Green, Aaron

Born: 1800 Kentucky

Flourished: 1832-1850 Menard County, Illinois

Alternate name: Greene

By 1832, Green lived in a part of Sangamon County, Illinois, that would later become Menard County. In 1839, his wife Nancy retained the Stuart & Lincoln law firm and sued Aaron for divorce; she later dismissed the case. In 1850, Aaron Green lived in the household of Lewis and Lucinda Watkins in Menard County.

Election Returns for the New Salem Precinct in Sangamon County, Illinois; Green v. Green, Martha L. Benner and Cullom Davis et al., eds., The Law Practice of Abraham Lincoln: Complete Documentary Edition, 2d edition (Springfield: Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, 2009), http://www.lawpracticeofabrahamlincoln.org/Details.aspx?case=139082; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Menard County, IL, 321-22.