NOBLE COUNTY OHIO - BIO: David Green (1887)

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From the The Ohio Biographies Project
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Transcribed by Deb Murray.

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David Green was born in Spencer, Mass., December 27, 1797, and was probably
the oldest man living in the township. He died May 21, 1887. In 1823 he
married Augusta Brown, in Massachusetts. She died in 1842, having borne one
child - Edward. In 1844 he married Mary Pearson. Their children are David
J. and Mary A. (twins) and Lewis H. Edward and Lewis H. were in the service
in the late war. Mr. Green first came to Ohio about 1820. He came through
in a two-horse wagon. While on the way he had the misfortune to lose his
pocket-book at the tavern. He recovered the book, but a check on the
Marietta bank which it contained was gone. He succeeded in getting the
money on the check by notifying the officers of the bank. He remained in
Ohio about a year, cutting cord-wood near Duncan's Falls, for salt works
upon the river. He took his pay in salt, which was then worth $1.50 per
bushel. After his marriage (August 21, 1823) he returned to Ohio and
located where he now lives. A few years later he erected a mill for the
manufacture of castor oil. The machinery, invented by himself, consisted of
an inclined plane and a beam worked by horse power. As the beam was drawn
over the inclined plane the oil was pressed out. There was a great demand
for it, and Mr. Green traveled about the country with a horse and wagon,
selling it. At one time in Newark, Ohio, before breakfast, he sold enough
oil to pay for forty acres of land. He also sold oil by the barrel in
Zanesville and other places. He continued this business about ten years. An
acres of land would produce eight or ten bushels of beans, and one bushel
would make about a gallon and a half of oil. The beans were dried in
buildings similar to tobacco barns. Mr. Green also erected one of the early
saw-mills of the township. Mr. Green has been a member of the Baptist
church about sixty-two years, and for over fifty years has been a deacon.
He has been justice of the peace, and held the office of township treasurer
twenty years. He has been a successful farof stock. He has also made some
inventions which he has patented. He is gifted with true Yankee ingenuity.

History of Noble County, Ohio Published by 
L.H. Watkins & Co. of Chicago 1887
Brookfield