Howard J. Green

GREEN, REED, HOLCOMB, THACKER

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Date: 4/2/2009 at 10:34:12

HOWARD J. GREEN, deceased, was born in the State of New York, RensseIaer County, May 4, 1828. His parents were Allen and Clarissa Green, natives of New York. The youth of Mr. Green was passed in his native county in attending the public schools. At the age of sixteen years he went to Williamstown, Massachusetts, and there served an apprenticeship to a machinist for three years. After learning his trade he remained in the shops for some time. He then went to Chicopee, Massachusetts, and entered the employ of Ames & Company, continuing there three years. About this time Mr. Green was taken with the western fever, and came to Iowa, settling in Jackson County, on a farm which he cultivated three years. He then removed to Audubon County and took up his abode on his present farm. He built the first sawmill on a branch of the Botna Creek, and operated it for some time. He did all the sawing for the neighborhood, and having steam power he did a profitable business. After selling the mill he turned his attention to farming. The place he had bought on first coming to the county was raw prairie and contained eighty acres, but he has added to this until his farm now consists of 100 acres, twenty of which are in timber and the remainder under fine cultivation. Mr. Green passed from this life June 2, 1873. He was an enterprising citizen, and was filled with that public spirit to which all communities owe their advancement and growth. At the time of his death Mr. Green was a member of the board of supervisors. His political interests lay very near the interests of the Republican party. By industry and energy Mr. Green had accumulated a large estate. He was married November 28, 1850, to Miss Cordelia M. Reed, a daughter of Nelson and Theodocia (Holcomb) Reed. She was born in Granby, Connecticut, and was reared and educated in her native town. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Green Emma C., wife of John R. Thacker; Henry H., Clara A., Dewey W. (deceased), Walter W., Edwin E. and Mary Grace. Mrs. Green's grandfather, Jacob Holcomb, was a soldier in the war of the Revolution.

1889 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF
SHELBY AND AUDUBON COUNTIES, IOWA
W. S. DUNBAR & CO., PUBLISHERS
113 ADAMS STREET, CHICAGO

pages 795-796