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 OMMODORE D. GREEN, a prosperous
young farmer and stock-grower of Ashmore
Township, is a native of the township where
he now lives, and was born March 2, 1861. He is
characterized by that energy of character so essential to success, and although comparatively young
in years, has already attained to a good position
among the substantial farmers and business men of
Coles County. He comes from a good family, his
parents being John and Mary T. (Patenger) Green,
natives of Ohio. The former. was born in 1820,
and the latter in 1835, and they became residents
of this county in 1860. Mr. Green, who is now
well advanced in years, is a large property-holder
in this section, and occupies one of the most imposing homesteads in Ashmore Township. It is
finely located on section 5, and includes a handsome and commodious residence with barns, out buildings, valuable machinery and stock, and everything appertaining to the modern country estate.
The parents of our subject are both members in
good standing of the Christian Church, and John
Green is one of the stanchest adherents of the Republican party. Their children are, William S.,
who married Miss Urmina Goble; Granville D.,
who married Miss Prudence C. Mack; Commodore
D., of our sketch; Seymour, Walter S., Mayer,
Norman, Earnest, Otis and Oris; the latter are
twins. The subject of our sketch remained under the home roof during his childhood and youth, and gained a good insight into farming and business transactions. He began early in life to lay his plans for the future, and when twenty-two years of age formed domestic ties by his marriage with Miss Mary Miller, their wedding taking place Dec. 20, 1883. Mrs. Green was born in Ohio, in 1864, and is the daughter of Christian and Mary (Shiftenhellem) Miller, of German descent and parentage. They emigrated from the Fatherland in the spring of I860, and two years later took up their abode in Ashmore Township, where the father of Mrs. Green engaged in farming and milling. Their children, six in number, were named respectively, Amel, Christian, George, Mary, Emma and Lenora. The one child of Commodore D. and Mary Green is a daughter, Belva, who was born Oct. 18, 1884. The farm of Mr. Green is stocked with good grades of horses and cattle, and everything about the place is neatly kept and in good order. Politically, he follows in the footsteps of his father, giving his support to Republican principles, and is a rising young citizen of whom the community expects much in the future. |
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