Thomas B. Green, Ouachita County, AR -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE: Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889. Contributed by Carol Smith. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ouachita County, Arkansas - from Goodspeed's History of Arkansas Thomas B. Green, one of the well-known citizens of Red Hill Township, is a native of the county, and was born on November 29, 1855, being a son of Allen and Evaline (Lee) Green, the former a native of Halifax County, North Carolina, born on February 1, 1825, a tiller of the soil by occupation. He emigrated from North Carolina to Tennessee in 1843, and from that State to Arkansas, in 1853, settling on a homestead claim of 160 acres in Ouachita County, on which he built a log cabin and in time made many improvements. Here he resided until his death on June 12, 1882, his wife having passed from life on October 1, 1887. They were active and consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and their union was blessed in the birth on one son and three daughters. The father was a Mason. Thomas B. Green, the subject of this biography, is now the owner of 483 acres of excellent farming land, and has about ninety acres well improved and under cultivation. He is a wide-awake and enterprising agriculturist, and is always ready to give of his means to support worthy public enterprises, and is a man who commands respect wherever he is known. He as married on December 20, 1882, to Miss Onia, a daughter of William and Sarah (Stinson) Nash, his wife a native of Arkansas, and by her he is the father of one son and three daughters: Eunice E., Allen A., Mittie and Cora A. Mrs. Green is an honored member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is postmaster at Chidester, and was appointed in February, 1887. In his political views Mr. Green is a Democrat.