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Below is a family biography included in Portrait and Biographical Record of Berrien and Cass Counties, Michigan published by Biographical Publishing Company in 1893.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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CHARLES GREEN. Nowhere within the limits of Cass County can there be found a man who takes greater interest in its agricultural and stock affairs than Mr. Green, or who strives continually to promote and advance these interests to a higher plane. He has a native pride in this State, for he was born in Berrien County, and has spent most of his days in Cass County, where he is well and favorably known. His birth occurred in March, 1853, and he is the son of Harvey and Eunice (Judd) Green.

Patrick Green, the grandfather of our subject, was a native of the Emerald Isle, where he attained his growth and received his education. When a young man, or after the Revolutionary War, he came to the United States and located in the Empire State, where for several years he engaged in peddling. He was married in that State, and shortly afterwards emigrated to Berrien County, Mich., where he was one of the first settlers. He bought land, engaged in improving it, and on this reared his family of seven children. They were named as follows: William, Harvey, John, Rhoda (first wife of R. Greenman), Nancy (wife of Rinaldo Reed), Abbie (wife of Abner Buckman), and Mary, wife of Ransom Greenman.

The father of our subject, Harvey Green, was born in New York State, and came with his parents to Michigan when a child. At the age of twenty-one he branched out for himself, and as he had early been trained to the arduous duties of the farm, he selected agricultural pursuits as his occupation in life. He began tilling the soil on a new farm, and subsequently was married in Berrien County to Miss Eunice Judd, the daughter of William and Abigail (Beardsley) Judd. The Judd family was one of the early ones of Cass County, settling here as early as 1843.

In 1861, during the Civil War, he enlisted, and was never heard of after the battle of Shiloh. His brother John was killed in that desperate battle. He was a member of the Disciples Church, and in politics at one time a Whig, and later a Republican. His widow married a man by the name of Jackson Day, and became the mother of three children by this union: May, who died when young; Nora, wife of Frank Essig; and Silvia. Mrs. Green is still living, and enjoys comparatively good health.

The early days of our subject were passed in assisting his father on the farm and in attending the district school, where he secured a fair education. When but thirteen years of age he began working for himself in a sawmill, and continued this until about twenty-two years of age, in Montcalm County, Mich. He then came to his Grandfather Judd’s farm, and on this he resides at the present time. He was married in this county when twenty-four years of age to Miss Mary Fraze, daughter of Hiram and Anna (Martin) Fraze. Mrs. Green is a member of the Disciples Church, and they give freely of their means to its support. In politics, Mr. Green is a Republican. He and wife have taken a nephew, Fred Day, to rear, and this boy has been with them since an infant. Mr. Green first took charge of his grandfather’s farm, but since then he has purchased it. This consists of eighty acres, and is in a fine state of cultivation.

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This family biography is one of numerous biographies included in the Portrait and Biographical Record of Berrien and Cass Counties, Michigan published in 1893. 

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