William  Frame  Green, M.D., Shelbyville

          It has been customary to speak of men who have raised
themselves to honorable stations in life without the aid of wealth or
influential friends, as "self-made men."  There is more significance
in this expression than people suppose who use it. It might seem to
imply that there were some successful men who were not self-made, and
that the qualities necessary to render a man successful in life need
not be acquired, but might be conferred.  Such is not the case.  All
men who are made are self-made; there is no exception; it cannot be
otherwise.  In whatever department one may enter, if he desire success
he must work for it.  There is no short cut, no patent process.  It is
work that makes men, and that work must be done by the man himself who
would achieve success.  Dr. Green is an eminent illustration of a
self-made man, who, without fortune or influential friends to help him
on in life, with no resources but those within him, no capital but his
brains, no stimulus but his dauntless courage, has succeeded in
placing himself among the leaders of his profession in the county.  He
was born in Rush Co., Ind., April 1, 1831, and is the son of Lot and
Anna (Cooper) Green, natives of Kentucky. His youth was passed on a
farm, and he followed the occupation of a farm laborer until he
attained his manhood.  In the meantime, he attended the schools of his
neighborhood in the winter seasons, a part of the time riding four
miles in order to obtain the advantage of the instruction of a better
teacher than his district school afforded.  He so improved his time
that he was competent to take charge of a school in his 19th year,
teaching two winters.  Shortly afterward, he attended the high schools
of Knightstown and Shelbyville, which completed his literary
education.  In 1852, he began the study of medicine in the office of
Drs. Selman & Bussel, of Shelbyville, afterward studying under his
brother in Rush Co.  In the winter of 1853-54 he attended a course of
lectures at Rush Medical College, Chicago; then returned to
Shelbyville and formed a partnership with Dr. Selman, which continued
eighteen months.  In the winter of 1855-56, he attended his second
course of lectures at Rush Medical College, graduating Feb 20, 1856.
He immediately came back and continued practice alone, and has ever
since been considered one of the leading physicians of Shelbyville.

He was married in this city, May 6, 1856, to Miss Jennie Doble, to
whom have been born two children.  She is the daughter of William
A. and Margaret J. Doble; he a native of Virginia, and she of
Kentucky, who were early pioneers of this county.  Dr. Green is a
member of the M.E. Church, and Superintendent of the Sabbath school of
that denomination in Shelbyville, which position he has filled many
years, either as Superintendent or Assistant Superintendent.

In his mature years, Dr. Green bears in his character the fruits of a
thorough self-training of mind and conscience; and, in the close
application to study which occupied his early years, the growth of his
mind received an impetus which has been naturally accelerated as
passing time brought to him the study of their new developments.
Among the citizens of the county, he is respected as a man and trusted
as a physician.  He is kind-hearted and liberal; will not see
suffering or distress if he can relieve it, and is ever ready to lend
a helping hand to a good cause or a meritorious enterprise.

Illustrated Atlas of Shelby Co., Indiana, Chicago: J.H. Beers & Co,
1880, pg 27.  Copied by Christine A. Doyle, M.D.
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