Omaha World Herald, dated 12/24/1987, pg. 28 GREEN, Florence - 71 - 3117 Hamilton St., survived by husband, James Green of Omaha, brother, Eddie DOUZART, Jr. of Monroe, LA, Eurgen E. DOUZART, Charleston, SC; buried at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Omaha. I don't believe she is my family but I'm open to the possiblity. Melinda K. Green

I realize that there are a lot of messages going out and that some emails may get flooded, which I don't want to do. So I am going to post more GREEN Famous Americans to the Green Message Boards at Ancestry/Rootsweb. And thanks to all of the grateful responses, hopefully someone may find a connection. Deloris

The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume VII L. Lowe, William Manning page 39 LOWE, Thaddeus S.C., scientist and inventor, was born at Jefferson, N.H., Aug. 20, 1832; son of Clovis and Alpha (Green) Lowe, and grandson of Thomas and Lydia Green of Berlin Falls, N.H. In early life he studied chemistry, with particular reference to its relation to gas and metallurgy. In 1855 he was married in New York city to Leontine A. Gachon of Paris, France. In 1856 he began the study of air currents, and as an aid to his investigations he constructed balloons of various sizes. In 1858-59 he secured instruments from the government, [p.39] and invented other instruments for investigating upper air current, among these being an altimeter, for quickly measuring latitude and longitude without a horizon. In 1859-60 he built an aërostat 150 feet in perpendicular diameter, with a transverse diameter of 104 feet, lifting more than 16 tons, including instruments, a car for carrying crew, and a Francis metallic life boat, 30 feet long, 7-foot beam, and rigged. The trial trip of this monster machine was made in the summer of 1860, when a burden of 8 tons was carried from Point Breeze, Philadelphia, to Atlantic City, N.J. Preparatory to making a trip across the ocean, a long-distance land trip was made on April 20, 1861, under the auspices of the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia and the Smithsonian Institution of Washington, when the distance of more than 800 miles from Cincinnati, Ohio, to near the coast of South Carolina was covered in nine hours. Immediately after this, he entered the government service as chief of the aëronautic corps, which he organized, rendering valuable service by his observations in nearly all the battles of the Army of the Potomac, 1861-63. During the siege of Yorktown, the day before the evacuation, the enemy trained all its guns in the fort upon the balloon which was in the air from early morning until nightfall. Mr. Lowe, by continuing his observations during the night, discovered that the enemy were apparently evacuating the forts, and this information, confirmed by General Heintzelman, who made an observation from the balloon, enabled McClellan to overtake the enemy at Williamsburg. His observations before Richmond, and especially previous to and during the battle of Fair Oaks, furnished continual reports of the movements of the enemy. While on the Peninsula in 1862, he invented the system of signals from a high altitude to the commander of the field batteries, thus enabling the gunners to locate objects beyond their vision. This system was also extensively used in clearing the blockades at Island No. 10 on the Mississippi river. After the close of the war he used his balloons in instructing commissions sent from various countries, and finally sold the entire equipment to the Brazilian government, who used it effectively in their war with Paraguay. In 1865 he invented the compression ice machine, and was the first to make artificial ice an article of commerce. He established the first cold storage for the preservation of meats, fruits and other food supplies, and was the first to equip a steamship with cold storage rooms which system made possible the great packing houses that followed his introduction of cold storage. He engaged in building regenerative metallurgical furnaces for the use of gas and petroleum as fuel, 1869-72. He invented and built in 1873-75 the first water-gas machinery, which revolutionized the gas industry of the world. He was awarded by the Franklin Institute a diploma and three medals for the manufacture and utilization of water-gas and appliances connected therewith, in 1885, one of these medals being the highest that had ever been awarded by the Institute. In 1888 he removed to California and built in Los Angeles the first heavy crude oil water-gas apparatus, afterward extensively used wherever heavy oils abound. In 1891-94 he built the Mount Lowe aërial railway, projected a continuation of the road from the mountain top to the next peak by a suspended cable, and established the Lowe observatory in the Sierra Madre. He invented and put into operation, 1897-1901, the new Lowe coke oven system, for simultaneously producing gas and metallurgical coke Deloris Williams

