Union County, SD Biographies.....Green, Robert R. August 10, 1834 - September 27, 1890
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Source: MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF Turner, Lincoln, Union and Clay Counties, South Dakota. (1897)
Author: Geo. Ogle & Co.

HON. ROBERT R. GREEN, deceased, was one of the earliest settlers of Union county,
having located in section No. 17, Civil Bend township, in 1863. He was a native of
Kentucky, born August 10, 1811, and spent part of his boyhood in that state, later
removing with his parents to Wisconsin, where he grew to maturity. His early life
was mostly spent on a farm.

Mr. Green was married June 11, 1834, to Miss Cinderella Fanner, and together they
settled in Lafayette county, Wis., where she died in 1846. They were the parents of
seven children, all of whom are deceased. One son, Robert Allan Green, was killed in
the battle of the Wilderness during the Civil war. Mr. Green subsequently married
Miss Nancy J. Ashmore, a native of Coles county, Ill., the wedding taking place
March 16, 1847. Miss Ashmore was a daughter of David and Margaret (Lovelace)
Ashmore, both of whom are deceased. They were the parents of ten children, eight
living; but Mrs. Green and her brother Ulysses are the only representatives of the
family residing in Union county. Mrs. Green was born January 11, 1829, and spent her
girlhood in Illinois, later removing to Wisconsin. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs.
Green continued to reside in Lafayette county, Wis., where they prospered, coming in
1863 to Union county and settling on the place where Mrs. Green now lives. When they
came here the country wasn't much better than a wilderness; there were very few
neighbors, and settlers' cabins were few and far between. Their first place of abode
was a shanty constructed of rails and roofed with dirt; but shortly after their
cabin was finished and they moved into it. They endured all the hardships incident
to the development of a new country. For seven years grasshoppers did terrible
damage, and three times the Missouri river overflowed its banks and devastated the
farms along its borders. Mr. Green, by industry and well-applied business judgment,
had accumulated some $15,000, which he brought with him to Union county, and he
started the first store ever opened in Elk Point, 1 conducting it for seven years,
after which he devoted his time to superintending his farm.

Mr. and Mrs. Green are the parents of eight children, viz.: James, who married
Martha Webster, lives near Calliope, Iowa, and has three children; Shelton married
Henrietta Bowman, lives in Nebraska and has a family of nine children; Washington
married Annie Payne and resides in Alcester; they have two children: Eliza Caroline
is the wife of Jacob H. Pace, and resides in Union county, has five children; Edith
is the wife of William Eslick, lives at Elk Point, and has six children; Jeannette,
wife of John Skaife, lives in Civil Bend township, and has one child; R. S. married
Ollie Crandall, lives in Union county and has no children. Mr. Green served in the
ranks during the period of the Blackhawk war, and was a Methodist in religious
belief. He was a man universally esteemed for his many excellent traits of
character, and had the entire confidence of his friends and the community at large.
He was elected to the territorial legislature and served one term, and held many
minor offices of the township. His death occurred September 27, 1890, and he was
buried in the cemetery at Elk Point, mourned by all who had known him. His wife, an
estimable lady, still resides on the homestead and conducts the affairs of the farm,
which consists of 333 acres, ninety of which are under cultivation and well
improved.


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