The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 543 HORACE H. GREEN. With his arrival in Yakima county in 1902 Horace H. Green purchased twenty acres of land a mile west of Zillah and through the intervening period of seventeen years has concentrated his efforts and attention upon the development and improvement of the property, which is now largely devoted to the raising of fruit. Mr. Green is a native of Barry, New York. He was born October 12, 1851, of the marriage of Abiather W. and Sarah J. (Davis) Green, who were also natives of the Empire state. The former was a representative of one of the old colonial families of that section. After living for a long period in New York, A. W. Green removed with his family to Beloit, Wisconsin, in 1855 and there took up the occupation of farming. His wife died upon the homestead there, after which the father spent his last days in Wyoming valley, Wisconsin. Horace H. Green obtained a public school education but his opportunities in that direction were somewhat limited, for at the age of eleven years he was left art orphan and was forced to start out in the world on his own account. He availed himself of any opportunity that would enable him to earn an honest living and at a period when most boys are sheltered by paternal care and, are enjoying the opportunities offered in the schools he was laboring to gain food and clothing. In the school of life, however, he has learned many valuable lessons and while experience has often been a hard teacher it has also been an efficient one. At the age of sixteen years he started to drive a team in carrying the mail and later bought a star route of the United States mail between Madison and Dodgeville, Wisconsin. He was employed in that line for seventeen years and later operated a mail route out of Brandon, Wisconsin, snaking the trip to Markesan. In 1882 he went to South Dakota and purchased a half section of land at Twin Brooks. There he lived for ten years and prospered in his undertaking but his health became impaired and he retired from business for sonic time. He afterward took up cheese manufacturing at Twin Brooks and continued in the business there until November, 1902, when he came to the Yakima valley and purchased twenty acres of land a mile west of Zillah. He at once began the further development and cultivation of the property and has since planted twelve acres of it to apples, pears, prunes, peaches and grapes. His orchards and vineyards are in excellent condition, showing the utmost care and supervision, with the most practical methods of handling the trees and the fruit. The remainder of his land is plowed, being devoted to the raising of various crops, together with alfalfa hay. Mr. Green was married on the 1st of January, 1871, to Miss Margaret Stymiest, who was born in New Brunswick, July 1, 1850, a daughter of Benjamin and Phoebe (Hyde) Stymiest, who removed to Wisconsin and later to Twin Brooks, South Dakota, where both the father and mother passed away. To Mr. and Mrs. Green have been born five children. Stella is the wife of E. A. Minder, of Portland. Oregon, and they have one son, Norvin, who is now with the united States army in France. Nettie is the wife of Celer Gebo, a resident of Sheridan, Wyoming, and they have three children, Robert, Margaret and Josephine. Mabel is the deceased wife of Thomas Findlay, now living in South Dakota, and they had two children, who were reared by her father: Harold, a member of the United States army, who was wounded at Chateau Thierry on the 18th of July, 1918; and Bethel, in school. Harvey C., who enlisted, becoming a member of the Sixty-first Regiment from Washington with the United States army in France, has the rank of corporal. Grover C., thirty-three years of age, married Dorothy Lowell, of Auburn, California, where they reside and where he follows the profession of civil engineering. They have a son, Robert Lowell. Mr. Green of this review is an active member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and has held all of the chairs in the local lodge. He also belongs to the Masonic fraternity and in his life exemplifies the beneficent spirit of the craft. His political support has always been given to the democratic party and he was an active party worker when in South Dakota and filled several local offices. Since coming to the west, however, he has concentrated his efforts and attention upon his business affairs. He is now a member of the Water Users Association and he closely studies all the questions which bear upon irrigation or the practical development of the region in which he makes his home. He has become the owner of fifteen acres adjoining Zillah, in addition to his home place, and he is regarded as a successful and representative orchardist of his part of the county. He was one of the organizers of the First Addition Zillah Development Company of Zillah and from the beginning served as its president. This company developed one hundred and sixty acres of land adjoining Zillah, platting forty acres in town lots, but the venture did not prove a profitable one. He was also one of the organizers of the Zillah Fruit Growers Association, one of the first organizations of the kind in the valley, and became its first president, serving in that capacity for two years. He has been vice president of the First National Bank of Zillah for the past five years. While not a man of robust health he possesses great force of character, ambition and energy and has been most active and influential in his efforts for the good of the valley. He has been a stanch champion of the good roads movement and his intellectual force makes him a power in the community, his efforts being far-reaching and beneficial. ******************************** Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.