Biography - Herman Green
HERMAN GREEN. In the full flush and vigor of manhood this gentleman came
from his early Ohio home to this county and allied himself with its farmers
by purchasing a farm in Penn Township. He soon acquired an excellent
reputation as an industrious, sensible, methodical agriculturist, and was
conducting his farming operations with a good degree of success, when death
removed him from his sphere of usefulness in April, 1885, thus depriving his
fellow-citizens of a valuable co-worker.
Mr. Green was born in Geauga County, Ohio, March 18, 1853. His father,
Alonzo Green, was a farmer and is now a resident of Grand Junction, Iowa.
The maiden name of the mother of our subject was Eliza Patton. She died when
her son of whom we write was an infant, and he was reared by his aunt, Mrs.
Ladow, in his native county. He was carefully trained under good home
influences and gained a sound education in the public schools of Ohio. His
early life was spent on a farm, and he began when quite young to acquire a
practical experience of farming that was of service to him when he began his
career as an independent farmer. He lived with his aunt until his marriage
and then bought a farm in Geauga County. He was actively engaged in its
management until 1883, when he sold it at a good price in order to take up
his residence in this county, as he wisely considered that on this fertile
soil that had not been worn by generations of cultivation the prospects for
rapid advancement in his chosen calling were of a most encouraging
character.
On coining here our subject bought the farm in Penn Township now occupied by
his widow. He devoted his energies to its further improvement, but scarcely
more than a year had elapsed after his settlement here when death stayed his
hand, and his life-record was brought to a close when but thirty-two years
of age. It may be that it has been taken up in a fairer land, where he has
"entered upon broader fields of action and duty, where nobler struggles
shall tax the strength and more precious crowns award the victor, where the
hopes and dreams of earth shall he turned to sight, and the broken circles
of life be rounded to the perfect orb."
The marriage of Mr. Green to Miss Amarett Pelton was solemnized October 1,
1874, and in her helpfulness, loving counsel, and devotion to his interests,
he found how much a faithful wife has to do with a man's success in life.
Mrs. Green is a native of the same county in Ohio where her husband was
born. She is a daughter of Storrs Gustavus Pelton, who was born in one of
the pioneer homes of Trumbull County, Ohio. His father, Elias Pelton, a
native of New England, was one of the early settlers of that section of
Ohio, and cleared a farm from the primeval forests on which he lived until
he passed from life to death. Mrs. Green's father learned the trade of a
carpenter in his youth and became a good mechanic in that line. He resided
in his native county until a short time after his marriage, when he went to
Geauga County, and buying a farm in Russell Township, devoted himself to
farming during the remainder of his active life. He is now living in
retirement in the same township with a daughter. He was bereft of the
companionship of his beloved wife in 1860, her death occurring during their
residence on the farm. Her maiden name was Lydia Bailey. She was a native of
Trumbull County, a daughter of Ido Bailey, and the mother of nine children.
Mrs. Green was but six years old when her mother died and after that she
lived with an older sister until she married our subject. After his death
she cheerfully took up the burden that her husband laid down, and has nobly
fulfilled her duty. In her management of her farming interests she has
displayed exceptional ability, and shows what a woman can do when cast on
her own resources. She has a fine farm with well-tilled fields, and amply
provided with neat and well-kept buildings, everything about the place
wearing an air of thrift, good order and solid comfort, that betoken extra
care and denote a substantial home. A view of this place may he found on
another page. Mrs. Green is prized by her neighbors and the community at
large, not only as a woman of exceeding capability and business acumen, but
for her pleasant social qualities. She is a useful member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and is a veritable Christian. She has two daughters,
Gertrude E. and Maud A., whom she is carefully training to a true womanhood
and who bid fair to follow in the footsteps of their mother.
Extracted 16 Feb 2019 by Norma Hass from 1891 Portrait and Biographical Record of Shelby and Moultrie Counties Illinois, pages 612-615.
