Death Of D. B. Greene.
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.