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 OSEPH F. GREEN, who worthily represents
the legal profession at Oakland, is a native
of Miami County, Ohio, born in the town of
Troy, April 7, 1857. His parents, Stephen
D. and Hannah (French) Green, were natives of
the same State, the father born in September, 1823,
and the mother in May of the same year. The
latter died at the homestead in Troy, Ohio, Aug.
19, 1883. The father is still living, and remains in
the home where he settled when first married, and
where his children were born. Stephen D. Green was fairly educated, completing his studies in the High School at Pickaway, Ohio, and being reared to manhood in Miami County. During the progress of the Civil War he engaged in the commission business with a partner, under the firm name of Huddleson, Green & Co., making his headquarters at Cincinnati and dealing principally in live stock. In 1866 he took up his residence in Beren, and engaged in the real-estate business there, his transactions also extending into Mason County, Ill. The record of Stephen D. Green’s children is as follows: Asa T., Zelora, Glenn; Eliza, who married Alonzo Thackery, and Joseph F. The subject of this notice came to Illinois in 1879, and taking up his abode in Oakland spent a part of his time here and the balance in Ohio, where he was interested in teaching school. He had completed his classical course of study in the Lebanon Normal University in 1873, but continued at his books thereafter four years, finally taking a regular course in the college at Vermilion, giving his attention principally to the dead languages and the sciences. Afterward he was engaged in teaching for several years. He finally engaged in the grain trade at Oakland, having offices likewise at Hinesboro, Lake City and Hervey City, operating with his brother under the firm name of Green Bros. They subsequently added lumber, in which they transacted quite an extensive business, and continued four years, there and at Lebanon, Ohio. In 1882 the brothers commenced the manufacture of tile at Oakland, turning out annually about $10,000 worth. Our subject, however, desired a different kind of life, and felt that he had talents which might be better employed. Accordingly, in 1884, he entered the Cincinnati Law School, where he studied a year, and being still athirst for learning, repaired to Valparaiso, Ind., and studied civil engineering, in which he perfected himself, and has followed it for the last two years. In 1885 he entered the Union Law School at Chicago, where, after closely applying himself two terms he was admitted to the bar, in 1886, and soon afterward entered upon the practice of his profession, which he has since followed. The marriage of Joseph F. Green and Miss Jennie Sausser, was celebrated at the home of the bride’s parents in Lebanon, June 2, 1881. Mrs. Green was born in Lebanon, Warren Co., Ohio, in 1858, and is the only daughter of Col. C. E. and Mary (Fay) Sausser, natives of Ohio. Her father served as Colonel of an Ohio regiment of infantry during the late war, being commissioned for his bravery and fidelity in the Union cause. Mr. and Mrs. Green have one child, a daughter, Annie E., who was born Oct. 9, 1884. Mrs. G. is well connected, being second cousin to Senator Payne of Ohio. Our subject and wife are members in good standing of the Old-School Presbyterian Church, and Mr. G. is a stanch Republican, politically, although a second cousin to Jefferson Davis, of Confederate fame. |
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