JUDGE JOHN GREEN was born on the first of March, 1818, in Preston, Yorkshire, England, where he received his early education; and on April 15th, 1829, emigrated to the United States with his father, THOMAS GREEN. They landed at Quebec, Canada, whence he went to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and from there to Naples, Illinois, then to Morgan county on the 28th of July 1829, where they began farming. At the age of twenty-one Mr. GREEN began farming for himself, and on the 18th of November, 1839 was married to Miss MARY COULTAS, daughter of WILLIAM and ELIZABETH COULTAS, natives of Yorkshire, England, who emigrated to the United States in about 1830. She died August 5th, 1841, and he was again married, April 21st, 1842, to Miss THERESA SMALLWOOD, a native of Ohio. She died April 1860, and he was again married to Mrs. ELIZABETH MARSH, a native of Delaware, on the 1st of January, 1861. She is the present wife of Judge GREEN. He had by his second wife five children, all of whom are living, two sons and three daughters, three of them are married and comfortably settled around him; the other two are living at home with their parents. The Judge is one of the prominent men of this county, and no man has more friends than he; he has always taken an active part in all public enterprises. He has filled the office of justice of the peace for a term of years, and has been a life-long democrat, and an active worker in his party. In 1869, he was nominated by the democratic party for the office of associate county judge, and in November of the same year was elected, defeating his opponent, JACOB MARTIN, who was a very popular man, by a majority of one hundred and seventy-four; which was the largest majority ever given to any man in the county since its organization. The judge has a farm consisting of three hundred and fifty acres of as good land as is in the state; his residence is situate one mile west of Bluff City, a view of which can be seen elsewhere in the map.

The Judge's father died August 29th, 1854, at the age of sixty-five; his mother died in 1838, aged fifty years. His life has been devoted principally to agricultural pursuits. By his upright course of dealing and the faithful fulfillment of all his contracts, he is known and esteemed by all who know him. He has lived to see great changes come over Scott county since he first settled within its limits. May the Judge and his kind wife live to enjoy the fruits of their labor.