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JOHN GREEN.
John Green, whose portrait accompanies this sketch, was one of the most prosperous farmers of Mission township, Shawnee County, where he resided from 1869 until his death, September 6, 1903, aged 76 years, lacking five days.

Mr. Green was a native of England, having been born in Gloucestershire on the 11th day of September, 1827. He emigrated to America when 21 years of age, and for one year was located in Cincinnati, Ohio. He then engaged in farming in Union County, Indiana, and still later in Cass County, Michigan, where he remained until 1869. In that year he came West to Shawnee County, Kansas, and homesteaded a claim. He was a man of thrifty habits and untiring energy, and succeeded where others failed in raising crops on new land. He gradually increased his holdings until at the time of his death the home farm consisted of 370 acres, all under cultivation. It is a finely improved place, with a two-story, stone house of nine rooms, which he erected at a cost of $3,500, and a stone barn, 32 by 40 feet in dimensions, which he erected in 1875 at a cost of $1,000. The latter affords shelter for 36 head of stock, and has capacity for 30 tons of hay and considerable grain. In addition to these substantial buildings, Mr. Green built wagon sheds and a granary and a large hay barn 70 feet long, which was constructed of stone and timber. He raised cattle tin a very extensive scale and also kept a large number of horses and hogs. The receipts from his sales of cattle often amounted to as much as $1,800 in one year.

John Green was united in marriage in 1849 with Mary Diebolt, a daughter of David A. Diebolt, of Union County, Indiana, who was a farmer by occupation and lived to reach the remarkable age of 114 years. Mrs. Green died in 1868 on giving birth to a child, leaving eight children as follows: John A., whose present location is unknown; Perry, an auctioneer of Council Grove, Morris County, Kansas, who married Olive Reveal, a daughter of M. M. Reveal, a blacksmith of Council Grove, and has three children: Mamie, of Grand Rapids, Edith and Everett Perry; Emma; Charles; Ellen; Robert; George; and Mary Ann, deceased.

Our subject formed a second marital union with Mrs. Philobia LaPoint, widow of Mitchell LaPoint. She was born in Wayne County, Missouri, December 15, 1818, and lived there until 1852, when she accompanied the family of Benjamin Franklin to Uniontown. She was adopted as one of the Pottawatomie tribe of Indians, and was married to Mitchel La Point, a quarter-blood Indian, to whom was alloted the quarter-section on which the old town stood. She received an allotment of 80 acres in Shawnee County. She died July 22, 1891, without issue.

Mr. Green married, as his third wife, Christina Reinhard. They spent their wedding trip in touring England, leaving this country in April, 1892, and returning home the following August. Mrs. Green died in 1895, leaving a son, Herbert Reinhard Green.

On April 7, 1896, occurred the fourth marriage of John Green. He was united with Mrs. Augusta Winn, nee Austin, widow of James Winn, of Kentucky, and a daughter of William Austin, who was born in London, England, and upon coming to this country located in Jefferson County, Missouri, where his daughter Augusta was born. James Winn died at Eureka, Missouri, leaving his widow with three children: James Edward, who lives with his mother; Mary Jane, wife of Harry Sillett, of Utah; and William Silas, who lives on the home farm. Our subject and his wife had one son, Ernest Ray Green, born in 1897. Religiously, Mr. Green was a faithful member of the Methodist Church. He was for many years a Democrat in politics and then joined the Populist party.