EDWARD F. AND WILLIAM GREEN.

                                     (Usually referred to as “Green Brothers.”)

                                                       Cresswell Township.

[The Green Brothers were covered in Volume I, History of Cowley County, Kansas.

They were very early arrivals, settling in Creswell Township on January 7, 1870. They came from Ottawa, Illinois.]

Creswell Township 1873.

E. F. Green, 30; William Green, 35.

Kansas 1875 Census Creswell Township, Cowley County, March 1, 1875.

Name                     age sex color   Place/birth                 Where from

Wm. Green            35  m     w      Illinois                     Illinois

Ed Green                32  m    w       Illinois                     Illinois

Alma W. Green      72    f     w       New Hampshire

                                               FROM THE NEWSPAPERS.

[COWLEY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.]

Winfield Messenger, July 12, 1872.

Board of County Commissioners met in Co. Clerk’s office in Winfield July 1st, 1872. Present: Frank Cox, O. C. Smith, and J. D. Maurer.

Report of County Road of Green was laid over until tomorrow.

Report of Green Road was then taken up, and E. C. Manning appeared for the road, and Pryor appeared for Mr. Bullen, and J. B. Fairbank appeared for Mr. Knowles, and both parties discussed the matter before the Board for and against the Road. The viewers appeared and asked to amend their report. It was granted and laid over for that purpose.

[REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.]

Winfield Courier, June 12, 1874.

John Woodyard and wife to William and Edward Green n w qr sec 8 tp 34 r 4 e $450.

[COWLEY COUNTY DISTRICT COURT.]

Winfield Courier, September 2, 1875.

Petit Jurors.

Solomon Smith, Job Shields, T. J. Forsyth, John Stalter, E. F. Green, E. P. Young, George Stout, Noah Kimball, Isaac Wood, L. S. Kibbe, W. A. Hill, and B. Goff.

Edward F. Green???...

Winfield Courier, February 10, 1876.

District Grange. Last Saturday there was a large attendance at the District Grange to participate in the annual election of officers.

J. O. Van Orsdal was chosen Master; W. M. White, Overseer; N. Fowler, Lecturer; H. L. Barker, Steward; J. S. Baker, Assis­tant Steward; Sister N. Fowler, Lady Assistant Steward; Brother Thomas, Chaplain; J. S. Hunt, Treasurer; C. Coon, Secretary; E. Green, Gate-keeper; Sister J. O. Van Orsdal, Ceres; Sister T. A. Wilkinson, Pomona; Sister Handy, Flora; T. A. Wilkinson, County Agent.

Winfield Courier, April 20, 1876.

ED F. GREEN and brother on the Walnut, ten miles below town, have the largest pasture in the county enclosed with good post and board fence.

Arkansas City Traveler, September 20, 1876.

The following persons were appointed last Saturday as delegates and alternates to the Democratic Convention, to be held at Winfield on Saturday, the 23rd.

Delegates: J. Benedict, A. Walton, T. McIntire, P. F. Endicott, A. J. Burrell, M. E. Welch.

Alternates: W. M. Berkey, Wm. Green, Jno. Harmon, S. Johnson, W. Dolby, Wm. Gray.

[DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.]

Winfield Courier, September 28, 1876. Editorial Page.

A part of the delegates to the county convention then assembled in the west part of the courthouse and organized a convention for the 89th district. They elected Amos Walton chairman and Jas. Benedict secretary. The chairman nominated Ed Green, of Creswell Township for representative. On motion the nomination was made by acclamation. Mr. Green thanked them for the compliment. On motion adjourned.

Winfield Courier, October 19, 1876.

Ed. Green, candidate for Representative on the Democratic ticket in the lower district, called the other day. Ed. is a good fellow and outside of his outlandish politics, we wish him success in anything that he may undertake.

Winfield Courier, November 2, 1876.

The Democratic meeting at Dexter last Monday night was addressed by those old “wah-hosses” of the party, Messrs. McDon­ald, Christian, Meredith, Hackney, and Green.

Arkansas City Traveler, November 15, 1876.

“Hurrah for Bob Mitchell.” In the opening of the campaign, the cry went up “Hurrah for Bob Mitchell,” and it has been re-echoed throughout the County. Everywhere he has been endorsed by the people, and in a number of precincts he ran ahead of anyone on the ticket. The Republicans could not have put forward a better man, and the voters have shown they know it. Mr. [Ed.] Green, his opponent, is a good man, and would have beaten a poor one, had the nomination been made.

