My Genealogy Hound

Elisha Green, ex-lumber merchant and contractor, of Bentonville, Ark., is a native of Watauga County, N. C., born in 1828, son of Amos and Sena (Estes) Green, and a great-grandson of Richard Green, who was a native of New Jersey, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and a distant relative of Senator James Green, of the State of Missouri. Amos Green was born in Watauga County, N. C., in 1804, was of English descent and a farmer by occupation. He died in 1871. His wife, Sena Estes, was born in 1807, and is also a native of Watauga County, N. C. She is yet living, and is the mother of nine children: Myra (deceased), Elisha, Lot (deceased), Elijah, Loana (widow of Henry Henry), John E., Joseph and Benjamin (twins) and Polly (wife of C. D. Herman). Elisha was reared on a farm and remained and assisted his parents until twenty-one years of age. In 1848 he married Miss Elizabeth Brown, who was born in Watauga County, N. C., in 1828, and who bore him two children: Mary (deceased) and Henry (also deceased). In 1861 Mr. Green enlisted in Company D, First North Carolina Cavalry (Confederate States Army), and was in the second Manassas, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, and also participated in numerous skirmishes. He was captured at the battle of Malvern Hill, and was taken to Governor’s Island, and two weeks later to Delaware Bay, where he remained three weeks and was then exchanged. He surrendered at Appomattox Court House with Gen. Lee, in Stuart’s cavalry. In 1867 he moved to Chariton County, Mo., and worked at the carpenter’s trade for several years in that county. In 1882 he moved to Bentonville, Ark., and here contracted for four years. He erected many of the prominent business houses and upward of twenty dwelling houses, also erected a number of buildings in other counties. In 1886 he purchased the lumber yard of L. Ketchum, in Bentonville, and was proprietor of the same until February, 1888, when he sold to J. A. C. Blackburn. Mr. Green is now engaged in erecting two brick business blocks, having resumed contracting since selling the lumber yard. Previous to the war Mr. Green was a Whig, but since that event he has been a Democrat in his political views. His first vote for President was cast for Fillmore, in 1852. He was deputy sheriff of his native county for many years, and was coroner for two years. He was justice of the peace for thirteen years in Chariton County, Mo., and is a member of the Masonic fraternity.