Norman Green, in 1883, erected his present livery, feed and sale stable, at 513 East Broadway, Council Bluffs, where he enjoys a large business, buying and selling horses on commission, and doing the street sprinkling, of which he has had control since 1862.

Mr. Green was born in Otsego County, New York, June 20, 1830, the son of John and Polly Green, of Puritan and German ancestry. At the age of twenty years he went to Pennsylvania, where he became acquainted with and married Rachel A. McCarthy, who died about a year and a half afterward, at the age of twenty-two years. After a sojourn of three years in the Keystone State, Mr. Green returned to New York, and eight years afterward came West to Council Bluffs, where he has since made his home. He is a self-educated and a self-made man. Politically he is a stanch Democrat, is a representative man and a highly esteemed citizen.

About two years after his arrival here he married Hattie Devol, who died in February, 1889, at the age of fifty-five years. Four children blessed this union, namely: Charles C., a resident of Council Bluffs, who is in the hardware business; Louis N., employed by the Motor Company in Council Bluffs; William M. and George B., who are still in college.