Married Keran H. Caples 5 Jan 1811, Baltimore County, Maryland

Name: Green, Benjamin
Birth Place: Baltimore co., MD
Birth Date: 15 Jun 1778
Spouse: Charon Caples
Marriage Date: 1813
Marriage Location: Baltimore co., MD
Children: Isabel, Robert, Susan, Joseph, Alice, Enos, Jephtha, Elizabeth, Joshua
Death Date: Before 1880
Death Location: Morrow co., OH
~ Morrow County, Ohio Vital Records, 1830-1893

"The History of Marion County, Ohio, containing a History of the County; its Townships, Towns, Churches, Schools, etc.; General and Local Statistics; Military Record; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; History of the Northwest Territory; History of Ohio; Miscellaneous Matters, etc. etc." Chicago: Leggett, Conaway & Co., 1883. pp. 808-809
ENOS GREEN, retired farmer and merchant; P. O., Levering, Waterford; is the third son of a well known and highly respected family-the children of Elder Benjamin Green. He was born on the old homestead where William Addlesperger lives, June 14, 1826. He went through the woods to the Rinehart district, a mile and three-quarters distant. Lawrence VanBuskirk, a Pennsylvanian, was his first teacher in the old log school house. As soon as he grew up he rode the horses to thresh, and cleared with the men in the woods, living at home until twenty three. He united in marriage with Rachel Clark May 15, 184!). She is a daughter of William and Abigail (Owen) Clark, born July 7, 1829, in Knox, Co., O. Her parents were from Vermont, and the Owen family came very early and settled in Middleburg Twp. William Clark came some time later, an orphan. They raised two daughters, Rachel and Ruth, now Mrs. William Penn, of Waterford. After marriage our subject farmed on William Clark's place some eighteen months, when he moved on forty acres, where his residence stands, on which at that time two acres were cleared, and a small cabin. By his energy and to.l Mr. Green has been eminently successful in business. He now owns two hundred acres of fine farming lands, of which he cleared a large portion and erected handsome and substantial buildings. Rachel Green bore him three sons-William R., George O. and Levi C., who all died in youth. His wife Rachel departed this life Jan. 1, 1855. He married Margaret Merwin March 12, 1857. She is a daughter of John and Amelia (Campbell) Merwin, born September, 1835, in Pennsylvania. The Merwin family came to this county in 1839, where they have since lived, raising a family of eight children, as follows-Jacob, a farmer in Illinois; Elizabeth, widow of Ira Dewitt, of Gilead Tp.; William, farmer in Congress Tp.; .Julia A., now Mrs. James Muncie, of Iowa City ; Rebecca, now Mrs. Peter Syphers, of Missouri; Peter, decease 1; Norman, of Perry Tp.; Margaret, wife of subject. Of the last marriage one son and two daughters are living; Norman D., born May 15, 185'J; Sarah J., born Oct. 'id, 1862, married John Hough of Knox Co., Feb. 26, 1880; Ada, born Oct. 25, 1869. Two died when young. Mr. Green formed a partnership with F. V. Gwen, of Waterford, for the transaction of a general merchandise and produce business at that place, under the firm name of Green and Owen. This partnership was formed in Sept., 1879, and the high social standing of these gentlemen, together with an extended acquaintance, has brought the new firm an extensive trade. Mr. F. V. Owen is a nephew of Mr. Green, and a graduate of the Ohio Central Normal School. He was formerly principal of the Schools at Waterford, and is now Postmaster and Justice of the Peace. The firm carry a large stock of dry goods, groceries, hats, caps, boots and shoes, and everything needed by a farming community, and are doing a prosperous business, on the principle of large sales and small profits. Mr. Green moved his family to Waterford April, 1880. He is a Democrat of the old-fashioned type, and was Trustee of his township for six years. He united with the Harmony Regular Baptist Church some twelve years ago, under the. administration of Elder L. B. Sherwood. He stands as the representative of a worthy family, which may point with pride to its examples of a sturdy, self-reliant Christian manhood. Elder Benjamin Green, the father of Enos, was born in Baltimore Co., Md., June 15, 1778. In his youth he learned the tailor's trade, and worked for some time tn the city of Baltimore. He united with the Regular Baptists in early life, and began preaching when about thirty years of age. He traveled among the churches in the East- quite extensively. Some of his preaching tours even extended to the brethren beyond the mountains. He came, with wife and two children, in the fall of 1817, and settled in Perry Twp. He entered one hundred and sixty acres of government land, which cost $200, and purchased eighty acres of Henry Sams, which had a cabin and small improvements, which cost him 1800. Here he worked at his trade most of his time, employing men to clear his land. Custom came from Mt. Vernon and other distant points. He engaged here in the regular work of the ministry, and during life had the pastoral care of four churches in this State - Salem, Mohican, Haribony and Wayne churches. He wedded Charon Caples, of Maryland, and five sons and four daughters were born to them, as follows-Isabel, widow of Abram Ackerman ; Robert, deceased, leaves two children; Susan, now Mrs. Jacob Burkebile (see sketch); Joseph, farmer, of this township; Alice Ann, now deceased, was wife of William Addlesperger (see his biography); Enos, subject of this sketch; Jephtha, now farmer and stock-raiser, at Yamaha Co., Oregon; Elizabeth, was wife of the late Gilbert Owen, and is now wife of Benjamin Spitler, a merchant at Bloomville, O.; Joshua, farmer and blacksmith, at Bourbon Co., Kan.