The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume IV G Green, Traill page 396 GREEN, Thomas Jefferson, soldier, was born in Warren county, N.C., Feb. 14, 1802; son of Solomon and Fanny (Hawkins) Green. He attended Chapel Hill college and the U.S. military Academy. In 1822 he was elected to the general assembly of North Carolina and shortly after was married to Sarah A., daughter of the Hon. Jesse Wharton of Nashville, Tenn. He then removed to a plantation in Florida, where he remained till the death of his wife in 1832, having in the meantime represented his county in the Florida legislature. In 1836 he went to Texas, where he was commissioned brigadier-general and sent back to the United States to raise a brigade, which he did at the expense of his entire fortune. Returning with his brigade, he arrived at Velasco after the battle of San Jacinto and on the day that Santa Anna was released and placed on a war vessel to be carried to Vera Cruz, General Green, believing the release of Santa Anna to be a mistake, protested, and trader the authority of President Burnet, reimpressioned the Mexican. This action was sustained by the government and Santa Anna was consigned to the care of General Green, who treated him as a guest. Subsequently when their positions were reversed General Green was heavily ironed and ordered to work on the roads, which last he refused to do though threatened with death. Santa Anna, after his release, again began his incursions of Texas, and in 1843 General Sommerville, with a command of about seven hundred Texans, crossed into Mexico; then under implied executive authority, started homeward before striking a blow. General Green and others refused to return, recrossed the Rio Grande and attacked the town of Mier. After a nineteen hours' fight in which the enemy lost twice the entire force of their assailants, the battle went against the Texans and 261 men and officers were captured and imprisoned in the dungeons of Perote near the city of Mexico. After six months' labor in digging through an eight-foot wall of volcanic rock, General Green with fifteen others escaped on July 2, 1843, and he with seven others returned to Texas. Subsequently he was a representative in the Texas congress, where he used every effort to secure the release of the men whom he had left in the Mexican dungeons. He also introduced the bill which made the Rio Grande the boundary line between Texas and Mexico, the Nueces having been previously recognized as the line. President Polk based his claims and right to send troops to the mouth of the river in dispute upon this bill, and the Mexican war and the acquisition of Texas, New Mexico and California was the consequence. General Green also demonstrated the feasibility and absolute necessity of a railroad across this territory to the Pacific as a war measure in a memorial to Congress in 1850, and he afterward took an original part in the projection and building of the Southern Pacific railroad. During the pending of negotiations for the annexation of Texas to the United States he was tendered by President Polk the post of confidential agent of the United States, but declined on the ground that he was then a citizen of the other contracting power, In 1845 he returned to the United [p.396] States and was married to the widow of John S. Ellery of Boston, Mass. Later he went to Texas and in 1849 journeyed through Mexico to California. After working there in the mines he was elected a member of the first state senate, served one term, and was a candidate for the U.S. senate the ensuing year. As major-general of the California militia he subdued and effected a treaty with hostile Indian tribes. During his citizenship in Texas he assisted in purchasing the land and laying out the town of Velasco. While in California he projected and laid out the towns of Ore and Vallejo and introduced into the legislature the bill for the establishment of the state university. In his declining years he returned to Warren county N.C., and settled on "Esmeralda" plantation on Shocco Creek, cultivating corn and tobacco. He is the author of The Texan Expedition Against Mier (1845). He died at "Esmeralda" plantation, Warren county, N.C., Dec. 12, 1863. Deloris Williams

The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume IV G Green, Thomas Jefferson GREEN, Thomas Edward, clergyman, was born in Shippensville, Pa., Dec. 27, 1857; son of John M. and Martha M. (McCreary) Green; grandson of Thomas Green, and a descendant of Thomas Green, a Revolutionary soldier in the 3d Virginia line. He was graduated from McKendree college, Lebanon, Ill., in 1875, and took a post-graduate course at the College of New Jersey, and taught school at Alton, Ill., 1875-76. He was a student at Princeton theological seminary, 1877-79; was ordained by the Presbytery of Cairo, Feb. 5, 1880, and was pastor at Mt. Carmel, Ill., in 1880; stated supply at Effingham, 1880-81; pastor at Sparta, 1881-83, and at the Eighth Presbyterian church, Chicago, Ill., 1883-86. He became an Episcopalian in 1886, was ordained deacon, Feb. 2, 1887, and priest, Feb. 22, 1887. He was rector of St. Andrew's church, Chicago, Ill., 1887-89, and of Grace church, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, from 1889. He was elected bishop of Iowa in 1898, but declined the office. He received the degree of D.D. from Griswold college, Davenport, Iowa, in 1890. He was married, April 27, 1880, to Laura E. Johnson of Mr. Carmel, Ill. the is the author of; Sermons and Addresses (1885); The Hill Called Calvary (1899); and pamphlets and essays Deloris Williams

