Bio: Green, George G. Jr. (1867 - 19??)

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Surnames: Green, Partridge, Jones, Palmer

----Source: History of Marathon County Wisconsin and Representative Citizens, by Louis Marchetti, 1913.

Green, George G. Jr. (26 June 1867 - 19??)

George G. Green, of the firm of Green Bros., owners of the City Bus and Baggage line at Wausau, with which business he has been identified since July 1 1896, was born at Wausau. Wis., June 26. 1867, and is a son of George G. and Sarah Jane (Partridge) Green. George G. Green, Sr., was born at Bloomfield, Trumbull County, O., in 1816 and was reared in his native state, coming from there in 1840 as a pioneer to Marathon County. He was a lumber jack on the river and also built dams and bridges. His death occurred in 1893. He was twice married, his second union being with Sarah Jane Partridge, who was a daughter of George W. Partridge, an early settler and for many years, justice of the peace at Mosinee, Marathon County. Mrs. Green died in 1894.

George G. Green, Jr., was reared at Wausau and obtained his schooling here and then, for a time, was employed variously in the iron district of Northern Wisconsin, when satisfied with a wandering life returning to Wausau. Here his brother, J. R. Green, with C. C. Jones, had established an omnibus line some eighteen months before and George G. bought the Jones interest and since then the brothers have continued and expanded the business, under the firm name of Green Bros. They are well equipped for all kinds of transportation, operating five omnibuses, three baggage wagons and other vehicles, have nine head of horses and employ four men besides giving their own services.

Mr. Green was married in 1897, to Miss Jessie Palmer, then of Wausau, but a native of St. John's, New Brunswick. She was two and one-half years old when her parents, John and Janette Palmer, brought her to Wausau, where the latter yet resides, the former dying in 1898. He was a contract painter. Mr. and Mrs. Green have four children: G. Norman, J. Earl, Dorothy M., and Helen May. Mr. Green belongs to a number of fraternal organizations, including: the Knights of Pythias, the Eagles, the E. F. U., and the Royal Arcanum.