This Representative District, comprised of Beaver, Bolton, Creswell, Cedar, Dexter, Liberty, Otter, Pleasant Valley, Silverdale, Spring Creek, and Windsor Townships, cast 1,242 votes. Of these C. R. Mitchell received 772, giving him a majority of 302 votes. At his home in Creswell Township, he received three more votes than the Republican candidate for President, and eighty-eight more votes out of 271, than his opponent. This should be a great source of satisfaction to his friends, and we know it is appreciated by himself. Mr. Mitchell is a man who has few enemies, and many firm friends. He has a mind and will of his own, with intellect sufficient to maintain it, and will make an able and impartial legislator.

Arkansas City Traveler, January 17, 1877.

LIST OF OFFICERS elected by the Cowley County District Grange, Saturday, January 6th, 1877.

Wm. White, Master; Ed. Green, Overseer; G. N. Fowler, Lecturer; C. C. Krow, Steward; H. L. Barker, Assistant Steward; S. H. Sparks, Chaplain; Jas. O. Van Orsdal, Treasurer; Calvin Coon, Secretary; F. Schwantes, Gate Keeper; Mrs. Van Orsdal, Ceres; Mrs. Barker, Pomona; Mrs. White, Flora; Miss Birdzell, Lady Assistant Steward.

Arkansas City Traveler, December 19, 1877.

Through the courtesy of South Bend Grange, and E. F. Green, their Secretary, we have been tendered a complimentary ticket to the supper and ball to be held at their hall in Pleasant Valley Township on Monday evening, December 24th. This is one of the most enterprising Granges in the county. The object of the entertainment is to raise money to purchase a library.

Winfield Courier, January 11, 1877.

The Cowley County District Grange had a good meeting last Saturday at the Courthouse, and elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Wm. White, Master; Ed. Green, Overseer; G. N. Fowler, Lecturer; C. C. Krow, Steward; H. L. Barker, Asst. Steward; S. H. Sparks, Chaplain; Jas. O. Van Orsdal, Treasurer; Calvin Coon, Secretary; F. Schwantes, Gate Keeper; Mrs. Van Orsdal, Ceres; Mrs. Barker, Pomona; Mrs. White, Flora; and Miss Birdzell, Lady Asst. Steward.

Winfield Courier, May 16, 1878.

Cowley County Agricultural Society.

Permanent Organization.

President: J. W. Millspaugh; Vice President: S. M. Fall; Secretary: E. E. Bacon; Assistant Secretary: W. H. Grow; Corresponding Secretary: S. W. Greer; Treasurer: J. M. Alexander.

Executive Committee: E. P. Kinne, A. A. Wiley, R. F. Burden, Ed. Green, Dr. A. S. Capper, O. P. Darst, E. C. Manning.

Col. Alexander, Mr. Manning, and Mr. Millspaugh each asked to be excused from service in the organization; but the audience would accept no declinations.

Upon discussion it developed that the most satisfactory plan upon which to base the society was to incorporate it under the state law and issue shares of stock. On motion, after discussion, the shares will be 2,000 in number at five dollars each. The executive committee will meet at the courthouse next Thursday, at 1 p.m., to perfect the organization.

Arkansas City Traveler, August 21, 1878.

The following gentlemen were elected delegates and alter­nates to the Democratic Convention to be held at Winfield, August 24th, 1878. Delegates: W. Green, Noah Kimmel, Pat Somers, Judge Christian, T. McIntire, and S. B. Adams. Alternates: Amos Walton, John Gooch, E. M. Godfrey, J. Holloway, J. W. Hutchinson, and J. P. Eckles.

Winfield Courier, August 29, 1878.

Democratic Convention. The delegates to the Democratic County Convention met according to call at the courthouse in Winfield on Saturday, August 24th, at 2 o’clock p.m., and the meeting was called to order by Hon. A. J. Pyburn.

The veteran, Judge T. B. Ross, was chosen permanent chairman, and J. S. Allen secretary. There were twenty-five delegates present and, on motion, the call of the delegates was dispensed with and the meeting resolved itself into a mass convention.

The following named gentlemen were chosen delegates and alternates to the state convention, which meets at Leavenworth on Wednesday, September 4th, 1878, viz:

Delegates: A. J. Pyburn, J. B. Lynn, T. B. Ross, A. Walton, W. D. Lester, J. B. Adams.

Alternates: C. C. Black, R. B. Pratt, J. F. Miller, Ed. Green, J. Christian, T. McIntire.

