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HENRY GREEN. Reference to the agricultural affairs of Pettis County would be incomplete were no mention made of the subject of this notice, who is one of the efficient farmers, stock-raisers and dairymen of township 45, range 21. He is the owner and occupant of a valuable farm on section 23, where he has made his home since his marriage. The property consists of one hundred and eighty-seven and one-fourth acres, under good cultivation, and improved with a neat house and substantial out-buildings.

The family of which Mr. Green is a member has been noted for the patriotism of its representatives. His great-grandfather. Duty Green, a native of Rhode Island, was one of the brave soldiers of the Revolution. After the war he moved to New York, and from there went to Ohio in 1798. He and his descendants were loyal to the Whig party as long as it was in existence. Grandfather Duty Green, who was born in New York State, held the rank of Captain in the War of 1812.

The parents of our subject were Charles W. and Susan (Park) Green, the former born in January, 1811. His first Presidential vote was cast for Andrew Jackson, but he lived to regret that he had done so. In 1856 he voted for Fremont, and his last ballot was cast in 1876 for Rutherford B. Hayes. During the war he was a stanch Union supporter, and from the organization of the Republican party until his death he was a loyal advocate of its principles.

Bom in Barlow Township, Washington County, Ohio, March 21, 1840, our subject during his boyhood years was employed on the home farm in summer, and worked at logging during the winter months, his father being the owner of a sawmill run by water power. In August, 1861, he enlisted in Company F, Thirty-sixth Ohio Infantry, and went to West Virginia, where his regiment was engaged in scouting. Among the battles in which he participated were the following: Lewisburg, May 23, 1862; South Mountain, Md., September 14, 1862; Antietam, Md., September 17, 1862; Hoover’s Gap, June 24, 1863; Chickamauga, Tenn., September 19-20, 1863; Brown’s Ferry October 25, 1863; Missionary Ridge, November 25, 1863 (where he was wounded in the left arm); Cloyd Mountain, W. Va., May 9, 1864; New River Bridge (where they burned the bridge) and Cold Mountain Gap, W. Va., May 10, 1864; Salt Pond Mountain, May 13, 1864; Lexington, Va., June 11, 1864; Lynchburg, June 17-18, 1864; Salem, June 21, 1864; Cabletown, July 20, 1864; Strasburg, August 3, 1864; Charlestown, August 8, 1864 (where our subject saw John Brown’s grave); marching to the Ohio River and from there going by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to Winchester, the scene of a battle with the Confederates July 20-24, 1864 (in which our subject was slightly wounded in the foot, but managed to rejoin his regiment a day later ; Halltown, August 26, 1864; Berryville, Va., September 3, 1864; Opequan, September 19, 1864; Fisher’s Hill, Va., September 22, 1864; and Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864, where Sheridan made his famous raid.

The original term of Mr. Green’s enlistment was for three years, but at the expiration of that time he re-enlisted, serving another year. He was never in the hospital, and was taken prisoner but once, at the battle of Strasburg, when, after being held for an hour. General Merritt’s cavalry made a charge and defeated the enemy, bringing freedom to the prisoners. He was honorably discharged at Wheeling, W. Va., July 27, 1865. Returning to his native county, he continued to reside there until June, 1867, when he came to Pettis County for the purpose of attending to some business for his father. He remained here until August, 1868, when he returned to Ohio and on the 26th of that month was united in marriage with Miss Rachel McGrew, who was born and reared in Washington County.

Coming back to Pettis County in October, 1868, Mr. Green for a time made his home in a log cabin near the site of his present residence. A few years were spent there, after which lie built a part of the house he now occupies. He and his wife have six children, namely: Charles H., who is married and lives in Flat Creek Township; Jesse M., who was born March 31, 1874; Mary E., a student in the Sedalia High School; William E., Wilson A. and Dan Park, who are at home. While at Cedar Creek, W. Va., Mr. Green cast his first Presidential ballot for Abraham Lincoln, in 1864, and from that time to this he has been a stanch upholder of Republican principles.