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- REUBEN V. GREEN, saw-mill; Bellefontaine; was born in Monroe Tp., Logan Co., O., April 21, 1835, and is the son of John and Mary Ann (Watkins) Green; his mother, Mary Ann Watkins, was born in Logan Co., O., Nov. 14, 1814, and is the daughter of Benjamin and Obedience Watkins; his father, of Grayson Co., Va., born July 27, 1810, came to Ohio at an early day, first to Clinton Co. and then to Logan Co.; they married, in 1832, in Jefferson Tp., both parents are now living, being of old Quaker stock. Our subject remained a resident of his native township until 1874, during which time he was engaged principally in the saw-mill business. In 1874 he came to Bellefontaine and purchased a saw-mill nn the site of his present mill. In 1875 the mill burned, with no insurance neon it, leaving Mr. Green in meager circumstances. stances, with the help of friends, Mr. Green soon had his present mill in operation, and to-day he is enjoying a good business, his mill is located in the northeast portion of the town. Mr. Green was married in Logan Co., O., to Miss Mary Ann Hoge, who was born in Virginia in 1837, having moved to Logan Co., with her parents when she was about 8 years of age, her parents locating in Jefferson Tp.; by this marriage they have one child, a daughter-Katie Hoge, born in Bellefontaine, O., Aug. 7, 1877. Mr. Green has an old family Bible, that has been in the family since 1792.
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