Talk:George Greene (judge)

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I don't believe that George had a brother James. I believe his name is Joseph:

"The first general store was opened by George and Joseph Greene in 1842."

"Joseph Greene was the first postmaster in Cedar Rapids and carried the mail in his plug hat and distributed the same as he happened to meet the people to whom the letters were addressed."

""The first store proper was opened in the building now standing on the north corner of Iowa avenue and Washington street, by Joseph Greene. As early as 1842 Mr. Greene had a store in one part of a log building located on the north corner of Commercial and Sugar streets, the other end of the same building being occupied as a boarding house or hotel.

In either 1843 or '44 a somewhat noted discussion was held between Mr. Westfall, the Universalist, and Mr. Roberts, Old School Presbyterian, at which Joseph Greene acted as umpire. The discussion continued for four days and nights. The meetings were largely attended and the combatants were sharp and excited. The conflict ended as such discussions usually do -- in the victory of both -- and this was regarded by nearly all as a drawn game."

- History of Linn County Iowa: from its earliest settlement to the ..., Volume 1, by Luther Albertus Brewer, Barthinius Larson Wick; Chapter XXX Some of the First Things in Cedar Rapids and Linn County

Joseph was the youngest of the three brothers, born in 1821 in Alton, Staffordshire, England, and died in Cedar Rapids 1 April 1864.

tpk (talk) 19:20, 5 November 2009 (UTC)