Pg 189 Bent-Wilson 1877
**Note - Richard Green 22 July 1814 - 27 December 1886 is buried at Fulton Cemetery
as is his wife Cornelia P. (Johnson), 1836 - 1917. They were married in Whiteside County
20 August 1854 B#172. In the same family plot lies Nathaniel Green, 14 August 1855 -
16 December 1922, along with his wife Sarah "Elizabeth" Baker, 28 November
1857 - 16 June 1937, they were married 24 May 1882 #5812 in Whiteside County.
Richard Green came to Fulton from Bono, Lawrence county Indiana, on the
29th of September 1849 and engaged in business as a merchant, opening
first in the old store building of Chenery & Phelps, just above the present
Pottery, where he remained for 2 years and then sold out to Martin Knox. After that he moved
into a new brick store built expressly for him. This building stood next to
the present residence of Mr. W. P. Hall. He sold goods there for 4 years
and then moved his store into his present dwelling house and continued
business there for over 3 years and closed out in 1860 to enter into
the grain trade, in which he remained until 1870. The store, however,
was again opened in 1866 in his dwelling house and remained there for
a year in charge of his son, Wm. C Green 2d , and then moved to the
present corner, his son continuing in charge until 1870, the firm
being R. Green & Son. This firm continued until 1877, when another
son, Nathaniel, entered the partnership and the firm became R Green &
Sons. The Store now occupied by the firm is a fine, substantial brick
one, 75 feet deep, 24 wide, 2 stories in height with cellar under the
whole building and was built by the firm in 1877. The largest stock
of dry goods in Fulton is kept in this store. Mr. Green has been one
of the leading business men in Fulton ever since he became a resident,
and among other public positions has been supervisor and collector of
the town. He was also Postmaster at Bono Indiana before he came to
Whiteside.
