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HAMILTON GREEN, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 7; P. O. Towanda; one of the old settlers of Blue Mound Township. Methodist; Republican. Born in Herkimer Co., N. Y., Jan. 4, 1829. He emigrated to McLean Co. in the spring of 1856, purchased his present place of 160 acres in July of the same year, and located upon the same the following September, at which time there were only fifty-two acres broken, and which he has brought from its wild prairie condition to its present high state of cultivation by his own hard labor; there were no roads at that time, and to go to any point a direct line would be taken, with no fence to obstruct the way; they first rented an unfinished house, in which they lived until they erected what is now a part of their present residence, which was 16x24 feet. The early settlers, like the ancient Israelites, experienced no trouble in worshiping God, and the first prayer-meeting of the district was held in Mr. Green’s house, and in this house Mrs. Green taught the first school of the district, her scholars coming from three districts and two townships, and for several years singing-schools were also taught in the same house. His marriage with Elizabeth C. Ludwig was celebrated in 1855; she was born in Northumberland Co., Penn., Oct. 15, 1831, and was raised in Orleans Co., N. Y.; they are the parents of four children — Gertrude, born July 12, 1857; William F., Aug. 2, 1861; Thomas, May 2, 1864; John H., Aug. 30, 1869. Mr. Green has been Town Clerk four years, Town Trustee six years, and has held other petty offices.