Rev. Levi Nelson GREENE
Levi was a minister, a graduate of Ann Arbor, Michigan. He served in theCivil War in Company H, 9th Iowa Infantry, Union Army. He enlisted Aug.24th, 1861 at Decorah, Iowa. Mustered out December 31, 1864 at Woodville,Alabama honorably discharged by virtue of re-enlistment as Vet. Vol.under the provision of G.O. Nol 191, series of 1863 War Dept. Was aprivate from enlistment to June 1, 1865, whe he was promoted toCorporal. Mustered out at Lousiville, Ky. July 18, 1865. Complexionlight, eyes blue; hari brown. He was a farmer, 5'6" high. He was engagedin action at Arkansas Post Jan 11, 1864. He served as a cook and as acook in the hospital from his army record, National Archives. A second source says his death was in Delhi, Iowa.
Burried in Fayette, Iowa Cemetery
Judge of Montana's 9th District from 1919 to 1929. After serving as judgefor the district including Toole, Glacier, Teton and Poudera counties, hewas appointed to the State Boaard of Equalization by Gov. John E.Erickson in 1928, a post in which he served until 1939 when he reutrnedtp private practice in Cut Bank. He retired in 1954 and moved toBillings. During his term on the Board of Equalization he was associatedwith revision of the corporation tzx and the inheritance tzx. Otheraction with the board included suggeted legislation on the general fund.Judge Greene attended Upper Iowa University, and received his law degreefrom the University of Minnesota in 1912, when he moved to Cut Bank. In1914 he was elected county attorney in Teton County and after his term heentered into partnership with Geroge Coffey at Choteau. he resigned fromthe firm when elected district judge. He was listed in Who's Who in theWest and was an active membe of the Democratic party, a memeber of theMontana council of the American Pioneer Trails Assn., an honorary memberof the Blackfeet Indian tribe with the title of Chief Plenty Ribs and amember of the Yellowstone Country Club. He was cremated on May 12, 1960in Great Falls and ashes were flown to Glacier Park by friend Jack Tirleof Shelby, Montana.
died in infancy
He married Alice Ann Bulman 6 Oct 1874 at Waukon, Allamakee, Iowa . Alice Ann Bulman was born at Union City Twp, Allamakee, Iowa 6 Oct 1855 daughter of Thomas Bulman and Phobe Stocks .
They were the parents of 6
children:
Carrie Matilda Greene
born 4 Jul 1884.
Marion Evelyn Greene
born 12 May 1876.
Emma Grace Greene
born 21 Sep 1879.
Levi Leonard Greene
born 3 Apr 1886.
John Joseph Greene
born 4 Dec 1887.
Hattie May Greene
born 20 Jun 1877.
Alice Ann Bulman died 14 Nov 1947 at Independence, Buchanan, Iowa .