It was voted that the delegates chosen have power to fill vacancies.

[PLEASANT VALLEY TOWNSHIP CORRESPONDENT: “DAN LAMME.”]

Winfield Courier, November 14, 1878.

PLEASANT VALLEY, Nov. 11, 1878.

The conflict is over. A great victory is won, but representative district 89 lost one gun. Two years ago we pitted our Mitchell, of the sand-crested village on the Rhine against their Ed. Green, a very successful agriculturist, and we won by 302. Now in 1878 we pitted A. A. Wiley, a horny-handed, hard fisted son of toil from our agricultural district against their Dr. Leonard, of the aforesaid sand-crested village on the Rhine and they won. Our solemn judgment is that sand has some weight in this district and in future will govern ourselves accordingly. Our seaport metropolis is weighty in this matter of voting for her own citizens no matter what convention nominated them. But on the other hand, Mr. COURIER, your dist. 88 has proven conclusively that some doubtful things are not uncertain, viz., in the election of Col. Manning. Column after column of mud has been dashed upon him and he blooms in it like a pond lilly. He has calmly, quietly, silently awaited this vindication at the hands of the people. He will no doubt as calmly advance to the front and say “Cowley County, your will is my pleasure, name it,” and Cowley County will say to her representatives, “We only expect you to do your duty and certainly nothing less.” Some people in this county have learned that Manning’s friendship is detrimental to no one. More of them had better court it.

Arkansas City Traveler, April 2, 1879.

A STOCK FARM. If you want to see a stock farm, both natu­rally and artificially, drive up the Walnut about three miles to where the Green boys live. (We don’t mean that, but boys by the name of Green.) One hundred acres walled in by nature in a canyon, which only needs closing at each end to make the finest hog lot that could be thought of, water never failing, and huge rocks on each side that affords shelter alike from sun, rain, and cold; four hundred acres enclosed, for cattle on the upland, with never failing water. Add to this some of the finest Walnut bottom for cultivation and you have a stock farm to take the farmer’s eye, and the boys are using it.

In horse stock they have descendants from imported Normans, and their hogs, Poland China, will compare with anything we have seen in the county. Their cattle need grazing is a fact of which the gentlemen are well aware and which they will attend to soon. They now have 20 head of fine steers ready for the market and we presume the farm will turn off double that amount hereafter.

Arkansas City Traveler, September 17, 1879.

The stone is on the ground for two more sidewalks—E. D. Eddy’s and Dr. J. T. Shepard’s, in front of their respective drug stores. The stone for Shepard’s walk is obtained from the Green boys’ place, and is of superior quality. One piece was six feet wide and twelve feet long, and about five inches thick.

Arkansas City Traveler, January 21, 1880.

There was a public installation of the officers of South Bend Grange (No. 1036) last Saturday night at their hall in Pleasant Valley township. The room was tastefully decorated; a good audience was in attendance, and an interesting meeting was held. The following is a list of the officers for the year 1880.

Master: S. H. Parks; Overseer: J. W. Adams; Lecturer: E. F. Green; Stewart: S. O. Hunt; Assistant Stewart: T. Hughes; Chaplain: R. L. Wright; Treasurer: T. D. McCollum; Secretary: S. H. Tolles; Gate-keeper: Joshua Birdzell; Cres: Miss Eva Birdzell; Pomona: Mrs. Hunt; Flora: Mrs. Adams; Stewardess: Mrs. Campbell.

Arkansas City Traveler, March 3, 1880.  

The writer of this spent a few hours very pleasantly at the residence of the Messrs. Green, on Sunday last. These gentlemen are old settlers, have the model stock farm of Southern Kansas, and are making stock raising a financial success. Their farm is located three miles northeast of the city on the Walnut, and embraces 720 acres, the greater part of which is enclosed by a stone and board fence. We have met but few more generous and hospitable men in the State than the Messrs. Green.

Arkansas City Traveler, May 12, 1880.

At the Democratic primary Thursday, May 6, the following persons were chosen as delegates and alternates to the Democratic county convention to be held in Winfield on the 15th of this month.

DELEGATES: Noah Kimmel, S. B. Adams, Amos Walton, Wm. Aumann, T. McIntire, P. F. Endicott, J. W. Hutchison, F. M. Peek, Jno. Holloway, Ed. Green.

ALTERNATES: A. P. Hutchison, Walter Dolby, J. E. Cox, Jas. Benedict, H. Godehard, Jas. Wilson, Wm. Bahruth, W. H. Brown, Jno. Weir, R. E. Fitzpatrick.

