carolina enumeration district number: 0006 family number: 432 sheet number and letter: 20A line number: 26 nara publication: T626, roll 1711 film number: 2341445 digital folder number: 4608306 image number: 00701 Household Gender Age Birthplace head Paul Green M 36 North Carolina wife Elizabeth Loy Green F 33 New Hampshire son Paul G Green M 6 North Carolina daughter Nancy Byrd Green F 4 North Carolina

1900
name: Paul Green titles & terms: event: Census event date: 1900 event place: ED 43 Neills Creek Township, Harnett, North Carolina, United States birth date: Mar 1894 birthplace: North Carolina relationship to head of household: Son father's birthplace: North Carolina mother's birthplace: North Carolina race or color (standardized): White gender: Male marital status: Single years married: estimated marriage year: mother how many children: number living children: immigration year: page: 6 sheet letter: B family number: 80 reference number: 76 film number: 1241199 digital folder number: 004117827 image number: 00895 Household Gender Age Birthplace head William Green M 43 North Carolina wife Bessie Green F 38 North Carolina daughter Alta Green F 25 North Carolina daughter Mary Green F 8 North Carolina son Paul Green M 6 North Carolina son Daniel H Green M 4 North Carolina son Gladys Mck Green M 5 North Carolina

1910
name: Paul A Green birthplace: North Carolina relationship to head of household: Son residence: Neills Creek, Harnett, North Carolina marital status: Single race : White gender: Male immigration year: father's birthplace: North Carolina mother's birthplace: North Carolina family number: 88 page number: 5 Household Gender Age Birthplace self William A Green M 57y North Carolina son John Green M 32y North Carolina dau Mary A Green F 18y North Carolina son Paul A Green M 16y North Carolina son Daniel H Green M 13y North Carolina dau Gladis M Green F 11y North Carolina dau Cara M Green F 8y North Carolina dau Irene L Green F 6y North Carolina James H Faulkner M 50y North Carolina

1920
name: Paul E Green residence: , Harnett, North Carolina estimated birth year: 1895 age: 25 birthplace: North Carolina relationship to head of household: Son gender: Male race: White marital status: Single father's birthplace: North Carolina mother's birthplace: North Carolina film number: 1821304 digital folder number: 4384896 image number: 00476 sheet number: 8 Household Gender Age Birthplace self William Green M 67y North Carolina son Paul E Green M 25y North Carolina son Daniel H Green M 23y North Carolina dau Gadys Mc A Green F 21y North Carolina dau Cara M Green F 18y North Carolina dau Erma L Green F 16y North Carolina son John Green M 42y North Carolina

name: Caro Mae Russell titles & terms: event: Death event date: 04 Oct 1987 event place: Chapel Hill, Orange, North Carolina birth year: 1901 estimated birth year: burial date: 04 Oct 1987 burial place: Chapel Hills, N.C. cemetery: Triangle Cremation Serv. funeral home: residence: Chapel Hill, Orange, North Carolina street address: 17 Rogerson Dr. gender: Female death age: 86 marital status: Widowed race: White occupation: Agent birth date: 04 Jun 1901 birthplace: Harnett County, North Carolina father: William A. Green father's titles & terms: father's place of birth: mother: Bette Byrd mother's titles & terms: mother's place of birth: spouse: spouse's titles & terms: additional relatives: X informant: reference number: v 44a cn 44440 film number: 1991326

name: Mary Avery Johnson titles & terms: event: Death event date: 22 Jan 1987 event place: Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina birth year: 1892 estimated birth year: burial date: 24 Jan 1987 burial place: Buies Creek, North Carolina cemetery: Buies Creek funeral home: residence: Lillington, Harnett, North Carolina street address: RT 1 Box 378 gender: Female death age: 94 marital status: Widowed race: White occupation: Housewife birth date: 14 Apr 1892 birthplace: Harnett, North Carolina father: William Green father's titles & terms: father's place of birth: mother: Bettie Byrd mother's titles & terms: mother's place of birth: spouse: Alton Glenn Johnson spouse's titles & terms: additional relatives: informant: reference number: v 4a cn 4505 film number: 1991233

