BIO:  John K. Green, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Hopewell Township, Pg 112

JOHN K. GREEN, son of Giles T. and Deborah (Kirkwood) Green, natives of Harford 
County, Md., was there born September 6, 1829.  His parents came to York County, 
Penn., in 1830.  His father settled at Grove’s Mill, where he carried on 
blacksmithing.  He died in 1864, and the mother died in 1847; he left eleven 
children by his first wife, of whom John K. is the fifth child.  The latter lived 
with his grandparents until fifteen years of age, when he came to York County.  
In 1851 he began learning the carpenter’s trade, which he has since followed.  In 
1862 he enlisted in Company H, Seventh Maryland Volunteers, and served until the 
close of the war, participating in the battles of the Wilderness, Cold Harbor, 
Five Forks and Petersburgh.  In January, 1864, he was promoted to the rank of 
first lieutenant, which rank he held to the close of the war.  He came to 
Stewartstown in 1853, where he has since resided, and owns some very valuable 
properties in the town.  He was married, October 12, 1854, to Alice A. Fulton, 
daughter of Hugh and Jane Fulton, of Hopewell Township, and has two children:  
Hugh T. and Ida May (Ritchie).  Mr. Green is a member of the G. A. R., of 
Stewartstown, has been justice of the peace of the borough for five years, and at 
present time holds the office of notary public.