Joseph Green

As printed in 1901

JOSEPH GREEN.

.\s an example of the usefulness and pr(!eminence to which men of character and determination may attain it is but necessary to chronicle the life of Josci)h Green, one of the representative agriculturists of Marion township. He was born in Clinton county, Ohio, January 9, 1818. His father, Robert Green, was born in Grayson county, Wirginia. November 14. 1792, and was reared and married in the county of his nativity. In 1816 he removed to Clinton comity. Ohio, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits and also followed the trade of blacksmithing. He there.s]>ent the remain.der of his life, i)a,using away on the 5th of April, 1843. ' reared in the faith of the Friends church, in which he took an active and prominent part, and in his political affiUations lie was a Whig. His father was also a native of the Old Dominion, and was a life-long farmer. He also removed to Clinton county, Ohio, in 18 16. His father, Isaac Green, was born in 1735, and was a son of Robert and Mary Green, who are supposed to be of English descent. The mother of our subject, who was in her maidenhood Mary Jackson, was a native of Grayson county, Virginia, born in 1799. Her father was Jo'sqih Jackson. Unto Robert and Mary (Jackson) Green were born nine children, two daughters and seven sons, and eight of the number grew to man and womanhood. Six of the sons are still living.

Joseph Green, the eldest child in the above family and the immediate subject of this review, was reared and educated in his native county. He there followed agricultural pursuits until 1870, the year of his arrival in Jasper county, Missouri. On coming to this county he immediately located on the farm on which he still resides, where he has made many valuable and substantial improvements and has placed his fields under a high state of cultivation. The farm is one of the valuable ones of the locality, and there he is engaged in general farming, his efforts being attended with a high and gratifying degree of success.

In Clinton county. Ohio, on the ist of September, 1842, Mr. Green was united in marriage with Rhoda West, and their union was blessed with the following children: William W., a resident of Carthage. Missouri; Robert A., of Jasper comity, this state; Joseph L., a lawyer, who resides in Rampart, Alaska; Sarah E., the wife of M. L. Elliott; Mary E., born November 23, 1843, who became the wife of Parker Moon and died on the loth of January, 1877. For his second wife Mr. Green those Mary (Thornton) Lewis, the \\idowof Eber Lewis, but no children were born of that union. On the J 5th of September, 1887, he married Lydia (Carter) Wheeler, the widow of Nathan Wlieeler. The lady is a native of North Carolina, her birth having occurred there on the 3d of August, 1827. Mr. Green now has eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. His first presidential vote was cast for Willianl Heiiiw Harrison in 1840. and his grandson, Leonodus Moon, cast his first vote for Benjamin Harrison. Our subject also voted for Fremont and Lincoln, and for Henry Clay on the anti-slavery ticket, and he is now a stanch advocate of the Probibition party, doing all in his power to promote its grrnvth and advancement. He was reared in the Friends church, and is now an elder and exhorter therein. Mr. Green has retired from the active duties of a business life and rents his farm. He has been ably assisted

302 Of JASPER COUNTY.

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As printed in The biographical record of Jasper County, Missouri (1901). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.