Calhoun County AlArchives Biographies.....Green, W. B. 1831 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
    W. B. GREEN, a prominent citizen of Calhoun county, was born In South
Carolina in 1831, a son of William and Nancy A. (Bates) Green. The parents were
both born in Greenville district, S. C., and came with their families to Alabama
in 1833 and first settled near Jaksonville, where the father rented land two
years, when he came to near where the E. & W. junction now stands, where he
opened a farm. There was not a stick disturbed when he first settled on this
land, but by hard work he soon cleared up his farm and was repaid with fields of
flourishing grain. He was a son of Isaac and Phebe Green, both natives of South
Carolina. Mrs. Nancy A. Green, was a daughter of John and Nancy Bates, both
South Carolinians. The Greens are supposed to be descendants of Gen. Green of
Revolutionary fame. W. B. Green was reared on the farm. He attended school but
little, and that between crop times. In 1853 he married Lydia A. Prater,
daughter of Balis and Eliza (Alanis) Prater, both of South Carolina. Of their
eleven children, eight are living: Mary, Alice, Martha, Nancy, Belle, Francis,
Miller B., and Joseph. The mother was born in South Carolina in 1835, came to
Alabama with her parents about 1840. Mr. Green began life with some money, which
was all lost in the war. He has always been a farmer and in connection he runs a
gin and grist and flour mill. In 1885 he engaged in mercantile business at E. &.
W. junction. He now owns over 600 acres of good land, the most of which is under
cultivation. In 1861, Mr. Green enlisted in company G, Capt. Henry Forney, Tenth
Alabama regiment. He was with Gen. Joe E. Johnston in his famous retreat and
served through the entire war. He was never wounded, but had several horses shot
under him. In religion he is a Baptist and in politics a democrat.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 596

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