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JOHN W. GREEN was born in Henderson County, Ky., October 18, 1841, and is a son of Hector and Louisa (Reiggles) Green, natives of Fauquier County, Va., and Boston, Mass. The former removed to Henderson County, Ky., and was county surveyor for a number of years, afterwards book-keeper for George Blanchard. Later he removed to Meade County, where he died. The subject of this sketch lived with his father until he was eleven years of age. He was educated in the high schools, and upon graduating became a clerk for A. D. Hunt & Co., bankers, remaining with them until 1861. Early in that year he went to Florence, Ala., where he remained until the fall, when he returned to Kentucky, and at Bowling Green joined Col. Tom Hunt’s regiment. After the close of the war he returned to Louisville, and was engaged again in Hunt’s banking house, in which he finally became a partner. He afterward became a partner with Morton, Gait & Co. When this firm discontinued business, in 1879, Mr. Green commenced business as a stock and bond broker, with his brother, David L., as a partner. He was married in 1881 to Miss Anna Ames, of Louisville.