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FREDERICK R. GREEN, the efficient cashier of the Fredonia National Bank, one of the best managed and most prosperous banking institutions in western New York, is a son of John T. and Livia P. (Hall) Green, and was born in Sherman, Chautauqua county, New York, May 10, 1861. His grandfather, William Green, was a native of Lincolnshire, England, and together with his wife and family, came to America in the year 1830, settling near Utica, New York, for a short time, and subsequently in the towns of Chautauqua and Sherman, Chautauqua county, New York. William Green was by trade a carpenter, held the office of supervisor of his town for several years, and died at the age of fifty-nine years. He was married to Miss Martha Tomlinson.

John T. Green (father of subject) was born in Lincolnshire, England, January 31, 1829, and, with his father, emigrated to America in 1830, so that nearly his entire life has been spent under the shadow of republican government. He was reared upon a farm, received a common school education, and in youth and early manhood worked at the carpenter and joiner’s trade. He then made a farming venture, and about thirty years ago embarked in mercantile pursuits, which he has prosecuted with vigor and profit ever since. When he first engaged in merchandising it was entirely upon his own responsibility, but later he received as a partner, Mr. W. F. Green, now cashier of the Sherman Bank. At present he conducts his business independent of partnership alliances. He was united in marriage in 1851, and is the father of three children: William A., now in Australia as the representative of a manufacturing syndicate; Frederick R., of Fredonia, New York; and Florence, at home.

Frederick R. Green was reared in the village of Sherman, and attended the Union schools, where he acquired a good preliminary education. After leaving school he became a clerk in his father’s store, where he remained until 1879, when, during that year, he accepted the position of assistant cashier in the Sherman Exchange Bank, the duties of which position he continued to discharge until 1882. During that year he removed to Fredonia, New York, first became teller, and in April, 1884, cashier of the Fredonia National Bank, which he now holds. Mr. Green is a young man of great energy, careful habits and marked business ability; and through his fidelity and spotless integrity, has been entrusted with his present responsible position. He possesses many good social qualities, and enjoys the esteem and respect of his wide circle of acquaintances.