Marion Green was born July 12, 1852, in the county of Conecuh, in Alabama. He was the son of Christopher Columbus W. Green, a farmer and native of the same county and state. Marion was the grandson of John Green, who was born in South Carolina, migrated to Georgia in early life and finally settled in Conecuh County, Alabama. The family was a distinguished one of colonial times and some of his sons fought in the patriotic armies of the American Revolution.

Marion Green came into Wise county in 1890. He left his native county of Conecuh, Alabama, at twenty years of age and farmed a year each in Choctaw County, Alabama and Mississippi. Upon entering Texas, he turned the soils of Grayson, Hunt, Panola, Collin and Denton counties before settling in Wise County.

Marion Green came to Texas a single man, but married in November 1876 in Grayson County to Margaret Redell, daughter of Charles Redell. Marion and Charles had twelve children, nine sons and three daughters: John Franklin Green, Charlie Washington Green, William Ashley Green, Frances Elizabeth Green (Wright), Alexander Hamilton Green, Ida Pearl Green (Smith), Thomas Lafayette Green, Lilla Ann Green (Hawkins), Marion Robert Green, James Monroe Green, George Homer Green, and Grady Cordell Green.

His farm embraced the ninety acres of the Margaret Swift survey, but his two hundred and forty acre tract was completed by the additions from the Anderson and Moore surveys. With all under fence and in cultivation, he was among the large farmers of this locality.

From: HISTORY OF WISE COUNTY VOLUMN II edited by Rosalie Gregg

Marion Robert Green was a lifetime resident of Wise County. He was born to Marion Green and Margaret Louise Redell on June 18, 1893. He married Fannie Lee Jenkins on January 14, 1912, and died in August of 1967. He is buried in the Thomas Cemetery.

Robert always toiled with his hands. He and Fannie farmed cotton and corn after they married. During World War I, he moved his family to Fort Worth to haul iron. After the war, he moved back to Bridgeport and fed horses. During World War II he milked cows and raised peanuts on the farm of eighty-four acres that he and Fannie had bought. He was in dairy partnership with his two youngest sons at the time of his death.

Robert was an active member of the Pleasant View Baptist Church. He taught Sunday School for twenty-five years and was a member of the Masonic Lodge.

Robert and Fannie had seven children, two daughters and five sons: Lorene Elizabeth Green (Senters) born November 29, 1912; J.D. Green born July 31, 1914, died Sept 1978; Marion Woodrow Green born October 19, 1916; Cecil Edward Green born October 19, 1916; Robert Lee (Bo) Green born December 20, 1925; Juanita Sue Green (Lewis) born June 2, 1929; Jimmie Carroll Green born March 13, 1936, deceased. Information from HISTORY OF WISE COUNTY VOLUMN IIedited by Rosalie Gregg.

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