Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Green, Daniel Thomas May 10, 1856 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com February 20, 2006, 8:02 am Author: History of Grundy County 1914 Green, Daniel Thomas, who has served as President of the Board of Education of South Wilmington, is a man of more than average ability and standing in his community. He is a son of William and Eliza (Whormsby) Green, natives of England who came to the United States in 1861, locating at Woodville, Mich., but they after seven years, in 1868, moved to Grundy County, and selecting Braidwood, lived there, the father working in the mines until his death in 1881. He was laid to rest in Oakwood Cemetery. The mother is still living, making her home at Braidwood. Of their twelve children, five are deceased, the living being: Daniel Thomas, who was born in England, May 10, 1856; Mary H., who is Mrs. Thomas M. Thomas, of Joliet, Ill.; Joseph W., who is superintendent of the Bunker Hill Military Academy located in the vicinity of St. Louis; Drucilla, who is living with her mother; Lilly, who is Mrs. Charles Van Dorn of Joliet, Ill.; Alice, who is superintendent of the Lincoln school of Joliet, Ill.; and Walter, who is of Marseilles, Ill., is an examiner of mines. Daniel Thomas Green received his educational training in the public schools of England and the United States, as he was only eight years old when the family came here. When he was ten years old, he started work in the coal mines with his father, thus continuing until he was fifteen years old, when he began studying engineering, and his persistent efforts were rewarded by the bestowal of his certificate by the Illinois State Board at Peoria in 1895. For the past twenty-two years he has been an engineer for the Chicago, Wilmington & Vermillion Coal Company, and is now running their engine at No. 3 mine at South Wilmington. On April 22, 1879, Mr. Green married Zillah Holdworth, a daughter of John and Harriet Holdworth, natives of England. Mrs. Green was born in Ohio May 18, 1858, and died at Braidwood, Ill. She was laid to rest in Oakwood Cemetery. Ten children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Green, namely: Ernest Adolphus, born November 25, 1880, died March 1, 1899, and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery; Royal Daniel, born June 13, 1882, is an engineer and lives at South Wilmington; Harriet Eliza, born July 1, 1884, is now Mrs. John E. Lewis and lives at Herron, Ill.; Stanley, died in infancy; Robert Allen, born January 12, 1887, is an engineer and lives at Ziegler, Ill.; Howard Percy, born May 2, 1889, is living at South Wilmington; Chester William, born May 12, 1892, is living at South Wilmington; Daniel Herbert, born June 13, 1894, is attending college at Decatur and studying electrical engineering; Lillian Zillah, born February 20, 1896, is attending school; and Clarence John, born July 9, 1898, is attending school at South Wilmington. Mr. Green is a Methodist, while politically he is a Republican and served as an Alderman of Braidwood for two years, and for four years has been President of the Board of Education of South Wilmington, being placed in that office upon his election as a member of the board. Mr. Green owns his residence and is a man of independent means. Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. Publishers; 1914, p819-20 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/grundy/bios/green209nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 3.8 Kb