Excerpt from Greene County: 1803-1908 No one could be more conscious of the shortcomings of this book than the Committee which has labored to prepare it. It is perhaps inevitable that with so large a subject and so short a time for preparing the material many things should be omitted that might properly have found place, and certain sections and interests suffer in comparison with others. We can but regret that this is so. We may at least take satisfaction in the thought that the book is thoroughly a Greene County product. The contributors are all residents or ex-residents who have written specially for this purpose, and all of the artistic and mechanical work has been done in the county with the single exception of the engraving. The photographs, except when taken by members of the Committee, have been credited as far as possible to their makers. While it is hoped that the book will more than pay expenses, the object in preparing it has been, not to make money for the Home Coming, but to produce at a modest price a lasting memento of what promises to be a most interesting event in the history of the county - the first general return of former residents. The historical sketch of the county embodies much original work, yet it is necessarily based on the older histories, the debt to which is herewith gratefully acknowledged. Acknowledgments should also be made to the large number of persons who have assisted the Committee, either as contributors or as representatives or in other ways. The hearty response met with in most cases where help was sought will be one of the pleasantest memories of our labors. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.