Biography of Monte L. Green, pages 947/948/949.  History of DeKalb 
County, Indiana; B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, 1914.



Monte L. Green



Success in this life comes to the deserving.  It is an axiom, 
demonstrated by all human experience, that a man gets out of this life 
what he puts into it, plus a reasonable interest on the investment.  
The individual who inherits a large estate and adds nothing to fortune 
cannot be called a successful in proportion to the amount he adds to 
his possession. But the man who starts in the world unaided and by 
sheer force of will, controlled by correct principles, forges ahead and 
at length reaches a position of honor among his fellow citizens 
achieves success such as representatives of the two former classes can 
neither understand nor appreciate. To a considerable extent the subject 
of this sketch is a creditable representative of the class last named, 
a class which has furnished much of the bone and sinew of the country 
and added to the stability of our government and its institutions.

	Monte L. Green, president of the Garrett Savings, Loan and Trust 
Company, is a native of the state of Missouri, where he was born on 
January 26, 1870, and is the son of Jesse H. and Louisa B. (Beach) 
Green, the latter possessing considerable literary ability. Both these 
parents were born in Indiana, the father at Moore’s Hill, and the 
mother in Henry county.  After their marriage they moved to Spencer, 
Indiana.  Jesse H. Green was for over thirty years a railway postal 
clerk, his last assignment being on the Cincinnati Southern railroad.  
He finally retired from active service, having removed to Bellevue, 
Kentucky where he now resides. His wife died in Bellevue, Kentucky, on 
April 23, 1905.  To him and his wife have been born two children, Glenn 
Arden, deceased, and Monte Lee.  Fraternally, Jesse H. Green is a 
member of the Grand Army of the Republic, his membership being 
consonant from the fact that on April 15, 1861, at the outbreak of the 
war of the Rebellion, he enlisted for service in the navy at New York 
City, and then, on the expiration of his period of enlistment, in 1864, 
he enlisted in the Twenty-fifth Indiana Battery of Light Artillery.  He 
thus served during the entire period of the war and his record as a 
soldier was a creditable one in every respect.  Mr. Green is a man of 
strong character and stand well with all who knew him.

	The subject of this sketch received his education in the public 
schools of Indianapolis, graduating from the German Annex high school 
in that city.  He then went to Cincinnati, where he took a course in a 
business college, and then engaged in the carriage business, which, in 
associated line, commanded his attention for twenty years.  He came to 
Auburn in 1907 and for eight months was associated with W. H. McIntyre.  
He then bought the interests of some local stockholders in the Savings, 
Loan and Trust Company, of which he was elected vice-president, 
severing all connection with this institution early in 1913.  In 1908, 
with associates, he organized the Savings, Loan and Trust Company, of 
Garrett, of which he is now, president and to which he is giving his 
entire time and attention.  This company was organized in November, 
1908, with a capital stock of twenty-five thousand dollars, which was 
increased to forty thousand dollars when Mr. Green disposed of his 
interests in the Auburn Savings, Loan and Trust Company.  The present 
officers are as follows: President, Monte L. Green; first vice-
president, J. N. Ritter; second vice-president, Dr. J. A. Clevenger; 
secretary, Miss Laura A. Shutt, these persons, with Fred Knott, of 
Auburn, composing the board of directors. This institution has already 
gained a strong hold on the good will of the community and is filling a 
long-felt want in the locality.  In the year 1912 he was president of 
Auburn Commercial Club and is now the secretary of the Garrett Business 
Men’s Association.

	Mr. Green has been twice married, first to Josephine Pohlman, the 
daughter of John W. and Beatrice Pohlman, both of whom are deceased. 
Mrs. Josephine Green died January 11, 1906, in Springfield, Ohio, 
leaving two sons, Arden D. and Lyman Dale.  These boys were born in  
Kenton county, Kentucky, and are at the home with their father.  
Subsequently, Mr. Green was married to Helen Samme Ralston, the 
daughter of A. J. and Hadessa (George) Ralston, of Auburn, Indiana, who 
are mentioned elsewhere in this work.  To this marriage, while living 
in Auburn, has been born one child, Alzein Louise.  The family reside 
is a comfortable home on the northeast corner of Cowen and Dennis 
street, Garrett, to which property they moved in April, 1913, having 
traded homes with County Recorder Warner McNabb, deceased.

	Politically, Mr. Green occupies an independent attitude, voting 
for the men and measures which he considers the best calculated to 
advance the best interest of the people.  He has always taken a 
commendable interest in public affairs, especially as relating to 
educational matters, and while a resident of Ludow, Kentucky, he served 
as president of the school board. Religiously, he is member of the 
Presbyterian church, in the prosperity of which he is deeply 
interested.  His fraternal affiliations are with the Free and Accepted 
Masons, belonging to the blue lodge, of which he is a past master, the 
chapter of Royal Arch Masons, the council of Royal and Select Masters, 
and the commandery of Knights Templar, while he is also a thirty-
second-degree Scottish Rite Mason, and a member of the Mystic Shrine.  
At the time of writing this sketch he is serving as worthy patron in 
the Order of the Eastern Star.  Mr. Green’s career has been 
characterized by hard work and conscientious endeavor, and he owes his 
success to no train of fortunate incidents or fortuitous circumstances.  
It is the reward of application of mental qualifications of a high 
order to the affairs of business, that have enabled him to recognize 
and grasp opportunities that have presented themselves.  His integrity 
has ever been unassailable, his honor unimpeachable, and he stands high 
in the opinion of all who know him.



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