The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume IV G Green, Thomas Edward page 395 GREEN, Thomas, soldier, was born in Amelia county, Va., June 8, 1814; son of Nathan and Mary (Field) Green. He was educated in Tennessee to which state his father removed when Thomas was an infant: and when the Texas struggle for independence took form he emigrated to that state, and took part in the war of 1836-37, and also in the war with Mexico, 1846-47. He was clerk of the supreme court of Texas while not absent on military duty, 1841-61. Tom Green county was named for him. In 1861 he was made a colonel in the Confederate army and took part in the engagements at Valverde, Feb. 21, 1862, Glorietta, March 26-28, 1862, Las Cruces, and in the recapture of Galveston, and of the steamer Harriet Lane by Gen. J.B. Magruder, commanding the district of Texas, Jan. 1, 1863. He was in command of the cavalry in the division of Gen. Richard Taylor, and his troop of cavalry routed Generals Weitzel and Grover at Koch's plantation on Bayou La Fourche, July 13, 1863. [p.395] This engagement won for him the rank of brigadier-general, and the was placed in command of the cavalry division of the trans-Mississippi department. He commanded a brigade of Texas cavalry in Marmaduke's cavalry division in the Red River campaign, and took part in the engagements at Bayou St. Patrice, April 7, 1863, Mansfield (Sabine Cross-Roads), April 8, and in harassing the retreating Federal army, April 8-12, and he was mortally wounded while firing upon the Federal gunboats from a bluff near Blair's Landing, La., April 12, and died on Blair's Plantation, April 14, 1864 Deloris Williams

The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume IV G Green, Seth page 394 [p.394] GREEN, Samuel Swett, librarian, was born in Worcester, Mass., Feb. 20, 1837; son of James and Elizabeth (Swett) Green; grandson of John Green, and a descendant of Thomas Green who came from England about 1635 and settled in Maiden, Mass.; and also a descendant, through his mother, from Ralph Sprague, who came to Charlestown, Mass., in 1629. He was prepared for college at the Worcester high school and was graduated from Harvard in 1858. In June, 1859, he sailed for Smyrna and Constantinople, returning in November of the same year. He was graduated from Harvard divinity school in 1864, but the condition of his health prevented his entering the ministry and he accepted a clerical position in the Mechanics' national bank in Worcester, becoming teller in the Worcester national bank a few months later. On Jan. 15, 1871, he became librarian of the Free public library in Worcester. He was a director of the library, 1867-71. He was one of the founders of the American library association in 1876, was chosen first vice-president in September, 1887, and president, July 16, 1891. He was a delegate of the association to the International congress of librarians held in London in October, 1877, and was a member of the council of that body; was chosen honorary member of the Library association of the United Kingdom in July, 1878; was lecturer on "Public Libraries as popular educational institutions" in the school of library economy, when connected with Columbia college, N.Y. city; was chosen a fellow of the Royal historical society of Great Britain, May 8, 1879; and a member of the American antiquarian society, April 28, 1880, and of its council, Oct. 22, 1883. In July, 1893, he presided over the World's congress of librarians, held in connection with the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago, and in 1897 was vice-president of the second international congress of librarians held in London, England. He was appointed in October, 1890, a member of the original board of the Massachusetts free public library commissioners, and was reappointed in 1894 and 1899. Harvard conferred upon him the degree of A.M. in 1870. He is the author of two books on library topics; of numerous pamphlets on library and historical subjects; of numerous articles for foreign and American periodicals, and of papers published by the governments of Great Britain, the United States and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. His work in advancing the modern library movement had in 1900 included nearly thirty years' labor as writer and lecturer. Deloris Williams

The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume IV G Green, James Stephens GREEN, James Sproat, lawyer, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 22, 1792; son of Ashbel and Elizabeth (Stockton) Green; grandson of Jacob 2d and Elizabeth (Pierson) Green; and a descendant of Thomas and Elizabeth Green(e), 1635. He was graduated from Dickinson college in 1811; was admitted to the bar of New Jersey in 1817, as counsellor in 1821 and as sergeant in 1834, and was law reporter, 1831-36. He was U.S. district attorney fur New Jersey, 1829-45, and was nominated by President Tyler to be secretary of the treasury, but was not confirmed by the senate, He was a trustee of the College of New Jersey, 1828-69, and professor of jurisprudence there, 1847-55. He married in 1825 Isabella W., daughter of John McCulloh of Philadelphia. He died at Princeton, N.J., Nov. 8, 1862 Deloris Williams

