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Born 1852, De Kalb county
From The history of Jasper county, Missouri : including a condensed history of the state, a complete history of Carthage and Joplin, other towns and townships : together with numerous portraits of prominen (1883)
DR. P. B. GREEN, physician and surgeon, was born in DeKalb county, Alabama, June 28, 1852, and is the son of Dr. A. B. and Ella Green nee Ella Bruce. They were both natives of Tennessee, and Dr. A. B. was assistant surgeon of Gen. Joe Johnson's army and was also regimental surgeon in the Mexican War. He was a graduate of Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky, Dr. P. B. Green received his primary education in the common schools of Alabama, and received his medical education at Yanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., and is a graduate of both schools. He began practicing with his father in DeKalb county; from there he went to Waco, Texas, where he practiced one year. He has since practiced in Pine Blufi, Ark., and Galena, Kas. He attended a special course of lectures at Nashville, and then located in Webb City in 1881. He is a young physician of recognized ability, who is fast winning his way to the head of his profession.
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