"...The family of Daniel Greene, on coming to Ohio, first established their residence in Concord township, Lake county, and later removed to LeRoy township. ....... Daniel Greene, was born at West Greenwich, Rhode Island, on the 6th of February, 1816, and was one of the twelve children of Jeremiah and Freelove (Hopkins) Greene. In 1823 his parents removed to Plainfield, Connecticut, and his father died the following year, thus leaving the care of a large family to the widowed mother, who, with the help of the older children, kept the family together and properly reared and educated all of the children, who became honored citizens. Early thrown upon his own resources, Daniel Greene secured employment in a cotton factory at New Boston, Connecticut, where he was soon raised to the position of overseer of the weaving department. He was a grandson of Abel Greene, who served as a soldier in the war of the Revolution, having enlisted in the Rhode Island troops. This sturdy ancestor was noted for his great strength and physical endurance. He was taken prisoner by the British, by whom he was yoked to a cart with a fellow captive in a test of endurance made obligatory. He "killed his mate" because of his extraordinary physical power. At Sturbridge, Massachusetts, on the 18th of June, 1843, Daniel Greene was united in marriage to Miss Chloe C. Brown, and in 1848 they located at the farm in Lebanon township, Wayne county, Pennsylvania, where were born their children, namely; George M., Ellen C., William F., Alice A., and Freelove Z. In 1865 the family removed to Felton, Delaware, and thence they came to Ohio in 1868. Daniel Greene secured a residence in Concord township, Lake county, where he remained until 1874, working at the trade of carpenter and builder, when he purchased a farm in LeRoy township, where he continued to reside until his death, on the 21st of October, 1890. He was a stanch Republican in politics and he served ten years as justice of the peace in Wayne county, Pennsylvania, where he and his wife were members of the Presbyterian church."
