Obituary of W. T. Green

January 1917 - Senator W. T. Green Expires - Albion Legislator is a Victin of Pneumonia, Ill Only 4 Days

General Assembly Pay Tribute of Respect by Adjournment

A Well Known Physician

Indianapolis, Jan. 24, 1917—Members of both houses of the legislature today paid tribute to the memory of Senator William T. Green, 60 of Albion, Ind., who died last night of pneumonia after a brief illness.

Eulogies will be pronounced in both houses and resolutions of condolence adopted. Immediate adjournment will then be taken as a mark of respect to the senator.

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Sketch of His Life

Albion, Ind. Jan 24, 1917 – In the death of Dr. Green, No. Co. loses one of its oldest and best known practitioners. He ranked high in his own profession throughout northeastern Indiana.

Mr. Green was born March 29, 1857, in Waynestown, Ind. Received his preliminary education in the schools of that town. At the age of 16 he went to Ft. Wayne and spent three years as a student of the Methodist College. His father, Samuel T. Green, was a successful physician and when the son decided to follow his father’s footsteps, the future state senator took a two year’s course in chemistry at Purdue University. He then entered Rush Medical college at Chicago and was graduated two years later with high honors. Soon after this he opened an office at Brimfield, later at different times being located at Rome City and Wolcottiville. In 1883 he move to Albion to succeed Dr. Leonard, and the county seat has been his home ever since.

Senator Green was a member of the Noble County Medical Society and the Indiana State Medical Association. He was active in the work of both organizations. During the administration of Pres. Harrison and part of Cleveland’s, he served on the U. S. Board of pension examiners. He resigned so as to be able to devote more time to his practice. He served on term as secretary to the Noble County Board of Health.

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Obituary of Lydia L. Houser Matthew

January 25, 1917 - Lydia L. Houser, daughter of John H, and Margaret Houser was born in Wolf Lake, Ind. Feb. 1, 1847 and had lived almost her entire life in or near this village.

In her early womanhood she found the Lord and united with the Baptist church and remained faithful to the final summons in the early morning of Jan 25, 1917.

On March 1, 1866 at the close of the Civil War she married a soldier boy, Oliver P. Matthew.

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