Dr. Willis Duff Green
Dr. Willis Duff Green was born in Danville, Ky., January 18, 1821.
His father, Dr. Duff Green, an eminent physician of that place , was
the eldest son of Willis Green, who emigrated to Kentucky from the
Shenandoah Valley of Virginia about the year 1780. He is a brother of
Judge W. H. Green, of Cairo, Ill. He was educated primarily at Center
College, in his native town and was a classmate of Gen. John C. Breckenridge.
Upon relinquishing college life, he began the study of medicine with his
father, remaining under his preceptorship for a period of two years. He
then, at the expiration of this time, attended the Medical Department of
the Transylvania University, and graduated from the Medical College of
Ohio. He then began the practice of his profession at Hartford, Ky., where
he resided for a year and a half. He afterward practiced for two years in
Pulaski, Tenn., removing subsequently, in 1846, to Mount Vernon, Ill.,
which has since been his home, and where he has been constantly and
successfully occupied in the practice of his profession, which extends over
the entire southern portion of the State.
In politics, he has invariably and consistently supported the principles
and platforms of the Democratic party, and as the Breckenridge candidate
for Congree, was defeated with the head of the ticket. He is a prominent
member of the Odd Fellows of Illinois, and has officiated as Grand Master,
also as a Representative to the Grang Lodge of the United States. He is noted
for his generosity in charitable enterprises, and has always been an active
and a zealous member of benevolent societies and organizations. He was
President of the Mt. Vernon Railroad Company, until it was merged in the
St. Louis & Southern Railroad, and in the performance of the important
functions attendant on that office evinced the possession od admirable
administrative powers. He is a man of Scholarly attainments, a skillful
and reliable physician, and a useful member of the community amid which
he is an esteemed and loved townsman. He was married, in 1844, to Corinne
L. Morton, of Hartford, Ky.
Source: History of Jefferson County Illinois
By: William Henry Perrin, 1883
Submitted by Cindy Ford
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