name: Paul Green titles & terms: event: Death event date: event place: Chapel Hill, Chatham, North Carolina birth year: 1894 estimated birth year: burial date: 09 May 1981 burial place: Chapel Hill, Nc cemetery: Old Chapel Hill funeral home: residence: Chapel Hill, Chatham, NC street address: Rt 7 Box 587 gender: Male death age: 87 marital status: Married race: White occupation: Writer birth date: 17 Mar 1894 birthplace: Harnett Co, Nc father: William Green father's titles & terms: father's place of birth: mother: Betty Byrd mother's titles & terms: mother's place of birth: spouse: spouse's titles & terms: additional relatives: informant: reference number: v 17B cn 17947 film number: 1984727

name: Daniel Hugh Green Sr. titles & terms: event: Death event date: 18 Nov 1970 event place: Lillington, Harnett, North Carolina birth year: 1896 estimated birth year: burial date: 20 Nov 1970 burial place: Harnett Co., N.C. cemetery: Pleasant Union Christian Ch. funeral home: residence: Lillington, Harnett, North Carolina street address: Rt. 1 gender: Male death age: 74 marital status: Widowed race: White occupation: Ret. Farmer birth date: 22 Apr 1896 birthplace: North Carolina father: William A. Green father's titles & terms: father's place of birth: mother: Betty Byrd Green mother's titles & terms: mother's place of birth: spouse: spouse's titles & terms: additional relatives: X informant: reference number: v 38B cn 38869 film number: 1983486

name: Gladys Green Sylvester titles & terms: event: Death event date: 30 May 1990 event place: Richlands, Onslow, North Carolina birth year: 1898 estimated birth year: burial date: burial place: Jacksonville, Nc cemetery: Onslow Memorial Park funeral home: residence: Richlands, Onslow, North Carolina street address: 208 Franck St., PO Box 96 gender: Female death age: 91 marital status: Widowed race: White occupation: Piano Teacher birth date: 10 Dec 1898 birthplace: Boies Creek, Nc father: William Archibald Green father's titles & terms: father's place of birth: mother: Betty Bird mother's titles & terms: mother's place of birth: spouse: spouse's titles & terms: additional relatives: informant: reference number: v 22B cn 22916 film number: 1991670

daughter of Paul Eliot Green (1894 NC--1981 NC) and Elizabeth Atkinson Lay (1897 NC--1989)
granddaughter of William Archibald Green (1852 NC--1926 NC) and Loraine "Betty" Byrd (1862 NC--1908 NC)
great-granddaughter of John Green (1810 NC--1867 NC) and Flora Catherine McLean (1819 NC--1881 NC)
great-great-granddaughter of Daniel McLean (1767 NC--1830 NC) and Flora McAllister (1782 NC--1855 NC)
3rd-great-granddaughter of John McLean (1730 Scotland--1792 NC) and Effie McCranie (1738 Scotland--1810 NC, dau of Hugh McCranie and Catherine Buie)
4th-great-granddaughter of Hugh McLean (b Scotland; d NC) and Margaret McArthur (b Scotland; d NC)
5th-great-granddaughter of John McLean and Katy Buie

great-great-granddaughter of Coll J McAllister (c 1740 NC--1792 NC) and Jennet Buie (1758 NC--1824 NC, dau of Archibald Buie and Mary McCranie)
3rd-great-granddaughter of Alexander McAllister (1715 Scotland--1798 NC) and Flora McNeill (d 1755 NC, dau of Neill McNeill and Grisella Campbell)
4th-great-granddaughter of Coll McAllister and Janet McNeill