Arkansas City Traveler, May 18, 1881.

Our genial friend, Ed. Green, favored us with a call last Thursday morning. He was accompanied by his friend, Mr. J. M. Works, of Bedford, Iowa, who had been paying him a visit. Mr. Works expressed himself very much delighted with the country, but had all his arrangements perfected for driving stock to Wyoming Territory, so we look for no immediate result of his visit in the way of locating, but do not despair for the future.

Arkansas City Traveler, September 13, 1882.

Mixed Convention. The mixed convention held in this city last Saturday en­dorsed the candidacy of Dr. Kellogg for Representative and nominated Mr. Wm. Green for County Commissioner. In regard to its politics the convention was “neither fowl, flesh, nor good red herring,” but was a cross produced by the nation of Democracy and Greenbackism, and was presided over by a Greenback from Winfield wholly outside this Representative district. It was natural that it should have nominated Mr. Green for Commissioner, but, why was either a Greenback or Democrat not nominated for Representative?

It would have been much easier for the adherents of the conven­tion, if it have any, to support a good Democrat or Greenb­acker, than to support a man who presents in himself the anomaly of a Republican working in the interests of a Democratic party.

When a man is elected to office, he is the servant of those who elect him, and when any Republican essay to run in favor of Greenbackers and Democrats, when he forgets that “evil communica­tions corrupt good manners,” he divests himself of his Republi­canism and clothes himself in the garments of his political following and becomes their servant.

We are content to let the ticket stand upon its own merits.

Arkansas City Traveler, September 13, 1882.

Mass Meeting. The Mass meeting announced for last Saturday came off as per programme, and was held in McLaughlin’s Hall in this city.

The meeting was called to order by J. B. McCollum, and then proceeded to elect officers, the result being that Judge W. A. Tipton, of Liberty township, was elected President and George O. Allen, of Creswell township, Secretary of the Meeting.

H. D. Kellogg was nominated for Representative of the 67th District by acclamation. The following gentlemen were put in nomination for County Commissioner: Amos Walton, I. D. Harkle­road, and Will Green. Messrs. Walton and Harkleroad withdrew in favor of Mr. Green, who was thereupon nominated by acclamation.

The following gentlemen were appointed to look after the interests advocated by the Convention in their respective townships: Wm. Clark, Bolton; J. F. Miller, Beaver; H. D. Kellogg, Creswell; W. A. Tipton, Liberty; Richard Courtright, Cedar; J. I. Felton, Silverdale; J. W. Adams, Pleasant Valley.

Arkansas City Traveler, September 20, 1882.

Ed. Green is now located in the vicinity of the Yosemite Valley.

Arkansas City Traveler, October 25, 1882.

A Terrible Experience. A terrible accident transpired in our city last Monday afternoon through the explosion of a coal oil stove in the residence of Manley Capron in the northwest part of town, by which Mrs. Capron and her infant daughter were seriously burned, and the residence considerably damaged. From what we gathered in relation to the sad affair, it appears that Mrs. Capron first noticed the stove, which she had been using all morning, to be in a blaze, and undertook to carry it out of doors; but by reason of the intense heat, was compelled to drop it before reaching the door, when in a second of time the burning oil spread all over the room, setting fire to her clothing, and bade fair to speedily consume all with which it came in contact. Seeing the smoke several of the neighbors ran to the spot and succeeded in quench­ing the burning clothes of Mrs. Capron and in taking steps for the rescue of the little babe, which was in its cot in the room where the fire occurred. The room could not be entered by the door and it was only by the breaking in of a transom window through which Wm. Green, who providentially passed at the time, descended and handed the little one to its friends on the out­side. Thanks to the almost superhuman efforts of the neighbors, the house was saved before any considerable damage was done. At this writing both mother and child are under the care of Dr. Chapel at whose hands they will receive all attention and we hope, although the burns received were very serious, that no fatal or permanent injury has been received.

Arkansas City Traveler, January 24, 1883.

[Skipped long letter from Mr. E. F. Green, former resident in vicinity of Arkansas City, who wrote from Park City, Montana, about that place.]

Arkansas City Traveler, May 23, 1883.

Ed. F. Green was in the city last week and called upon the TRAVELER.

Arkansas City Traveler, July 11, 1883.

Mr. C. M. Green, of Ottawa, Illinois, accompanied by his wife, has been visiting his brothers, Will and E. F. Green.

