William Green, who since 1906, has served as president of the Ohio Mine Workers Organization, is at the head of an association that is of marked value in the industrial department of the state. He was born in Franklin township, March 3, 1870, a son of Hugh and Jane (Oram) Green, who came from Wales to Coshocton county in 1868 and settled in Franklin townshp. The father was engaged in mining in his native country and follwed that occupation after his arrival in Ohio. His family numbered two sons and four daughters, of home one daughter is deceased.

William Green, the eldest in his father's family, was a youth of sixteen years when he entered the mines with the father. In his early youth he attended the district schools but as his aid was needed in the support of the family his advantages in this direction were somewhat limited. He later added to his fund of knowledge by reading good literture during his leisure hours and in this way acquired a good English education and a broad knowledge of public affairs. He made a close study of mining interests and was a student of character, for his close contact with miners gave him ample opportunity for study along this line. In his early manhood he showed a talent for leadership, which soon brought him into prominence and in 1900, when but thirty years of age, he was elected to the presidency of Sub-district No. 6 of the Ohio Mine Workers Organization, comprising the counties of Coshocton, Muskingum, Guernsey, Perry, Noble and Holmes. He thus served for five years when, having proved a capable incumbent, he was called to still higher honors, being elected in 1906 to the presidency of the Ohio Mine Workers Organization, and he has filled the office with such general satisfaction that he has twice ben reelected without opposition. This organization embraces the entire state of Ohio, and is composed of a membership of more than forty-six thousand men. Heavy responsibility rests upon Mr. Green in this connection and it is seldom that so young a man is found in such an important position and this fact is an indication of his high standing in mining circles and of his capability for organizing and directing forces, and thus he has become a power in mining circles in the Buckeye state.

Mr. Green was married April 14, 1892, to Miss Jennie Mobley, a daughter of Frank and Mary Mobley, of Coshocton county. four interesting daughters grace their home: Flora E., Esther, Nellie, and Clara. The family home is a beautiful cottage, near the eastern border of Coshocton, where the children can enjoy good educational advantages.

Mr. Green's study of the political questions and issues of the day has let him to give stalwart support to the democratic party. He is a member of the Batpist church and his fraternal relations are with Coshocton lodge, I. O. O. F., of which he has been a member since 1900, and also with the Foresters of America. He is an advocate of every public measure or movement that has for its object the betterment of public conditions and the elevation of mankind. He is a splendid type of a self-made man, showing to what position of honor and influence a young man may rise when he adheres to strict honesty, integrity and correct living. The true measure of success is determined by what one has accomplished and, as taken in contrdistinction to the old adage that a prophet is not without honor save in his own country, there is particular interest attaching to the career of the subject of this review, since he is a native son of Coshocton county, where he has passed his entire life and so directed his ability and efforts as to gain wide recognition as one of the representative citizens of this state.
 

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