Biographical Sketch of Hiram GREEN (1809-1858); Chester County, PA

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HIRAM GREEN (George, Jane, Sarah, George), b.8-11-1809; d.1-18-1858;
m. Phila.1-1-1834, Juliann Bishop, b.Edgmont, 10-5-1809; d.Ardmore,
Pa.4-18-1869 Dau. of George Bishop and Sabina Sheaff of Edgmont; Both 
buried at Cumberland Cemetery. They settled at th President Tavern,
in Edgmont, on the West Chester and Phila road, which belonged to his 
father, and there continued till his death. He was also postmaster of 
Edgmont post-office during that period; was educated at Strode's 
Boarding School and president of the school board of the township as 
well as supervisor. Being temperate in the use of intoxicants, he did 
not allow drunkenness at the Tavern; was Friendly in his belief and a 
Whig and Republican in politics. His wife was descended from the 
Sheaffs who settled near Coopertown, in Haverford, 1704.She died of 
heart disease when visiting a sister in Montgomery Co.

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