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Addis Emmett Green, one of the old and representative citizens of Oakland County, Michigan, residing in section 6, Farmington township, was born October 17, 1827, at Livonia, Livingston County, New York, and is a son of Zephaniah R. and Zarilla (Gould) Green, extended mention of whom will be found in the sketch of Horace A. Green, appearing elsewhere in this volume.

In 1856 Addis E. Green was united in marriage with Cordelia Adaline Smith, who is a daughter of Calvin and Elenor (Durfee) Smith. This marriage connected him with two old and very prominent families, early settlers in Oakland County. As early as 183 1 Mrs. Green’s grandfathers, Asaph Smith and Daniel Durfee, came to Michigan and both took up large tracts of land in Novi township, Oakland County, Mr. Durfee’s land being located in sections 12, 13 and 14, and Mr. Smith’s in section 15. Daniel Durfee was descended in the fourth generation from Thomas Durfee, who was born in England in 1643 and died at Portsmouth, Rhode Island, in 1712.

Calvin Smith, father of Mrs. Green, was born August 4, 1809, at Hancock, Vermont, and was married to Eleanor Durfee, who was born at Manchester, New York, October 19, 1812. Calvin Smith and wife had six children. Cordelia Adaline, the eldest, was born October 25, 1833, and became the wife of our subject. Daniel B., who was born December 26, 1835, died September 30, 1896, at Austin, Minnesota, leaving a widow and three children, namely: Clayton J., born September 10, 1862, at Novi, who was married to Florence K. Livermore and now lives at St. Paul, Minnesota, — they have two children, Miriam and Harold; Frank M., born March 18, 1870, who died January 13, 1902, at Phoenix, Arizona, leaving two children, — Parry and Ernestine; and Judd, who was born in Minnesota, November 30, 1872, and reared two children, — Otto Caleb, born April 12, 1896, and Mary Josephine, born June 20, 1898. Daniel B. Smith married as his second wife, Amanda Flick, and they had one child, Walter B., born May 22, 1876, and died May 25, 1879. The third child of Calvin Smith was Rosella E., born March 8, 1838, who married Edward P. Van Valkenburgh, and died at Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 1, 1899, — they reared these children: Mary Gertrude, born December 5, 1866, at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who married Frank Barkee, of Lake Mills, Iowa, and has one child, Genevieve, born February 17, 1892; Robert Bruce, born August 26, 1869, who died July 25, 1870; Florence, born December 25, 1871, who died August 17, 1872; Edward Porter, born April 8, 1875, who was drowned at Tallapoosa, Georgia, June 13, 1895; and George Rudd, born August 17, 1877, who resides at Two Harbors, Minnesota. Gideon Warner, the fourth child of Calvin Smith, was born March 3, 1840, and died at Austin, Minnesota, June 9, 1875. He married Frances Brown of Walled Lake, Michigan, and they reared one child, Benjamin, now residing at Seattle, Washington, who was married to Josephine L. Good of Seattle, and they have one child, Gideon W., born at Seattle, January 12, 1901. The fifth child of Calvin Smith is Mary B., born September 20, 1842. She married Andrew J. Crosby, of Farmington, Oakland County, who was born September 9, 1840, at DeRuyter, New York. They reside in Novi township on a portion of the land taken up by Mrs. Crosby’s grandfather, Daniel Durfee. They had three children born to them: Lena, born at St. John’s, Michigan, April 10, 1870, who died in infancy; Bertha Ina, born at Novi, Michigan, June 21, 1872, who married Frank N. Steele, of Farmington; and Flora Nina, born at Pontiac, June 18, 1879, who married Dr. Albert L. Brannock of Detroit. The sixth child of Calvin Smith and wife, Alta A., was born April 6, 1849, and married George W. Scullen, of Oakland, Minnesota; they reared four children: George Arthur, born June 5, 1875; John Calvin, born November 25, 1878: Warner Smith, born February 24, 1882; and Frank Irwin, born December 1, 1888. Mr. Scullen died January 22, 1899, and his widow and children now reside at Austin, Minnesota.

The children born to our subject and wife were as follows: Calvin R., born on the present farm, September 8, 1857, who was married to Mary Annie McKay, of Detroit, and they have three children — Cordelia Eleanor, born December 10, 1889, Emmett Smith, born October 24, 1891, and Frank Arthur, born November 13, 1895; Eleanor Z., born September 20, 1861, died July 23, 1873; Maud B., born May 1, 1863, married Charles I. Shattuck of Pontiac and they have one child, Marcus, born September 21, 1888; and Myra W. and Mary Shaw (twins) were born March 14, 1869, of whom the latter is a successful teacher, — the former married Caleb G. Jackson of Southfield township, Oakland County, and they have these children: Lulu Maud, born July 20, 1893; Lloyd Moore, born December 10, 1894; Mary Alice, born May 3, 1896; George Jackson, born June 13, 1897; and Warren Emmett, born May 7, 1900.

Portraits* of Mr. and Mrs. Green are presented on foregoing pages in connection with this sketch.

*Editor's note: Portraits were included in the original printed book.