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Below is a family biography included in The History of Crawford County, Missouri published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1888.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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James A. Green, general manager of the Riverside Roller Milling Company, was born in Troy, Lincoln Co., Mo., in 1840, and is the eldest of the six children born to James T. and Jane M. (Martin) Green, natives of Culpeper County, Va. The parents settled in Lincoln County, Mo., about 1839, where they lived for many years. The father, who was a manufacturer of carriages and wagons, died in 1847, and the mother afterward married William Carver, and moved to Pike County, dying in 1866. James A. was reared in Troy, and received a good education, graduating from Jones Seminary in 1859. For about two years he was employed in the Fifth Street railway offices of St. Louis, and in 1860 began merchandising at Wright City. In 1864 he went to Rolla, Mo., and was engaged in merchandising until 1867, when he moved his stock of goods to Cuba, and was engaged in the same business for the following sixteen years. In 1872, in partnership with J. H. Riley, he built twelve miles of grade and the masonry on the St. Louis, Southern & Little Rock Railroad. In 1874 he built a large buhr-mill, upon the present site of the Riverside mill, which was burned in 1886, at a loss of about $12,000, and in 1876 he lost his store and stock by fire, valued about $6,000 above insurance. In 1865 Mr. Green married Lizzie Smith, who was born in Steelville in 1849, and is a daughter of C. Smith, one of the oldest merchants of Crawford County. Mr. and Mrs. Green have three children: James C., Lillie G. and Thomas Owen. Mr. Green has been largely interested in mining iron ore with William James for some time. He is a Democrat, and has been mayor of Cuba for many years. He is also a Royal Arch Mason. Mrs. Green is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

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This family biography is one of 117 biographies included in The History of Crawford County, Missouri published in 1888.  For the complete description, click here: Crawford County, Missouri History, Genealogy, and Maps

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