Green, Nathaniel W.

Born: 1827-XX-XX Trenton, New Jersey

Died: 1901-03-10 Pekin, Illinois

Flourished: Delavan, Illinois

Nathaniel W. Green relocated from his native New Jersey as a young man, settling in Delavan, Illinois, where he read law and was admitted to the bar in 1857. He served as a circuit judge for twelve years and spent four as a member of the appellate court at Mt. Vernon. In 1860, Green owned real property valued at $10,000 and had a personal estate of $1,000. In 1865, Green moved to Pekin and became a partner in the firm of Roberts & Green.

Green married Charlotte H. Storms in July 1852. He had five living children at the time of his death.

History of Tazewell County Illinois (Chicago: Chas. C. Chapman, 1879), 391; The Tremont News (IL), 15 March 1901, 1:1; George W. Smith, History of Illinois and Her People (Chicago and New York: The American Historical Society, 1927), 4:244; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Tazewell County, IL, 224; U.S. Census Office, Ninth Census of the United States (1870), Pekin, Tazewell County, IL, 87; James H. Matheny, comp., Proceedings of the Illinois Bar Association Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting (Springfield: Illinois State Register Book Publishing House, 1901), 129; Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, Tazewell County, 28 July 1852, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL