Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 8th ed., 1888,
Jefferson Co.

[The following sketch of Mr. John W. Green was received at the office
of the Publishers too late for insertion in its proper place.]

JOHN W. GREEN, son of Hector Green and Louisa (Ruggles) Green, was born
October 8, 1841, in Henderson County, Ky.  He came to Louisville with his
parents in 1852, and he was educated, chiefly in the city schools.  At
the age of sixteen he reluctantly gave up his studies at the High School
to accept a situation with the banking house of A. D. Hunt & Co., in order
that he might aid his parents in the support of the family.  In 1858 his
beloved mother died and his father and brothers left Louisville.  He,
however, continued at his desk in the banking house and took upon himself
the support of an invalid uncle.  After a few years this uncle went to
live with Mr. Peter Green, who was his brother, and A. D. Hunt & Co.
having closed their business because of the approach of the war, John
Green went to Florence, Ala., where he clerked for McAlester, Simpson &
Co., until Abraham Lincoln's coercion proclamation, when he was quick to
respond to what he considered the call of duty, and in September, 1861,
he enlisted under Col. Thomas H. Hunt, in Gen. John C. Breckinridge's
command, in what was afterward the Ninth Kentucky Infantry, Confederates
States Volunteers.  Here he served through the war with cheerfulness and
devotion, endearing both officers and men to himself.  The war being over,
he returned penniless to Louisville, obtained a situation in a banking
house in which Mr. A. D. Hunt was senior partner, and subsequently
succeeded to the business of Hunt, Morton & Quigley.  He then continued
the business with his brother David S. Green, under the firm name of
John W. & D. S. Green, at Louisville, Ky.

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Henderson-KY AL

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