History of Old Vincennes And Knox County, Indiana Greene Volume l & 2 1911 Surnames in this biography are: Green, Markley, Curtis, DuKate PERRY DULANEY GREEN Perry Dulaney Green, editor of the Vincennes Capital, was born at the corner of Seventh and Main streets in the city of Vincennes on the 2d of August 1876, a son of John L. and Frances (Markley) Green. His father is also a native of this city and a son of William Green, Sr., who in the ninety-ninth year of his life is now enjoying good health. He came to Vincennes in 1831 and built and conducted the first theater in this city. John L. Green was at one time a member of the city council from the third ward and was once a candidate for treasurer of Knox County but was defeated. He engaged in the grain and milling business in Vincennes until July 1894, when he removed to Indianapolis where he still conducts a grain business. Perry Dulaney Green continued his education until he left Vincennes University at the close of his junior year to accompany his parents upon their removal to Indianapolis in 1894. At that time he turned his attention to business pursuits, accepting the position of packer in his father's corn mill. Later he became a clerk for the Western Union Telegraph Company in the main office at Indianapolis in 1895, at a salary of fifteen dollars per month. He remained with the company for five years, during which period he received five promotions. In July 1901, he secured sixty days leave of absence in order to try his hand at reporting for the Vincennes Capital, a daily newspaper published at Vincennes, Indiana. He found the work congenial and in March 1902, with Frank W. Curtis and John Ralph Du Kate, purchased the paper, which they have since published, conducting at the same time a successful job printing plant. Mr. Green has acted as editor of the paper since becoming one of its proprietors and his articles, clear, concise and to the point, displaying, too, a comprehensive knowledge of the subject under discussion, have been a marked feature of interest in the paper and a factor in its success. On the 28th October 1903, in Vincennes, Mr. Green was married to Miss Margaret M. Du Kate, a daughter of Dr. John B. and Mary M. Du Kate, the father a leading physician of Vincennes and a very prominent member of many fraternal orders. Mr. and Mrs. Green hold membership in the First Presbyterian church and he became the first secretary of the First Presbyterian Brotherhood Association. His military experience covers four years' service with Company A of the University Cadets, during which period he won the first government medal ever given in Vincennes University for accurate target practice. This company served in the One Hundred and Fifty-ninth Regiment during the Spanish-American war, which occurred after Mr. Green left school. Fraternally he is connected with the Royal Arcanum lodge of Vincennes. He was the organizer of the Lincoln League of Knox county in 1910 and is prominently connected with other organizations which are important features in the life of the city, being a director of the Vincennes Art Association, a member of the Vincennes Board of Trade, the Vincennes Merchants & Manufacturers Association and of the Pastime Club.