Tipton-Jefferson-Jennings County IN Archives Biographies.....Green, John 1807 - 
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Author: Charles Blanchard, Editor (1883)

   JUDGE JOHN GREEN, one of the pioneers of Tipton County, is a native of North
Carolina, having been born in Yancey County of that State, May 20, 1807. Three
years after his birth his parents removed to Jefferson County, Ind., from
whence, after a residence of nine years, they removed to Jennings County, where
the Judge grew to manhood. In 1828, he entered Hanover College, and remained in
that institution until 1833. He then entered upon the career of a farmer, which
vocation he followed for five years. In 1838, he began the study of the law,
under Wilberforce Lyle, of Madison, Ind. In 1842, after four years' preparation,
he was admitted to the practice of his profession, and soon after to the Supreme
and United States Courts. In 1848, actuated by a desire to provide a patrimony
for his children, the Judge removed to the then new county of Tipton; he
purchased eighty acres of land, also two lots in the town of Tipton, for $600.
The winter succeeding, he entered eighty acres and bought forty acres for $200,
which he saved as his home farm, and on which he has since lived. Since coming
to Tipton County he has given each of his children a farm of eighty acres. The
Judge has always taken an active part in politics and has had his share of
political honors. He was raised a Whig, and advocated the principles of that
party until its dissolution, when he joined the ranks of the Republican party,
and has ever since been a prominent arid consistent member thereof. During his
earlier days, he was almost continuously in the various offices of the township
and county, such as Justice of the Peace, Trustee, etc.; he has filled two terms
as State Senator, being first elected in 1856, and again in 1868. During his
second term as Senator, occurred the exciting contest for the United States
Senate, in which D. D. Pratt was sprung upon the Assembly as a "dark horse," and
secured the nomination. Judge Green was a prominent factor in securing that
result, having labored zealously on that occasion. In 1860, he was elected
Common Pleas Judge for the counties of Hamilton, Tipton, Howard, Grant and
Clinton, which office he held for four years. Since his last Senatorial term
expired, he has devoted himself entirely to the practice of the law, with
eminent success. The Judge has been three times married; first, to Miss Mary
Marshall, of Jefferson County, Ind., on April 14, 1829. With her he lived until
her death, at Tipton, October 7, 1865; on October 29, 1866, he married Catherine
A. Humerickhouse, who died October 28, 1875; his third marriage occurred
September 7, 1876, to Caroline Passwater, his present wife; by his first wife he
had five children, of whom three are living-Milton F., Alice B. Brandt and Mrs.
Catherine G. Trout. The Judge is still engaged in the practice of his profession
in Tipton, and is the most venerable attorney at the bar; he possesses the
confidence and esteem of the entire community, which he bids fair to enjoy for
many years to come; he owns one of the finest residences in the county, situated
at the western extremity of Tipton, and is enjoying the evening of his
well-spent life in the midst of prosperity, surrounded by all that adorns and
embellishes civilized life. John Q. Green, the youngest son of Judge Green, was
a volunteer during the war of the rebellion, serving three months, volunteering
twice after, ' but was rejected; he was then Deputy U. S. Marshal, until the
close of the war. He then entered the law office of his father; was admitted to
the bar, and practiced until his death; he also served as Deputy Internal
Revenue Collector about three years; his death occurred tin 1866.

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COUNTIES OF HOWARD AND TIPTON, INDIANA.

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL.
ILLUSTRATED.

CHARLES BLANCHARD. EDITOR.
CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO.
1883.


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