The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . oped, the products of which con-feist mainly of dye woods, ivory nuts, cocoanuts, large export and import trade was thus developed,which already amounts to upward of $1,000,0
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . oped, the products of which con-feist mainly of dye woods, ivory nuts, cocoanuts, large export and import trade was thus developed,which already amounts to upward of $1,000,000 ayear, and constantly increasing. Mr. Green has alsocommenced operations for opening a railroad extend-ing from the coast into the interior. In 1889 he waselected president of the Washington city and PointLookout railway company, running from Washing-ton city to that point in southern Maryland. In allhis business enterprises he has displayed the sameenergy, good judgment, and executive ability thatcharacterized his distinguished ancestor,and the samegratifying results have followed. His knowledgeof human nature enables him to select able assistantsin all his business enterprises, but in addition to thishe gives his personal attention to the most minutedetails, and nothing escapes his observation. In 1872he married Lilla A. Wightman, a descendant ofHolmes Wightman, one of the early settlers of OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. 157 KOACH, , ship-builder and manufacturer,was born. at Mitclielstown, county Cork, Ireland,Dec. 25,1815. His father was a merchant of high re-pute for honesty and integrity. His mother possessedgood intelligence and great industry, enlivened bykeen wit and a buoyant spirit. John was the eldest souin a large family, and was given the best of the limited? facilities for obtaining an education that his birthplaceafforded. He attended school until he was thirteen,when a crisis occurred in the family, caused by his fa-thers endorsing notes of his
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