John Green (politician, 1807)
John Green (born May 20, 1807 in Yancey County , North Carolina , † August 31, 1887 in Tipton , Indiana ) was an American politician and judge.
Life
John Green was born in 1807 to James and Catherine Green. His grandfathers both served in the American Revolutionary War. His paternal grandfather was one of the first former soldiers to receive a pension. When Green was three years old, his parents moved with him in 1810 to what was then the Indiana Territory and settled in Jefferson County . His father was used as a ranger in the British-American War . Green attended from 1828 the newly founded in 1827 by the Presbyterian Church Hanover College . Instead of pursuing a career in religion, he went back to his farm and began legal training in 1839 at Wilberforce Lyle's Madison law firm .
During this time he had an accident in a fall from a buggy and broke his leg. This resulted in a lifelong disability. Delayed by the accident, he finished his studies in 1844 and was admitted to the bar. He had his first law firm in Madison. A short time later he was admitted to the Supreme Court and the courts of the United States.
Green was committed to the schools and worked as a trustee for seven years. He was elected Justice of the Peace for five years and was actively involved in building the railways that crossed at Tipton. He was elected to the Indiana Senate for four years in 1856 for the borough of Tipton , Boone and Hamilton Counties . There he was chairman of the swamp land committee. At the time, Indiana swampland was a major concern. After he left the Senate, he was elected a five-district judge on the Common Pleas Court, where he served again for four years. He was elected for a second term in the Senate in 1868. During this time he organized a committee to organize the courts. For several years John Green served as the chairman of the County Central Committee.
Until its dissolution, Green belonged to the Whigs party and then he joined the Republican Party .
family
On April 14, 1829, he married Mary Marshall, a widow who had two daughters with her late husband Robert Marshall and brought them into the family. Mary Green died in 1865. John and Mary Green had four children together. On October 29, 1866, Green married Catherine A. Humerrikhouse. She died on October 28, 1875, and after her death he married Caroline Passwater on September 7, 1876. John Green adopted John Green Brady , who was Governor of the District of Alaska from 1897 to 1906 .
John Green died in Tipton on August 31, 1887. He was buried in the Old Fairview Cemetery in Tipton.
Web links
- John Green in the database of Find a Grave (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Judge John Green ( Memento of July 3, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ A b Judge John Green - Tipton County, Indiana. In: onlinebiographies.info. Retrieved January 23, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Green, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician and judge |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 20, 1807 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Yancey County , North Carolina |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 31, 1887 |
| Place of death | Tipton , Indiana |