The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 983 

DAVID W. GREEN.

David W. Green, a well known rancher living not far from Sunnyside, was born in
Owen county, Indiana, May 23, 1866, a son of Harry and Elizabeth (Sumerlotte)
Green, who were natives of Prussia and of Pennsylvania respectively. The
paternal grandfather, Mathew Green, was a native of England but was living in
Prussia at the time of the birth of his son Hilary, who was still but a young
lad when the family emigrated to the United States. A brother of Mathew Green
was killed while fighting with the British army in Egypt. Hilary Green, the
father of David W. Green, settled in Ohio and afterward went to Indiana, while
in 1866 he removed with his family to Kansas and spent his remaining days in
that state, both he and his wife passing away in Crawford county. They were
pioneer residents of Kansas, contributing to the early development and later
upbuilding of the section in which they made their home.

David W. Green acquired a public school education and remained with his father
until he reached the age of twenty-one years. He then worked for wages for six
years and subsequently, attracted by the opportunities of the growing northwest
and imbued with the same pioneer spirit that prompted his father's removal to
Kansas, he came to Washington, settling first in Garfield county, in 1892.
There he worked for wages for a few years in connection with agricultural
interests and then took up painting and decorating, doing a contracting business
along that line. In 1907 he removed to Yakima county and purchased ninety-six
acres near Outlook. He had no capital, so he arranged to purchase the property
on time, paying nothing down. Less than a year later, however, he sold
sixty-five acres of the tract for enough to pay for the entire place and leave
him eleven hundred dollars clear. About 1906 he had purchased forty acres of
land in Oregon, which he kept for three years and then sold at a profit of
eleven hundred dollars. After disposing of sixty-five acres of his ninety-six
acre ranch near Outlook he traded the remainder for land near Pomeroy and he
also bought forty-seven acres northeast of Granger, which had never been
improved and which is still in his possession. For three years he was a resident
of Walla Walla and during that time was engaged in the real estate business. In
1913 he returned to Sunnyside and bought eighty acres two and a half miles
northeast of the city, which he still owns. In 1918 he made investment in
thirty-one acres a half mile north of Sunnyside and took up his abode upon the
latter place, while his sons cultivate the eighty-acre tract. He raises hay,
corn and potatoes and annually gathers good crops. He also has a fine home upon
his ranch and all modern improvements, while his progressive spirit is manifest
in the excellent appearance of the place and the air of neatness and thrift
which pervades the farm.

On the 14th of March, 1886, Mr. Green was united in marriage to Miss Alice
Starnes, a native of McDonough county, Illinois, and a daughter of R. J. and
Sidney (Clugston) Starnes, who were born in the states of Tennessee and Ohio
respectively. The father followed farming throughout his active business career
and both he and his wife have now passed away. Mr. and Mrs. Green are the
parents of six children, as follows: Roy, who is married and has one child and
who operates his father's farm of eighty acres northeast of Sunnyside; Myrtle,
the wife of Andrew Holm, of Walla Walla, by whom she has two children: Willie,
the wife of Stanley Dixon, of Pomeroy, Washington, by whom she has a son; Frank,
who cultivates his father's ranch of eighty acres in association with his 
brother Roy; Gael, a student in the Hill Military Academy of Portland; and
Soleil, who is at home and is a high school pupil.

Fraternally Mr. Green is connected with the Woodmen of the World and the Knights
of Pythias, in which he has held all of the chairs. He has also filled the
chairs in the grand lodge of the Knights of Pythias. His wife is a member of the
Rebekahs and also of The Circle at Pomeroy. She was a member of the Woman's Club
at Walla Walla and she has membership in the Neighborhood Club. In his political
views David W. Green is a republican of the progressive type and was a strong
supporter of Theodore Roosevelt, the man who wore than any other individual
perhaps best illustrated the true American spirit. While an active supporter of
political principles in which he believes, he has never been an office seeker.
He is a successful ranchman, possessed of good business ability, keen sagacity
and insight, and whatever he undertakes he carries forward to successful
completion.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in January 2008 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.