Biography: Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin: Col. Thomas H. Green

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Col. Thomas H. Green, architect; was born in East Greenwich, Kent Co.,
R.I., April 2, 1828; reared in the town of North New Berlin, Chenango Co.,
N.Y.; on his 17th birthday, started for Fond du Lac, which has since been
his home, arriving her May 1, 1845; after serving three years with Isaac
Brown as carpenter, began contracting and building, his first contract
being to build Fry's first brewery; in 1855, opened an office as architect,
having done much of that kind of work previous to that time.  Col. G.
enlisted April 17, 1861 for ninety days, in Co. I, ast W.V.I; commissioned
First Lieutenant April 23, 1861; at end of the ninety days, he re-organized
the company for three years, and was commissioned Captain of Co. K, Aug.
28, 1861; was with his regiment in all its principal engagements; was shot
through the neck at Perryville, July 8, 1862; wounded in left foot and
forehead at Chicamauga, September, 1863; promoted to Major July 1, 1864,
having acted as Major and had virtual command of his regiment after first
year's service as Captain; discharged Oct. 13, 1864; soon after entered
Gen. George H. Thomas' army, as Field Hospital Sutler, of the Army of the
Cumberland, in which he served to the close of the war; he then speculated
in oil during two years in Canada, returning afterward to Fond du Lac and
his profession.  Col. G. was married at Fond du Lac, April 17, 1851, to
Sarah I., daughter of Selim Newton, who located in Fond du Lac Co. in 1844;
they have three children- Charles T., born Feb. 2, 1853; Lucy A., now Mrs.
C.W. Morris, born Jan. 26, 1855; Dwight E., born Dec. 24, 1860.  The finest
blocks, residences and public buildings in Fond du Lac, Waupun, Clinton,
Escanaba and other cities, were from designs by Col. Green; in Fond du Lac,
some of them are the High School, residences of M.D. Moore and W.B. Brand,
No. 5 engine house, Bartlett's market, Murphy Block, La Belle wagon works,
storehouse and many others.  He served as Alderman of the First Ward in
1856.

Transcribed from The History of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin Chicago :
Western Historical Company, 1880 pg. 809-810