Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Green, John S 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

John S. Green, dealer in drugs, books and stationery, at Morrison, and senior 
member of the firm of J. S. Green & Co., grain, lumber and coal merchants at 
the same place, was born Dec. 13, 1831, in Walton, Delaware Co., N. Y., and is 
the son of Thomas J. and Delilah N. (Fitch) Green. His father was a native of 
Vermont, where he was born Feb. 10, 1810. He went in early life to Walton, 
where he was married, his wife being a native of that place (born in July, 
1812). In 1842 the family removed to Deposit, in the same State, where the 
demise of both parents occurred,—that of the mother being in 1870, and that of 
the father in May, 1877. They had eight children, of whom six survive. Mr. 
Green of this sketch is the oldest. Sherman K. is a boot and shoe dealer at 
Kansas City, Mo. Charles H. is a salesman with the latter. Elizabeth N. is the 
wife of Lyman M. Fitch, a farmer of Walton, N. Y. Emma M. is the wife of 
Charles H. Eradshaw, of Galesburg, Ill. Eliza J. is unmarried. Mr. Green was 
about ten years of age when his parents removed from his native place to 
Deposit. His education was conducted with the judgment which characterizes the 
better classes in the mental training of their children, and he was sent for 
several years to an academy. After completing his course of study, he obtained 
a position as clerk and later as a station agent on the line of the Erie 
Railroad, in which capacity he operated until he was about 25 years of age. In 
1857 he went to Kansas City, Mo., where he was occupied as a book-keeper, and 
also became interested in speculations in real estate, in which he was 
occupied until the war between the North and South destroyed all business 
relations in the latter section.   In April, 1862, Mr. Green closed his 
affairs in Missouri and came to Morrison. He formed a business opening in the 
drug trade, in which he has since been interested, purchasing the stock of Dr. 
W. L. Coe. His business has been uniformly prosperous and the average value of 
the stock he carries is about $10,000. He employs three assistants and 
occupies the two lower stories and cellar of the building of which he is the 
proprietor. It is constructed of brick and is 21 by 52 feet in size. In 
December, 1883, the business firm of J. S. Green & Co. was formed, comprising 
Mr. Green, W. F. Johnson, a commission merchant of Chicago, and M. H. Potter, 
of Morrison. The business transactions of the house are extensive and include 
traffic in grain, coal, lumber, lime, salt, cement and all other building 
materials. In the last named commodities (builders' supplies) they hold a 
monopoly at Morrison, no other establishment in the city being similarly 
engaged. Their facilities for the transaction of their business are complete 
and consist of an elevator, lumber and coal-yard with sheds, lime-house and a 
dry-lumber room 50 by 98 feet in extent, the whole occupying an area of about 
two acres. Mr. Green has been actively interested in municipal affairs since 
his location at Morrison and has served 12 years as City Treasurer. He has 
been Alderman two terms and officiated in other minor positions. Jan. 5, 1864, 
Mr. Green formed a matrimonial alliance with Nellie A., daughter of Harvey E. 
and Wealthy A. Williams. Their marriage took place at Dixon, Ill. Mrs. Green 
was born Oct 31, 1844, in Genesee Co , N. Y. Four children have been born to 
Mr. and Mrs. Green as follows: Harvey S., April 9, 1866; Ivy, July 6, 1869; 
Olive, June 28, 1877; and Florence M., Feb. 18, 1881.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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