Hunt, Herbert and Floyd C. Kaylor. Washington: West of the Cascades. Vol. III. Chicago, S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1917. p. 435-436. GREENE, ALBERT C.: For thirty years, Albert C. Greene has been in the railroad service and is now joint agent for the Northern Pacific Railroad, the Great Northern Railroad and the Oregon- Washington Railway & Navigation Company and is also agent for the Northern and Great Northern Express Comapnies at Centralia, Washington. He was born on the 5th of January, 1864, in Alfred, New York, of which state his parents, John T. and Sophronia B. (Lackey) Greene were also natives. In early life the father followed carriage making for anumber of years, but after his removal to Nobles county, Minnesota, engaged in teaching school. He died in 1895 but the mother is still living and now makes her home in New York. Albert C. is the oldest of their three children. His brother Elwyn is a government clerk in the Panama Canal Zone, and the other brother, Walter L., is a Baptist minister now located at Independence, New York. Albert C. Greene was educated in the public schools of Minnesota and subsequently engaged in teaching school for about four years. In 1887 he entered the railroad service as ticket agent and telegraph operator for the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad at Hospers, Iowa, and remained there until coming to Washington in 1889. Here he was first employed as station agent for the Northern Pacific Railroad at Easton, and in 1899 was transferred to Centralia in the same capacity. In 1910 he became joint agent for the roads which he now represents and is today one of the most trusted employes of the Northern Pacific, the Great Northern and the Oregon- Washington Railway & Navigation Company. He has been a director of the Farmers & Merchants Bank of Centralia since its organization and is a man of marked business ability and sound judgement. On the 21st of April, 1885, at Brewster, Minnesota, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Greene and Miss Bessie E. Laird, a daughter of L. C. Laird, and they have become the parents of two children: Roy L., now a civil engineer in Minneapolis; and Orville C., at home with his parents. The family residence is at 701 G street, Centralia. Mr. Greene is a prominent member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and has served as grand representative of the state of Washington. He is past grand patriarch of the Encampment and has filled all the chairs in the senior order. He is also a member of the Woodmen of the World and is a director of the Centralia Commercial Club. In politics he is an ardent republican and he has been called upon to serve as a member of the school board of Centralia for four years. He is one of its most enterprising and public-spirited citizens, always ready to aid any worthy movement calculated to promote the general welfare, and he commands the confidence and respect of all with whom he is brought in contact. Submitted by: Jenny Tenlen * * * * Notice: These biographies were transcribed for the Washington Biographies Project. Unless otherwise stated, no further information is available on the individual featured in the biographies.