Darius Green

From the “Commemorative Biographical Record of the Upper Wisconsin”
Chicago; J. H. Beers & Co. 1895.

DARIUS E. GREEN, one of the most successful as well as one of the most prominent and progressive agriculturists of Portage County, is a native New Brunswick, born in 1836, a son of James and Mary (Plummer) Green, the former a native of New Brunswick, the latter of New England, who had a family of ten children.

Darius was the third child and second son in their family. The educational privileges afforded him were those offered by the common schools, and he was reared to farm life, early becoming familiar with all the duties that fall to the lot of the agriculturist. At the age of twenty he left New Brunswick and came to Wisconsin, taking up his residence in Dayton township, Waupaca County, where he began work as a farm hand. He worked on the river and in the lumber woods, and in this way secured a start in life, doing also occasional carpenter work. About the year 1879 he was married in Belmont Township, Portage County, to Miss Effie Garter, daughter of James Garter, of Portage County, and their union has been blessed with three interesting children - Ethel, and James and Jessie, twins.

Mr. Green exercises his right of franchise in support of the Republican Party, but aside from this takes no active part in political affairs. In 1889 he removed to Belmont Township, where he now resides, and has since devoted his time and energies to the cultivation of his fine farm. His landed possessions aggregate 2,200 acres, he being the heaviest landholder in the township. His life is an illustration of what may be accomplished through industry, perseverance and determination. By steadfast purpose and resolute will he has steadily overcome the obstacles in his path - in fact these have seemed to serve as an impetus to renewed effort, and he is now one of the wealthiest citizens in his part of the county. He certainly deserves great credit for his prosperity, and his example is one well worthy of emulation. He is free from all ostentation and display, living a quiet, unassuming life, devoted to his business cares and the interests of his home.

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