Green, Chester Warren (Feb 15, 1884 – Mar 21, 1973) by Etha Green John

LIFE SKETCH OF CHESTER WARREN GREEN.

    Chester Warren Green was born 15 Feb 1884 at the
family home in Layton,Utah [sic] to George William Green and Davinia
Smith Forbes,  He [sic] was their sixth son.
    He spent the early years of his life on the family
farm, Receiving [sic] his Education at the little brick School house in
the hollow,  He [sic] was always interested in baseball and
started playing at an early age.
    On 3 April 1903 he married Ellenor Dunn at her
fathers [sic] home in South Weber , after [sic] their marriage they
went to live with his parents where the first two of their children
were born.
    In the spring of 1906 they moved to Bothwell where
chet [sic] worked for his brother in law, then in 1907 they moved to
Garland where he worked for Utah Idaho Sugar Companey, While [sic]
working at the factory he was offered the job of foreman on the North
Farm, which was owned by the Sugar Companey,  They [sic] stayed on
the North Farm until the spring of 1909 when they moved to another of
the Sugar Comppanys [sic] farms called the Centeral Farm, [sic] this
was located one mile west two miles south of Tremonton, During [sic]
the spring and summer months, several men were hired to help with the
planting and harvesting of the crops,  Ellen [sic] with the help
of a girl did the cooking to keep the crew fed, they had Japanese labor
for the beet work, Chet was a hard worker, he beleived in a days work
for a days pay.
    About 1915 Chet left the Centeral Farm [sic] and
once again went to work for the Sugar Companey ,  [sic] where he
worked as a Foreman they were Tileing [sic] and Leveling groung [sic]
so It could be used as Irrigated [sic] farm land, after this work was
completed, He [sic] bought a forty acre Farm where they lived until he
sold the farm in 1952 and moved to Brigham City,  They [sic]
enjoyed life very much after leaving the Farm and the hard work, 
They [sic] still had a beautiful Garden and loved to share the fruits
of it with friends neighbors and family,  Ellen [sic] died in
December 1961 Chet spent twelve lonley [sic] years, as his wife was
truly a help mate,  on [sic] 21 March 1973 Chet died at the Golden
Manor Nursing home in Ogden, Utah.

Source: Green Family Organization (1974).  John Green Family Record Book (pp. 112)

By dau. Etha G. John.