The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume IV G Green, Jacob page 390 GREEN, Jacob, educator, was born at Malden, Mass., Jan. 22, 1721-22; son of Jacob and Dorothy (Lynde) Green; grandson of Lieut. Henry and Esther (Hasse) Green, and a descendant of Thomas and Elizabeth Green(e) who came to America about 1635. His father died in 1723 and his mother was subsequently married to John Barrett. About 1730 Jacob removed with his mother and stepfather to Killingly, Conn., where he remained until 1739, when he decided to enter college. He accordingly sold his patrimony and entered a preparatory school. He was graduated from Harvard in 1744 and taught school at Sutton, Mass., 1744-45. In the latter year he joined the Rev. George Whitefield, the evangelist, and accompanied him to Elizabeth-town, N.J., where he studied theology under the Rev. Aaron Burr. In November, 1746, he was installed pastor of the Presbyterian church at Hanover, N.J., and to augment his small salary he studied and practised medicine. In 1774 he built a schoolhouse and established a Latin school. He was one of the first trustees of the College of New Jersey, 1748-64, and was vice-president of the institution, 1758-59, being acting president from the death of President Jonathan Edwards, March 22, 1758, to the installation of President Samuel Davies in November, 1758 In the spring of 1776, he published a tract entitled "Observations on the Reconciliation of Great Britain and the Colonies, in which are Exhibited Arguments for and against that [p.390] Measure, by a Friend of American Liberty." This pamphlet was widely circulated. In May, 1776, Mr. Green was elected a member of the Provincial congress of New Jersey, organized at Burlington, June 10, 1776. On June 24, he was made chairman of a committee appointed to prepare the constitution of New Jersey, which was adopted July 2, 1776, and remained the organic law of the state until 1844. Mr. Green wrote many articles on the currency under the pen-name of "Eumenes," and several of his suggestions were subsequently embodied in the laws passed by the Continental congress. He was married Oct. 19, 1757, to Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. John Pierson of Woodbridge, N.J., and granddaughter of the Rev. Abraham Pierson, first president of Yale college. The College of New Jersey conferred on him the honorary degree of A.M. in 1749. His published works are Sermons (1768); A Pamphlet on the Jewish Church (1768); and Sermons (1769). His son contributed his Autobiography to the Christian Advocate. He died in Hanover, N.J., May 24, 1796. Deloris Williams

The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume IV G Green, Bartholomew page 387 GREEN, Ashbel, educator, was born in Hanover, N.J., July 6, 1762; son of Jacob and Eliza beth (Pierson) Green; grandson of Jacob and Dorothy (Lynde) Green, and a descendant of Thomas and Elizabeth Green(e), who came to America about 1635. His preparatory education was acquired under the instruction of his father. At the age of sixteen he volunteered as a private in the state militia serving in that capacity and as a subaltern officer until 1782, when he entered the junior class of the College of New Jersey. He was graduated in 1783 as valedictorian, also having first honors in scholarship. The Continental [p.387] congress then in session at Princeton attended the commencement exercises in a body together with General Washington. In the course of his valedictory, Mr. Green made a direct address to Washington, which made such an impression that the young man was invited to dine with the congress After graduation he was appointed a tutor in the College of New Jersey and in 1785 became professor of mathematics and natural philosophy. In 1787 he resigned his chair to accept the associate pastorship of the Second Presbyterian church in Philadelphia, and in 1792, on the death of his colleague, Dr. Sproat, succeeded to the chief pastorship. In the latter year he was appointed chaplain to the U.S. house of representatives. He was a trustee of the College of New Jersey, 1790-1848, and in 1812, on the resignation of President Samuel Stanhope Smith, he was appointed his successor in the presidency of the institution, which office he held until 1822. He organized as an adjunct to the college the theological seminary and was president of its board of trustees until his death. In 1822 he removed to Philadelphia and originated and became editor of the Christian Advocate. He was president of the Jefferson medical school for many years. He was married, in 1785, to Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Stockton of Princeton. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1791, and that of LL.D. from the University of North Carolina in 1812 His published writings include: Sermons on the Assembly's Catechism (1818); Presbyterian Missions (1820); Discourse Delivered in the College of New Jersey with a History of the College (1822); Sermons from 1790 to 1836 (1836); and Reports and Addresses from 1793 to 1836 (1837). See Autobiography edited by J. H. Jones (1849). He died in Philadelphia Pa., May 19, 1848. Deloris Williams

