George Green

George Green, born in Limerick county, Ireland, March 14, 1834, is a son of John and Elizabeth Green, natives of England and Germany, respectively. The latter while en route to America was shipwrecked and drifted on the Irish coast. There she met and married Mr. Green, who died in Ireland in 1833. Of their seven children only two are living—Mrs. Sommerville of Ohio, and George of this township. The widow and children came to America in 1837, settled in Muskingum county, Ohio, where the mother engaged in school teaching. In 1841 she married George Smith, and to them three children were born— William, deceased; Henry T., of Kansas, and Charles E., of Ohio. Mr. Smith died in 1849, and in 1853 she married Daniel Swiger, and resided with him in Ohio until her death in 1880.

George Green's earlier years were passed at school, later he worked in the coal mines for seven years, when in '55 he moved to McLean county, Ill., and engaged in farming. On March 1, '58, he married Miss Neta A. Brown, born in that county, August 19, '41, whose parents were natives of Tennessee and Indiana, respectively. In '84 the family moved to this township, where Mr. Green purchased eighty acres in section 28. Their four children are among the dead: Bennett, born March 24, '59, died September 12, '64; Alfred, born September 12, '60, died November 5, '73; William O., born April 28, '62, died July 22, '63; and Lucy M., born December 6, '63, died February 25, '78. Mr. and Mrs. Green are members of the M. P. church of this township. In earlier years he was a Republican, but changed his political faith in favor of the Democracy. In addition to his property here he is the owner of forty acres of land in McLean county. Ill.