The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-13
AMERICAS RICHEST WOMAN
MRS. GREEN AND HER IMMENSE
FozTUNE.
How She HAS Accumulated About
Forty Million Dollars Her Econ.
Omy and wonderful ShrcNyducss,

Omy and wonderful Shrewdness,
Mrs. Edward H. Green is one of the
most extraordinary women in America
wall street has long been filled with
stories of her wealth, her penuriousness,
her shrewdness, and her wonderful
" financial operations. That she is the
wealthiest woman in the United States
is without question. Her $25, 900, 900 Of
first-cless securities and government
bonds that were in the vaults of John ].
cisco d Son are q part of her riches
Her wealth is believed to be about $50,
600, 900 or $40, 900. To all intents
and purposes she owns controlling in
terest in the Louisville and Nashville rail
road, of which her husband was long a
director, and for short time the presi-
dent. Most of this immense wealth she
has created by her own financial ability,
and by habit inherited from her father
of strict economy and accumulation.
The shrewdest brokers on the street
admit her remarkable business ability.
Her knowledge of Wall street is extern
slve, but her quickness in discerning
changes for making "turns" as in
avoiding pitfalls and ambushes amounts
to intuition. Many a mysterious but
powerful movement in the financial
world has been traced to her. Many of
the stories about her are, of course, ro-
mances, but enough is true to warrant
the statement that she is n positive force
in the street. She is credited with even
greater ability than her husband who is
a level headed and acute financier, and
who had created fortune for
himself before he married Mrs. Green.
Her maiden name was Harriet II. Rob
inson. Her father, whom she is said to
resemble, was a rich old whaler of New
Bedford, Mass. He made $4,000, 900
In whaling vessels, and left this amount
to his daughter many years ago. Fol
lowing shortly after his death was an
aunt, who left her 1000. 900. Out of
this S13, 600, 600 she has accumulated her
present immense possessions. This she
has done by patient accumulation and
by successful operations in the street.
On several occasions she has "corneredn
Heading to her profit and the discom-
future of the unfortunate persons who
happened to be "short' of the stock.
She dealt freely in Louisville and Nash
vile when her husband was prominent
In the management.
Mr.. Green had made fortune of about
$3.50, 600 in Manila, in the East Indies,
before he met his wife. Many amusing
and romantic stories are related of their
courtship, and it is said that though her
wealth was twelve times larger than his
she had clause inserted in the marriage
contract providing not only that her for
tune should be kept entirely distinct and
separate from his, but also that he
should, out of his means, dcfray all the
living and personal expenses of both.
lie is man remarkable for his height
and figure. He is man of great intelli-
gence, affable in his manner, and nat
urally of broader and more liberal dis
position than his wife, though it is said
he has been more or less influenced by
her character. He has been a member
of the Union club since 1860. 1t is I'M
derstood that with an income of million
dollars year their joint personal ex-
penses do not exceed $1,000. While in
this city they reside at the Glenham ho-
tel, but Mrs. Green spends most of her
time at Bellows Falls. They also have
apartments in London, England.
Many are the stories of this eccentric
lady's economy. She is strictly honest.
but demands the half cent every time.
The ambition of her life, it is said, is to
make her son, cripple, fifteen years old,
the richest man in America. She has
been known to carry lot of securities
worth hundreds Of thousands of dollars
to her bankers, the Ciscos, in her valise,
riding down town in stage-Neto York
World.