Biographical Sketch of James A. Green, Crawford County, MO >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** James A. Green, general manager of the Riverside Roller Milling Com- pany, was born in Troy, Lincoln Co., MO., in 1840, and is the eldest of the six children born to James T. and Jane M. (Martin) Green, natives of Culpeper County, VA. The parents settled in Lincoln County, MO., about 1839, where they lived for many years. The father, who was a manufacturer of carriages and wagons, died in 1847, and the mother afterward married William Carver, and moved to Pike County, dying in 1866. James A. was reared in Troy, and received a good education, graduating from Jones Seminary in 1859. For about two years he was employed in the Fifth Street railway officies of St. Louis, and in 1860 began merchandising at Wright City. In 1864 he went to Rolla, MO., and was engaged in merchandising until 1867, when he moved his stock of goods to Cuba, and was engaged in the same busi- ness for the following sixteen years. In 1872, in partnership with J. H. Riley, he built twelve miles of grade and the masonry on the St. Louis, Southern & Little Rock Railroad. In 1874 he built a large buhr-mill, upon the present site of the Riverside mill, which was burned in 1886, at a loss of about $12,000, and in 1876 he lost his store and stock by fire, valued about $6,000 above insurance. In 1865 Mr. Green married Lizzie Smith, who was born in Steelville in 1849 and is a daughter of C. Smith, one of the oldest merchants of Crawford County. Mr. and Mrs. Green have three children: James C., Lillie G. and Thomas Owen. Mr. Green has been largely interested in mining iron ore with William James for some time. He is a Democrat, and has been mayor of Cuba for many years. He is also a Royal Arch Mason. Mrs. Green is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. ==================================================================== 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. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================