An Illustrated History of the State of Washington, by Rev. H.K. Hines, D.D., 
The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, IL., 1893, page 497

	JOSEPH GREEN, Colonel of the First Regiment National Guards of Washington,
was born in England, August 28, 1854. His parents, Joseph and Jane (Smith)
Green, of English ancestry, emigrated with their children to America in 1859,
and started at once for the Pacific coast, traveling by rail to Omaha, thence
across the plains by ox teams. They spent the winter in Rush valley, sixty miles
west of Salt Lake city, and in the spring of 1861 continued their travels and
arrived at Sacramento on the first day of June. They located in Oakland, when
Mr. Green engaged in the produce business.
	The subject of this sketch was educated in the high school and business
college of Oakland, securing the more practical knowledge of business affairs as
clerk and assistant to his father. In 1883 our subject came to Seattle, then a
town of about 6,000 inhabitants. He at once engaged in the produce business,
upon a small scale, and is to-day the oldest produce merchant in the city by
right of continuous business connection. In 1884 he organized and established
the Northwest Fruit Company, of which he has continued as proprietor and
manager. He handles both citrus and deciduous fruits and farm products,
excepting hay and grain, conducting an extensive business throughout the State
of Washington and British Columbia. He has also been connected with many of the
organizations which have been carried forward by the enterprising citizens of
Seattle in their efforts to further the city's development, and is recognized as
one of the progressive public-spirited citizens of Seattle. He was married in
Seattle in 1883, to Miss Zoe E. Perry, a native of Maine. Two children have
blessed this union: Hazel and Joseph, Jr.
	The military experience of Colonel Green was commenced in 1875, when he
enlisted in Company A, Fifth Infantry, National Guards of California. He
resigned on the 19th day of June, 1883, as First Lieutenant and with the
organization of the Seattle Rifles, now known as Company B, First Regiment,
National Guard of Washington, on the 15th of April, 1884. Mr. Green was elected
First Lieutenant and Captain upon the 4th day of November following. He held
this commission up to May 25, 1891, when he was elected Lieutenant-Colonel, and
on the 24th day of March, 1892, he was made Colonel of the regiment, which is
composed of ten companies and 600 men including officers. In tactics and general
efficiency the regiment is well regarded in military circles. Socially, Colonel
Green affiliates with Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, and holds commission of
Captain of Seattle Division, No. 1.

Submitted to the WA. Bios Project in October 2003 by Jeffrey L. Elmer

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