Fayette County, West Virginia Biography of WILLIAM T. GREEN This biography was submitted by Valerie Crook, E-mail address: The submitter does not have a connection to the subject of this sketch. This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. All other rights reserved. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the WVGenWeb Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 556 Fayette WILLIAM T. GREEN on leaving college was identified active- ly for a number of years with the coal industry of West Virginia. His real profession, however, was that of certi- fied public accountant, and he organized and was honored with election as the first president of the Association of Certified Public Accountants of West Virginia. Mr. Green, who was owner of the National Audit Com- pany of Charleston, was born in Culpeper County, Virginia, in 1880, son of M. C. and Eliza (Thorne) Green. He spent his early life in Culpeper County, though most of his edu- cation was acquired in West Virginia. He attended Mar- shall College at Huntington, and in 1900 graduated with the degree Bachelor of Science from the University of West Virginia at Morgantown. Following that for sixteen or seventeen years he had a broadening range of responsi- bilities in the coal business, most of the time serving as secretary and treasurer of the New River Smokeless Coal Company. For the greater part of the time this company maintained its headquarters at Thurmond, and Mr. Green removed to Charleston when the general offices were removed to that city. In 1916 he resigned from the coal company to devote his entire attention to the growing business of the National Audit Company, which he founded. This is an organization perfected with a view to skillful service in interpreting the Federal and other laws requiring special reports from cor- porations, and Mr. Green gave his company a very high standing and a select clientage throughout West Virginia and the adjoining states of Pennsylvania, Ohio and Kentucky. To promote higher standards in public accounting and the welfare of certified public accountants in general, Mr. Green took the lead in organizing the Association of Certified Public Accountants of West Virginia, and was elected its first president in 1919. After serving as president one year he served as secretary. He was a member of the Kanawha Country Club and was a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason. Mr. Green married Annie Laing, and to this union were born three children: William, Elizabeth and Marcellus. For his second wife Mr. Green married Miss Geraldine Robinson, and to them was born a daughter, Nell.