3rd-great-granddaughter of Archibald Buie (1738 Scotland--c1774 NC) and Mary McCrainie (1736 Scotland--d NC). Mary was the daughter of Hugh McCranie and Catherine Buie above.
4th-great-granddaughter of Archibald Buie (1705 Scotland--1782 NC)

great-granddaughter of William Byrd (1830 NC--1897 NC) and Mary Elizabeth Avery (1832 NC--1889 NC)
great-great-granddaughter of George Washington Byrd (b 1782 NC) and Penelope Ritter
3rd-great-granddaughter of Richard Byrd (b 1752 NC)

daughter of Rev. George William Lay (1860-1932 NC)and Anna Booth Balch (b 1871 Wash DC)
granddaughter of Henry Lay and Eliza Withue Atkinson
granddaughter of Admiral George Beall Balch (1821 TN--1908 NC) and Mary Ellen Booth (b 1836 DE)
great-granddaughter of George Ninan Beall Balch (1789 Wash DC--1831 AL) and Martha Rogers Balch (1783-1823 AL, dau of Wm Balch and Elizabeth Rodgers below)
great-great-granddaughter of Rev. Stephen Bloomer Balch (1747 MD--1833 Wash DC) and Elizabeth Beall (1762 Wash DC--1827 Wash DC)
3rd-great-granddaughter of Col. James Balch (1714 MD--1779 NC) and Ann Goodwin (1710 Wash DC--1760 MD)
4th-great-granddaughter of Hezekiah Balch (1688 MD--1745 MD) and Martha Ann Bloomer (d 1716 MD)
5th-great-granddaughter of Thomas Balch (1661 MD--1730 MD) and Agnes Somerville
6th-great-granddaughter of John Balch (1635 England--1690 MD, son of William Balch) and Catherine McClelland

3rd-great-granddaughter of Col. George Beall (1729 Wash DC--1807) and Elizabeth Magruder
4th-great-granddaughter of Col. George Beall (1695-1780) and Elizabeth Brooke (1695 MD--1748)
5th-great-granddaughter of Ninian Beale (1625 Scotland--1717)
5th-great-granddaughter of Thomas Brooke (1659 MD--1731 MD) and Barbara Dent (1676 MD--1754 MD)
6th-great-granddaughter of Thomas Brooke (1632 England--1676 MD) and Eleanor Hatton 91642 England--1725 MD)
7th-great-granddaughter of Robert Brooke (1602 England--1655 MD) and Mary Baker (d 1634)
8th-great-granddaughter of Thomas Brooke (1561-1612 England) and Susan Foster
8th-great-granddaughter of Thomas Baker and Mary Engham

7th-great-granddaughter of Richard Hatton (1605-1648 England) and Margaret (b Englandp d MD)

6th-great-granddaughter of Thomas Dent (1630 England--1676 MD) and Rebecca Wilkinson (1645 England--1726 MD)
7th-great-granddaughter of Rev. William Wilkinson (1612 England--1663 MD) and Naomi Shercliffe

great-great-granddaughter of William Goodwin Balch (1751 MD--1822 AL) and Elizabeth Rodgers (1753 NC--1831 IL). William was the son of James Balch and Ann Goodwin above.
3rd-great-granddaughter of John Rodgers (1723 PA--1785 NC) and Martha nee Rodgers (1725-1785 NC, dau of Hugh Rodgers and Margaret Kincaid below.)
4th-great-granddaughter of Joseph Rodgers (1688 Ireland--d NC) and Martha Poore
5th-great-granddaughter of Robert Rodgers (1680 Ireland--1745 PA) and Margaret Thorton (b 1685 Ireland)
6th-great-granddaughter of Robert Rodgers (b 1650) and Ann Glenn (b 1652)
7th-great-granddaughter of Robert Rodgers (1620-1663) and Susannah

4th-great-granddaughter of Hugh Rodgers (1690 Ireland--1758 PA) and Margaret Kincaid. Hugh was the son of Robert Rodgers and Margaret Thorton above.

