The subject of this biography has always been an honest and hard-working
man, and the success that crowns his efforts is well merited. He is liberal
and public-spirited, well known and highly respected in the community which
has been his home all his life.
Jonathan A. Green was born in Foster
township, Marion county, Illinois, August 13, 1867, the son of Monroe Green,
who was the son of Jonathan Green, of Tennessee. He came to Marion county,
this state, in an early day and secured government land, locating in Foster
township. He cleared the land and made a home here, having always been a
farmer. Monroe Green was also a farmer all his life. He was a member of the
Cumberland Presbyterian church and a Democrat; was well known and highly
respected. He was a soldier in the Civil war, having been a member of
Company D, One Hundred and Eleventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry. His first
wife was the mother of four children, namely: Jonathan A., our subject;
Cyrus, a farmer in Foster township, this county; Anna, who married Elmer
Arnold, of Foster township; Jennie, who married Samuel Arnold, is deceased;
Eliza (Jones) Green was the daughter of Samuel and Mary Ann Jones. They were
early settlers in Marion county, Illinois.
Jonathan A. Green was
educated in the local public schools, having been raised on his father's
farm, where he remained until he was married December 31, 1885, to Anna
Chick, a native of Ohio, the daughter of John and Lucinda (Carter) Chick, of
the Buckeye state, who came to Illinois in 1875 where the former died.
Four children have been born to the subject and wife, namely; Ora, Ola
May, John and Dowe.
After the subject's marriage he purchased his
present farm of one hundred and twenty-six acres in Foster township, which
was partly improved. The subject has made many important changes on the
place, which now ranks among the best in the township, being very productive
and producing excellent crops from year to year through the skillful
management of Mr. Green, who is regarded as one of the best farmers in a
general way in the community.
Mr. Green has faithfully served his
township as Supervisor for two terms and has always taken a great deal of
interest in politics, having held many minor local offices.
Fraternally he is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America at Vernon,
Illinois, and was formerly a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
He is well informed on current topics and he is widely known and liked in
Foster and adjoining townships or wherever his acquaintance extends.
Extracted 27 May 2019 by Norma Hass from 1909 Biographical and Reminiscent History of Richland, Clay and Marion Counties, Illinois, pages 527-528.