From Chicago: Its History and Its Builders
ALBERT PENNINGTON GREEN Albert Pennington Green secretary and treasurer of the Excelsior Laundry Company was born in Chicago May 2 1856 his parents being John and Ann Pennington Green of whom mention is made above When the business of the city still centered around Lake street he was a pupil in the old Dearborn school on Madison street between State and Dearborn while later he attended the West Side High School from which in due time he was graduated After completing his course he entered the employ of NB Bassett & Company dealers in picture frames and moldings in which firm his father owned half interest In 1891 however he formed a partnership with Joseph C Wilson under the firm name of Joseph C Wilson & Company and established their present business which was incorporated December 27 1893 under the name of the Excelsior Laundry Company of which Mr Green has since been secretary and treasurer He has given personal attention to the upbuilding of this enterprise which under his care has become large and profitable The partnership has been continued from the beginning the president of the firm still being Joseph C Wilson of La Grange Illinois who is now major of the First Cavalry ING Mr Green has also been active in military affairs having served for five years in the First Infantry Regiment ING Aside from his laundry business Mr Green has become heavily interested in real estate owning many large properties either wholly or in part and also has various other investments elsewhere On the 23d of October 1888 Mr Green was married to Miss Florence Peacock a daughter of Joseph Peacock of the pioneer firm of Peacock & Thatcher of Chicago They have four children Joseph Peacock born September 3 1890 now a senior in the University of Illinois Margaret Peacock born October 29 1892 a former student at Lasell Seminary in Auburndale New York Phillip Russell born April 26 1895 and Albert Pennington Jr born August 24 1899 The city residence of the family is at No 4814 Grand Boulevard and their summer home is at Garth Delta county Michigan Mr Green is a republican and has always taken a keen interest in political affairs but has never sought public office His only social affiliation is with the Colonial Club in which he was a charter member in 1900 He served as vice president for one term as director for three years and as president for one year His religious faith is that of the Methodist Episcopal church and he attends service at St James at Forty sixth street and Ellis avenue His sympathies are with the projects for the promotion of law and order truth and justice and to all measures for the benefit of the community he gives his earnest endorsement
ALBERT PENNINGTON GREEN
Chicago [IL] Tribune 1914-08-14
ALBERT PENNINGTON GREEN of 1030 Hyde Park boulevard died of pneumonia at Orange, Vt., yesterday after a three weeks' illness. Mr. Green was visiting his son at the time of his death.
Mr. Green was 58 years old and a native of Chicago. He was part owner of the Excelsior laundry at 66 East Twenty-second street, and was the organizer and first president of the Colonial club at 4444 Grand boulevard, a south side social organization. A widow, Florence Peacock, their sons, Joseph, Philip, and Albert, and a daughter, Marguerite, survive
ALBERT PENNINGTON GREEN Albert Pennington Green secretary and treasurer of the Excelsior Laundry Company was born in Chicago May 2 1856 his parents being John and Ann Pennington Green of whom mention is made above When the business of the city still centered around Lake street he was a pupil in the old Dearborn school on Madison street between State and Dearborn while later he attended the West Side High School from which in due time he was graduated After completing his course he entered the employ of NB Bassett & Company dealers in picture frames and moldings in which firm his father owned half interest In 1891 however he formed a partnership with Joseph C Wilson under the firm name of Joseph C Wilson & Company and established their present business which was incorporated December 27 1893 under the name of the Excelsior Laundry Company of which Mr Green has since been secretary and treasurer He has given personal attention to the upbuilding of this enterprise which under his care has become large and profitable The partnership has been continued from the beginning the president of the firm still being Joseph C Wilson of La Grange Illinois who is now major of the First Cavalry ING Mr Green has also been active in military affairs having served for five years in the First Infantry Regiment ING Aside from his laundry business Mr Green has become heavily interested in real estate owning many large properties either wholly or in part and also has various other investments elsewhere On the 23d of October 1888 Mr Green was married to Miss Florence Peacock a daughter of Joseph Peacock of the pioneer firm of Peacock & Thatcher of Chicago They have four children Joseph Peacock born September 3 1890 now a senior in the University of Illinois Margaret Peacock born October 29 1892 a former student at Lasell Seminary in Auburndale New York Phillip Russell born April 26 1895 and Albert Pennington Jr born August 24 1899 The city residence of the family is at No 4814 Grand Boulevard and their summer home is at Garth Delta county Michigan Mr Green is a republican and has always taken a keen interest in political affairs but has never sought public office His only social affiliation is with the Colonial Club in which he was a charter member in 1900 He served as vice president for one term as director for three years and as president for one year His religious faith is that of the Methodist Episcopal church and he attends service at St James at Forty sixth street and Ellis avenue His sympathies are with the projects for the promotion of law and order truth and justice and to all measures for the benefit of the community he gives his earnest endorsement
ALBERT PENNINGTON GREEN
Chicago [IL] Tribune 1914-08-14
ALBERT PENNINGTON GREEN of 1030 Hyde Park boulevard died of pneumonia at Orange, Vt., yesterday after a three weeks' illness. Mr. Green was visiting his son at the time of his death.
