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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Ouachita County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890.  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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Thomas B. Green, one of the well-known citizens of Red Hill Township, is a native of the county, and was born on November 29, 1855, being a son of Allen and Evaline (Lee) Green, the former a native of Halifax County, N. C., born on February 1, 1825, a tiller of the soil by occupation. He emigrated from North Carolina to Tennessee in 1843, and from that State to Arkansas, in 1853, settling on a homestead claim of 160 acres in Ouachita County, on which he built a log-cabin and in time made many improvements. Here he resided until his death, on June 12, 1882, his wife having passed from life on October 1, 1887. They were active and consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and their union was blessed in the birth of one son and three daughters. The father was a Mason. Thomas B. Green, the subject of this biography, is now the owner of 483 acres of excellent farming land, and has about ninety acres well improved and under cultivation. He is a wide-awake and enterprising agriculturist, and is always ready to give of his means to support worthy public enterprises, and is a man who commands respect wherever he is known. He was married on December 20, 1882, to Miss Onia, a daughter of William and Sarah (Stinson) Nash, his wife a native of Arkansas, and by her he is the father of one son and three daughters: Eunice E., Allen A., Mittie and Cora A. Mrs. Green is an honored member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is postmaster at Chidester, and was appointed in February, 1887. In his political views Mr. Green is a Democrat.

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This family biography is one of 91 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Ouachita County, Arkansas published in 1890.  For the complete description, click here: Ouachita County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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