Green, W. P. bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 916, Vermont Township
W. P. Green, contractor, builder, and chair-maker, Vermont, was born in Fayette county, Pa., in 1822; learned his trade in that State; in 1842 married Miss Eliza, daughter of Bowell Brownfield, of that county; enlisted in Co. G, 85th Regt. Pa. vol., and participated in many noted battles, as Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, etc.; was honorably discharged in 1864; remained at his old home until 1868, when he emigrated to Wayne county, Ill., and two years later to this county. He guarantees all his work; headquarters at the factory on Main street.