Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Green, Hansel J. 1829 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   Hansel J. Green, hardware merchant, Attica, was born in Gloucestershire,
England, February 23, 1829. He was the youngest son of Thomas and Mary Ann
(Phelps) Green. In 1842 the family emigrated to America and settled in Portage
county, Ohio. Mr. Green was reared a farmer and obtained his education at the
Atwater Academy. In 1846 they removed to Mahoning county, and there, at the age
of seventeen, he was apprenticed to the tinner's trade. In 1849 he went to
Millersburg, Holmes county, and took charge of a stove store for a Mr. Holcomb,
of whom he learned his trade. Next year he came to La Fayette, Indiana, where he
worked at the tinning business two years, and then settled permanently in
Attica. Here he opened a stove and hardware store, and has continued the
business to the present date. He has in the meantime given considerable
attention to farming. Mr. Green came here a poor man, but by untiring industry
and judicious management he has acquired an independent estate. Besides his
valuable mercantile interests he owns 400 acres of land adjoining Attica, 200 in
Jasper county, and 160 in Kansas. He keeps some Kentucky thoroughbred horses to
gratify his taste for fine stock. In the suburbs, on the heights overlooking the
city from the east, is Mr. Green's home, a superb residence of brick, surrounded
by spacious grounds tastefully laid out with gravel walks and drives, and shaded
with forest trees. He was married February 17, 1857, to Miss Mary M. Merrick, of
North Branford, New Haven county, Connecticut. She was born April 27, 1833. They
have two living children: Lamonte M., born December 17, 1857, and Emma S., March
9, 1870. They have also had two others which died in infancy. Mr. Green has
never been an aspirant for office, but has always attended diligently to his
private business, as his honorable success fully attests. He has served as
councilman and school trustee. He travels considerable in the States; in 1870 he
made a trip to England, and is contemplating another, with his family, soon. His
father, now 90 years old, is still living, in sound health, supporting a
vigorous old age. He resides at Atwater, Portage county, Ohio. Mrs. Green is a
member of the Episcopal church. Mr. Green's membership in the same church is a
disputed point between bishop Talbot, of Indiana, and himself, the former
claiming that he is, and the latter denying "the soft impeachment."

Additional Comments:
Logan Township

Extracted from:

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.


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