[CONSTANT, PLEASANT VALLEY TOWNSHIP, CORRESPONDENT: “MARK.”]

Winfield Courier, April 24, 1884.

Mark is Gratified

To inform Ed. Green that a committee will be appointed to examine him relative to asylum qualifications if he doesn’t cease his drouth predictions in the face of very unpropitious indications.

Arkansas City Traveler, September 3, 1884.

The Green brothers, of Northeast Creswell, lost a valuable horse last Sunday. Not being able to find the animal, a vigorous search was instituted, when it was discovered the horse, in roaming about the pasture, had fallen into a large fissure, between the rocks, wedging himself in such a manner as to leave only his head free and making escape impossible. When found the animal had literally beaten his head to pieces on the rocks.

[FARMERS’ INSTITUTE.]

Winfield Courier, Thursday, February 5, 1885.

The full township committee was made up as follows.

From Creswell Township: Ed. Green.

Winfield Courier, Thursday, February 19, 1885.

Cowley’s Farmer’s Institute is now a permanency. A good number of our wide-awake farmers met at the COURIER office Saturday last with Mr. J. S. Baker, of Tisdale, in the chair and Mr. F. A. A. Williams, of Winfield, Secretary.

The following board of township directors was elected, conditioned on their becoming members of the organization.

Bolton, Amos Walton; Beaver, F. H. Burton; Vernon, R. J. Yeoman; Ninnescah, L. Stout; Rock, E. J. Wilber; Fairview, T. S. Green; Walnut, R. T. Thirsk; Pleasant Valley, A. H. Broadwell; Silverdale, George B. Green; Tisdale, J. S. Baker; Winfield, Dr. Perry; Liberty, J. C. McCloy; Richland, D. C. Stevens; Omnia, W. R. Stolp; Silver Creek, John Stout; Harvey, R. S. Strother; Windsor, Samuel Fall; Dexter, W. E. Merydith; Cedar, J. H. Service; Otter, Mr. Mills; Sheridan, J. R. Smith; Maple, Mr. Fitzsimmons, Creswell, Ed. Green; Spring Creek, H. S. Libby.

Arkansas City Republican, April 11, 1885.

Geo. Bristol, of Chicago, an old acquaintance of Edward and Wm. Green, is visiting in the city this week.

[HACKNEY, PLEASANT VALLEY TOWNSHIP, COR., “MARK.]

Winfield Courier, Thursday, March 12, 1885.

Last week Messrs. Will Beach, Moses Teter, and John Vandever received two carloads of corn at our station. They paid thirty-two cents per bushel. The Green Bros. also availed themselves of the convenience of our switch by shipping in a carload of corn.

Arkansas City Republican, June 27, 1885.

Henderson, the stockman, took two loads of cattle into Kansas City Wednesday, which were as fine as one could wish to see. He got $5.50 per hundred for them and the average per steer was 1,480 pounds. One bunch of the cattle was the production of Wm. Green, and the other of Thos. Baird. Cowley County is the most productive county in the state.

[SOUTH BEND, PLEASANT VALLEY TOWNSHIP, CORRESPONDENT: “G. V.”]

Winfield Courier, Thursday, September 17, 1885.

The smiling phiz of Ed Green shone on South Bend last week.

Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, May 29, 1886. From Tuesday’s Daily.

Chas. Howard took a drive out into the country north of the city this morning. He reports the wheat crop looking badly from the lack of rain. The best field of wheat was upon the farm of Wm. Green. The heads were well-filled and very large considering the dry weather. The wheat crop east, south, and west are looking badly.

[POLITICS.]

Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, October 16, 1886. From Saturday’s Daily.

This afternoon in the city offices, the Democratic delegates of this district convened and nominated F. P. Schiffbauer for representative. He was the choice on the first informal ballot. Ed Green and Geo. R. Westfall were also brought before the convention. The vote was Schiffbauer 23; Green 7; and Westfall 2. The nominee is a bitter pill for the straight Democracy to swallow.

[POLITICS: ELECTION RESULTS.]

Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, November 6, 1886. From Wednesday’s Daily.

Creswell Township elected the following officers.

Trustee, F. M. Vaughn; clerk, E. F. Green; treasurer, G. W. Ramage; justices of the peace, J. B. Guyer and W. Allen; constables, W. C. Guyer and B. Somerville.

Daily Calamity Howler, Saturday, October 3, 1891.

Ed Green was on hand as usual at the committee meeting this afternoon.

[Note: Above was the last item found on Ed. F. and William Green.]