Entry for Daddy Green in a history of the Chicago Board of Trade: 1917
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It will be another decade and a half before Glady and her father meet the Stokeys in Woods Hole.
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HISTORY
OF THE
BOARD OF TRADE
OF THE
CITY OF CHICAGO
EDITED BY CHARLES H. TAYLOR
IN THREE VOLUMES
Illustrated
VOLUME III
CHICAGO
ROBERT O. LAW COMPANY
1917
George S. Green --- With intimate and comprehensive experience in connection with the seed business, Mr. Green has become one of the prominent and influential representatives of this important line of commercial and industrial enterprise, as indicated by the fact that he is President of the Illinois Seed Company. The corporation of which he is thus the executive head has developed an extensive and substantial business and is one of the leading concerns of its kind in the Middle West. In connection with the operations of the representative company with which he is thus identified Mr. Green has held membership in and been closely identified with the affairs of the Board of Trade and is one of the progressive business men and loyal citizens of Chicago, rendering most appropriate the recognition accorded him in this publication. George Stilwell Green was born in the city of Hannibal, Missouri, on the 7th of October, 1863, and is a son of George R. and Laura M. (Stilwell) Green. After making good use of the advantages afforded in the public schools of his native State, Mr. Green initiated his association with business affairs in 1880, when seventeen years of age. At this juncture in his career he entered the employ of D. I. Bushnell & Co., a leading firm of seed merchants in the city of St. Louis, and during the long intervening years he has continued his active and effective association with the line of business enterprise in which he thus early served his novitiate and in connection with which he has gained definite success and precedence. After a service of five years he was admitted to partnership in the business of D. I. Bushnell & Co., with which he thus continued his identification for a further period of eight years. In 1889 was effected the organization of the Illinois Seed Company, with headquarters in the city of Chicago, and Mr. Green is one of the leading stockholders of this corporation, his initiative and administrative ability having come into most effective play during the period of his service as President of the corporation, a position of which he has been the incumbent since July, 1901. In addition to holding membership on the Board of Trade Mr. Green is a member also of the Chicago Association of Commerce, and he is fully in touch with the spirit and activities of each of these important and progressive Chicago organizations. The offices of the Illinois Seed Company are at 1521 Johnson Street, and its President maintains his residence in the beautiful suburban city of Evanston. In the year 1892 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Green to Miss Marion Crissey, of East Orange, New Jersey, and they have one daughter --- Gladys Marion.
OF THE
BOARD OF TRADE
OF THE
CITY OF CHICAGO
EDITED BY CHARLES H. TAYLOR
IN THREE VOLUMES
Illustrated
VOLUME III
CHICAGO
ROBERT O. LAW COMPANY
1917
George S. Green --- With intimate and comprehensive experience in connection with the seed business, Mr. Green has become one of the prominent and influential representatives of this important line of commercial and industrial enterprise, as indicated by the fact that he is President of the Illinois Seed Company. The corporation of which he is thus the executive head has developed an extensive and substantial business and is one of the leading concerns of its kind in the Middle West. In connection with the operations of the representative company with which he is thus identified Mr. Green has held membership in and been closely identified with the affairs of the Board of Trade and is one of the progressive business men and loyal citizens of Chicago, rendering most appropriate the recognition accorded him in this publication. George Stilwell Green was born in the city of Hannibal, Missouri, on the 7th of October, 1863, and is a son of George R. and Laura M. (Stilwell) Green. After making good use of the advantages afforded in the public schools of his native State, Mr. Green initiated his association with business affairs in 1880, when seventeen years of age. At this juncture in his career he entered the employ of D. I. Bushnell & Co., a leading firm of seed merchants in the city of St. Louis, and during the long intervening years he has continued his active and effective association with the line of business enterprise in which he thus early served his novitiate and in connection with which he has gained definite success and precedence. After a service of five years he was admitted to partnership in the business of D. I. Bushnell & Co., with which he thus continued his identification for a further period of eight years. In 1889 was effected the organization of the Illinois Seed Company, with headquarters in the city of Chicago, and Mr. Green is one of the leading stockholders of this corporation, his initiative and administrative ability having come into most effective play during the period of his service as President of the corporation, a position of which he has been the incumbent since July, 1901. In addition to holding membership on the Board of Trade Mr. Green is a member also of the Chicago Association of Commerce, and he is fully in touch with the spirit and activities of each of these important and progressive Chicago organizations. The offices of the Illinois Seed Company are at 1521 Johnson Street, and its President maintains his residence in the beautiful suburban city of Evanston. In the year 1892 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Green to Miss Marion Crissey, of East Orange, New Jersey, and they have one daughter --- Gladys Marion.
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My sister Betsy found this entry online after my cousin Pete (AG's #3 son) told us Daddy Green's middle name.
2.
I figure the ratio of unnecessary verbiage to actual information in this entry must be at least 10 to 1, but I haven't made a scientific study of the question. From what little I know of Daddy Green, he wouldn't have been interested in filling out a long questionnaire with the story of his life, so perhaps the writer of this entry had to pad what he little had in order to make his quota of words.
3.
Basic info of Daddy Green's career drawn from this entry:
The entry doesn't come out and say, "George quit Bushnell for the Illinois Seed Company," and I wondered if Bushnell had been absorbed into the Illinois Seed Company. But googling got me a seed list for Bushnell, still in St. Louis, dated January 23, 1923. So apparently Daddy Green left a partnership in an established St. Louis company for a job in Chicago. Maybe he maintained ties with Bushnell. I don't know.
My sister Betsy found this entry online after my cousin Pete (AG's #3 son) told us Daddy Green's middle name.
2.
I figure the ratio of unnecessary verbiage to actual information in this entry must be at least 10 to 1, but I haven't made a scientific study of the question. From what little I know of Daddy Green, he wouldn't have been interested in filling out a long questionnaire with the story of his life, so perhaps the writer of this entry had to pad what he little had in order to make his quota of words.
3.
Basic info of Daddy Green's career drawn from this entry:
- 1863: Born in Hannibal, Missouri.
- 1880: Goes to work for D.I. Bushnell, seed merchants
- 1885 or 1886: Becomes a partner at D. I. Bushnell.
- 1894 or 1895 (roughly): Leaves D. I. Bushnell for the Illinois Seed Company
- 1901: Becomes President of the Illinois Seed Company.
The entry doesn't come out and say, "George quit Bushnell for the Illinois Seed Company," and I wondered if Bushnell had been absorbed into the Illinois Seed Company. But googling got me a seed list for Bushnell, still in St. Louis, dated January 23, 1923. So apparently Daddy Green left a partnership in an established St. Louis company for a job in Chicago. Maybe he maintained ties with Bushnell. I don't know.
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