Mr. Green was 58 years old and a native of Chicago. He was part owner of the Excelsior laundry at 66 East Twenty-second street, and was the organizer and first president of the Colonial club at 4444 Grand boulevard, a south side social organization. A widow, Florence Peacock, their sons, Joseph, Philip, and Albert, and a daughter, Marguerite, survive
From Chicago: Its History and Its Builders
ALBERT PENNINGTON GREEN Albert Pennington Green secretary and treasurer of the Excelsior Laundry Company was born in Chicago May 2 1856 his parents being John and Ann Pennington Green of whom mention is made above When the business of the city still centered around Lake street he was a pupil in the old Dearborn school on Madison street between State and Dearborn while later he attended the West Side High School from which in due time he was graduated After completing his course he entered the employ of NB Bassett & Company dealers in picture frames and moldings in which firm his father owned half interest In 1891 however he formed a partnership with Joseph C Wilson under the firm name of Joseph C Wilson & Company and established their present business which was incorporated December 27 1893 under the name of the Excelsior Laundry Company of which Mr Green has since been secretary and treasurer He has given personal attention to the upbuilding of this enterprise which under his care has become large and profitable The partnership has been continued from the beginning the president of the firm still being Joseph C Wilson of La Grange Illinois who is now major of the First Cavalry ING Mr Green has also been active in military affairs having served for five years in the First Infantry Regiment ING Aside from his laundry business Mr Green has become heavily interested in real estate owning many large properties either wholly or in part and also has various other investments elsewhere On the 23d of October 1888 Mr Green was married to Miss Florence Peacock a daughter of Joseph Peacock of the pioneer firm of Peacock & Thatcher of Chicago They have four children Joseph Peacock born September 3 1890 now a senior in the University of Illinois Margaret Peacock born October 29 1892 a former student at Lasell Seminary in Auburndale New York Phillip Russell born April 26 1895 and Albert Pennington Jr born August 24 1899 The city residence of the family is at No 4814 Grand Boulevard and their summer home is at Garth Delta county Michigan Mr Green is a republican and has always taken a keen interest in political affairs but has never sought public office His only social affiliation is with the Colonial Club in which he was a charter member in 1900 He served as vice president for one term as director for three years and as president for one year His religious faith is that of the Methodist Episcopal church and he attends service at St James at Forty sixth street and Ellis avenue His sympathies are with the projects for the promotion of law and order truth and justice and to all measures for the benefit of the community he gives his earnest endorsement
ALBERT PENNINGTON GREEN
Chicago [IL] Tribune 1914-08-14
ALBERT PENNINGTON GREEN of 1030 Hyde Park boulevard died of pneumonia at Orange, Vt., yesterday after a three weeks' illness. Mr. Green was visiting his son at the time of his death.
Mr. Green was 58 years old and a native of Chicago. He was part owner of the Excelsior laundry at 66 East Twenty-second street, and was the organizer and first president of the Colonial club at 4444 Grand boulevard, a south side social organization. A widow, Florence Peacock, their sons, Joseph, Philip, and Albert, and a daughter, Marguerite, survive
ALBERT PENNINGTON GREEN Albert Pennington Green secretary and treasurer of the Excelsior Laundry Company was born in Chicago May 2 1856 his parents being John and Ann Pennington Green of whom mention is made above When the business of the city still centered around Lake street he was a pupil in the old Dearborn school on Madison street between State and Dearborn while later he attended the West Side High School from which in due time he was graduated After completing his course he entered the employ of NB Bassett & Company dealers in picture frames and moldings in which firm his father owned half interest In 1891 however he formed a partnership with Joseph C Wilson under the firm name of Joseph C Wilson & Company and established their present business which was incorporated December 27 1893 under the name of the Excelsior Laundry Company of which Mr Green has since been secretary and treasurer He has given personal attention to the upbuilding of this enterprise which under his care has become large and profitable The partnership has been continued from the beginning the president of the firm still being Joseph C Wilson of La Grange Illinois who is now major of the First Cavalry ING Mr Green has also been active in military affairs having served for five years in the First Infantry Regiment ING Aside from his laundry business Mr Green has become heavily interested in real estate owning many large properties either wholly or in part and also has various other investments elsewhere On the 23d of October 1888 Mr Green was married to Miss Florence Peacock a daughter of Joseph Peacock of the pioneer firm of Peacock & Thatcher of Chicago They have four children Joseph Peacock born September 3 1890 now a senior in the University of Illinois Margaret Peacock born October 29 1892 a former student at Lasell Seminary in Auburndale New York Phillip Russell born April 26 1895 and Albert Pennington Jr born August 24 1899 The city residence of the family is at No 4814 Grand Boulevard and their summer home is at Garth Delta county Michigan Mr Green is a republican and has always taken a keen interest in political affairs but has never sought public office His only social affiliation is with the Colonial Club in which he was a charter member in 1900 He served as vice president for one term as director for three years and as president for one year His religious faith is that of the Methodist Episcopal church and he attends service at St James at Forty sixth street and Ellis avenue His sympathies are with the projects for the promotion of law and order truth and justice and to all measures for the benefit of the community he gives his earnest endorsement
ALBERT PENNINGTON GREEN
Chicago [IL] Tribune 1914-08-14
ALBERT PENNINGTON GREEN of 1030 Hyde Park boulevard died of pneumonia at Orange, Vt., yesterday after a three weeks' illness. Mr. Green was visiting his son at the time of his death.
Mr. Green was 58 years old and a native of Chicago. He was part owner of the Excelsior laundry at 66 East Twenty-second street, and was the organizer and first president of the Colonial club at 4444 Grand boulevard, a south side social organization. A widow, Florence Peacock, their sons, Joseph, Philip, and Albert, and a daughter, Marguerite, survive
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