John W. Green became a citizen of Scott county in 1852 and was admitted to the bar in 1868.  He was born in Vernon, Indiana, in 1842.  He received his education at Monmouth College, Illinois.  He fought in the Civil war as a private in the Eighty-third Illinois Infantry and served three years.  He attained the rank of adjutant in 1863.  After the war he went to Albany and entered the law school there, graduating in 1867.  He returned to Davenport and read law with Putnam & Rogers.  In 1874 he formed a partnership with Bleik Peters.  Mr. Green served in the Iowa legislature in 1870 and 1872, and a special session of 1873.  He was elected city attorney of Davenport in 1869, and was appointed United States collector of internal revenue by James A. Garfield in 1881. Debbie Clough G-erischer G-erischer Family Web Site http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/ Assistant CC, Iowa Gen Web, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ List Manager for: IASCOTT-L * G-erischer-L * D-encker-L Fitzpatirck-L * V-lerebome-L * Huntington-L * Otis-L * Algar-L EIGS-L * Pickens-L * McNab-L * Patris-L - Rankin-L