[5] The couple had five children, four daughters, Julia, Frances, Alleen, Helen, and one son, C.

[8] In the early 1900s Green owned a ranch outside of Phoenix, Arizona, in the Cartwright area.

[9][10] In 1911, Green ran for one of the seats on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors.

[11] In 1915 Green was one of the charter members of the United Produce Growers' Association of Phoenix.

[12] Green helped form and served as the first president of the Maricopa Farm Improvement Association, also known as the Farmers' Union.

[13][14][15] In 1916 he was selected to run on the Republican ticket for the Arizona House of Representatives, and was elected in November.