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Below is a family biography from the book, History of Kentucky, Edition 8a by J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin and G. C. Kniffin and published by F. A. Battey Publishing Company in 1888.  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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JOHN W. GREEN, son of Hector Green and Louisa (Ruggles) Green, was born October 8, 1841, in Henderson County, Ky. He came to Louisville with his parents in 1852, and here he was educated, chiefly in the city schools. At the age of sixteen he reluctantly gave up his studies at the High School to accept a situation with the banking house of A. D. Hunt & Co., in order that he might aid his parents in the support of the family. In 1858 his beloved mother died and his father and brothers left Louisville. He, however, continued at his desk in the banking house and took upon himself the support of an invalid uncle. After a few years this uncle went to live with Mr. Peter Green, who was his brother, and A. D. Hunt & Co. having closed their business because of the approach of the war, John Green went to Florence, Ala., where he clerked for McAlester, Simpson & Co., until Abraham Lincoln’s coercion proclamation, when he was quick to respond to what he considered the call of duty, and in September, 1861, he enlisted under Col. Thomas H. Hunt, in Gen. John C. Breckinridge’s command, in what was afterwards the Ninth Kentucky Infantry, Confederate States Volunteers. Here he served through the war with cheerfulness and devotion, endearing both officers and men to himself. The war being over, he returned penniless to Louisville, obtained a situation in a banking house in which Mr. A. D. Hunt was senior partner, and subsequently succeeded to the business of Hunt, Morton & Quigley. He then continued the business with his brother David S. Green, under the firm name of John W. & D. S. Green, at Louisville, Ky.

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This family biography is one of 195 biographies included in the Jefferson County, Kentucky section of the book, The History of Kentucky, Edition 8a published in 1888 by F. A. Battey Publishing Company.  For the complete description, click here: History of Kentucky, Edition 8a

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