name: Elizabeth Atkinson Lay Green
titles & terms:
event: Death
event date: 22 May 1989
event place: Chapel Hill, Orange, North Carolina
birth year: 1897
estimated birth year:
burial date:
burial place: Chapel Hill, North Carolina
cemetery: Old Chapel Hill Cem.
funeral home:
residence: Chapel Hill, Orange, North Carolina
street address: Carol Woods Health Center
gender: Female
death age: 92
marital status: Widowed
race: White
occupation: Teacher N.C. School Syst.
birth date: 06 Apr 1897
birthplace: Concord, Mass.
father: George William Lay
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mother: Anna Booth Balch
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reference number: v 22B cn 22757
film number: 1991557

name: George William Lay
titles & terms:
event: Death
event date: 12 Aug 1932
event place: Durham, Durham, North Carolina
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gender: Male
death age: 72
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father: Henry Lay
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mother: Eliza Withue Atkinson
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spouse: Anna B. Lay
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reference number: 430

1910
name: Anna B Lay
birthplace: District Of Columbia
relationship to head of household: Wife
residence: Raleigh Ward 1, Wake, North Carolina
marital status: Married
race : White
gender: Female
immigration year:
father's birthplace: Tennessee
mother's birthplace: Delaware
family number: 242
page number: 14
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self George W Lay M 50y Alabama
wife Anna B Lay F 39y District Of Columbia
son George B Lay M 14y New Hampshire
dau Elizabeth A Lay F 13y New Hampshire
dau Ellen B Lay F 11y North Carolina
dau Anna R Lay F 8y North Carolina
dau Lucy F Lay F 6y North Carolina
son Henry C Lay M 4y North Carolina
dau Virginia H Lay F 2y North Carolina
Mary E Balch F 74y Delaware (Anna's mother)
Ernest Cruikshank M 30y Maryland
Eleanor W Thomas F 26y
Julia L Mcintyre F 20y South Carolina
Susie S Battle F 25y North Carolina
Lila N Brown F 30y Ohio
Anna M Dunlap F 25y New York
Francis Macasley F 35y Michigan
Clara I Fenner F 37y Maryland
Sallie H Battle F 20y North Carolina
Margret M Jones F 31y North Carolina
Kate Mckinnon F 60y North Carolina
Georgiana Kellogg F 25y Washington
Mabel A Horsley F 27y Virginia
Juliet B Sutton F 40y North Carolina
Hermus Scheper F 35y South Carolina
Rosalie F Williams F 25y Virginia
Eva M Hardesty F 29y North Carolina
Katherine E Leake F 65y Kentucky
Lola E Walton F 62y North Carolina
William Smith M 20y North Carolina
Thomas Walker M 57y North Carolina
Caroline Allen F 50y North Carolina
Jennie Fard F 65y

name: George Balch Lay
date of birth: 04 May 1895
place of birth: Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States
father's name: George Wm Lay
mother's name: Anna Balch
place recorded: Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States
gs film number: 1001014
digital gs number: 4244259
image number: 04287

groom's name: George Balch Lay
groom's birth date: 1895
groom's birthplace:
groom's age: 38
bride's name: Anna Mitchell Brownlee
bride's birth date: 1905
bride's birthplace:
bride's age: 28
marriage date: 02 Sep 1933
marriage place: Greenville Twp., Pitt, North Carolina
groom's father's name: Geo W Lay
groom's mother's name: Anna B Lay
bride's father's name: J M Brownlee
bride's mother's name: Francis E Brownlee
groom's race: White
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indexing project (batch) number: M75222-5
system origin: North Carolina-EASy
source film number: 540334
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name: Annie Brownlee Lay
event: Birth
event date: 1935
event place: Bertie, North Carolina
other birth location: Windsor
gender:
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father: George Balch Lay
mother: Annie Mitchell Brownlee
page: 474
volume: 22