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Death Of D. B. Greene.

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Day
27
Month
January
Year
1899
Copyright
Public Domain
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DEATH OF D.B. GREENE

A prominent Ypsilanti Pioneer Passes

Away

Daniel B. Greene died at the home of

his son, Edward H. Greene, of Ypsi-

lanti, Sunday morning, aged 83

years. He was the oldest attorney in

Ypsilanti, having located there for the

practice of law in 1850. He was a

native of Vermont, his ancestors com-

ing to New England about 1640. His

father, Nathan Greene, was a farmer

and accompanied by his son, carne to

Michigan in 1836, locating in Bridge-

water and remaining there until his

death in 1856. He was a prominent

man in the Presbyterian church; D. B.

Greene was also a prominent member

of that church. He was a student at

the Tecumseh branch of the University

of Michigan. He studied law with

Judge C. A. Stacey, of Tecumseh, and

was admitted to the bar at Adrian in 

1848. He practiced a year in Tecum-

seh and removed to Ypsilanti. He was

a law partner for five years of Hon. E.

M. Skinner and for one year of Amos

C. Blodgett, in Ypsilanti, since which

time he practiced alone. He was post-

master of Ypsilanti from May, 1864, to

July, 1871. He was a justice of the

peace in Ypsilanti, when that city was

incorporated in 1858. In 1885 and for

a number of years thereafter he was

county agent of the state board of

corrections and charities. He was also

for some years one of the county super-

intendents of the poor. He was mar-

ried April 2, 1845, his wife dying

July 6, 1889. He leaves three sons

Edward, of Ypsilanti, Arthur M., of

Chicago, and Wilbur D., of Bay City.

He had served as eider of the Presby-

terian church in Ypsilanti since March,

1852.