The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume IV G Green, Anna Katharine GREEN, Andrew Haswell, publicist, was born at Green Hill, Worcester, Mass., Oct. 6, 1820; son of William E. and Julia (Plimpton) Green; grandson of John and Mary (Ruggles) Green, and of Oliver and Lydia Plimpton; great-grandson of Brig.-Gen. Timothy Ruggles (1711-1795), and a descendant of Thomas Green, who came to America from England in 1635-36, and of Thomas Ruggles, who came from England in 1637. Andrew was educated in the public school, studied law, and practised his profession in New York city, as a partner with Samuel J. Tilden, of whose will he became an executor. He served as commissioner and president of the board of education in 1856; was a member of the Central Park commission; its executive officer and president of the board, 1857-70, and comptroller of the city of New York, 1871-76. Upon entering the comptroller's office he found an immense debt on the city caused by the extravagance of the Tweed ring, amounting to millions of dollars, and his system of checks put a stop to a method that had made possible such a condition. In 1868 he conceived the plan of Greater New York, which became a reality in 1898; was chairman of the commission under the act of 1890, and became known as the "Father of Greater New York." In 1898 he received a medal commemorating the consolidation of the municipalities about the port of New York. He also originated the suggestion of consolidation which resulted in the New York public literary, Astor, Lenox and Tilden foundations, of which he became an original trustee. He was also chairman of the commission having in charge the plans for the railroad bridge over the Hudson river to accommodate eight railroad tracks with an elevated spur for freight traffic along the water front of the river from 59th street to the Battery in New York city. He was appointed a commissioner of the State Reservation at Niagara in 1885 and was made its president. In 1883 he was appointed a state commissioner relative to the tax laws of the state of New York. Among many other projects he inaugurated the Society for the preservation of scenic and historic places and objects, the Zoölogical garden, the Museums of Art and Natural History and the Meteorological observatory, which were built up by his efforts. Deloris Williams

GREEN, Jerome Joseph, electrician, was born near Somerset, Ohio, Dec. 26, 1865; son of Joshua and Emily (Flowers) Green; grandson of Joshua and Sarah (Hughes) Green, and of Matthias and Mary (Elder) Flowers; and a descendant of Captain Joshua Green of the Kent County, Md., militia in war of 1812, who came to America from England in 1800. He studied and taught in the district schools, and learned the carpenter's trade. He was graduated from the Ohio State university, M.E. in 1893, and during the college vacations designed cash registers and worked in photograph galleries. He was employed as a tester of the electrical apparatus for the bureau of awards at the World's Columbian exposition in 1893. He was engaged at the installation of the electrical apparatus at the Atlanta exposition in 1895, and was connected with the Chicago Edison company and the National school of electricity in Chicago until 1895. He accepted the chair of physics and electrical engineering at Notre Dame university, Indiana, in 1895. He conducted a series of experiments in wireless telegraphy at Notre Dame university, 1899, with apparatus made up in the laboratories and shops of the university, first from one room to another, then increasing the distance till signals were distinctly received three miles away, —the [p.391] apparatus used in the last trial being an improvement on the first. He made another series of tests in the business district of Chicago and on Lake Michigan, where a message was sent out a mile and a half. Deloris Williams

GREEN, James Stephens, senator, was born in Fauquier county, Va., Feb. 28, 1817. He attended the public schools, removed to Alabama in 1836, and then to Canton, Mo., where he was admitted to the bar in 1840 and began practice. He was a presidential elector on the Democratic ticket in 1844; was a member of the state constitutional convention in 1845; and a representative in the 30th and 31st congresses, 1847-51. He argued a boundary dispute case in the supreme court, by appointment of Gov. Austin A. King, and in 1849-50 canvassed his state in opposition to the return of Senator Thomas H. Benton, and Henry S. Geyer was elected to succeed him in the U.S. senate. In 1853 President Pierce appointed Mr. Green chargé d'affaires and subsequently minister resident at Bogota, New Grenada. He was elected a representative in the 34th congress in 1854, but before taking his seat, Dec. 3, 1855, he was chosen U.S. senator as successor to D. R. Atckison, and he served his entire term. During the second session of the 35th congress he was chairman of the senate committee on territories and presented the report of that committee advocating the admission of Kansas to the Union under the Lecompton constitution. He died in St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 9, 1870. Deloris Williams

GREEN, Jacob, educator, was born in Philadelphia, pa., July 26, 1790; son of the Rev. Ashbel and Elizabeth (Stockton) Green, and grandson of Jacob Green. He was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1807, and from Queen's (afterward Rutgers) college in 1812, and was admitted to the bar, practising in Philadelphia until 1818, when he accepted the chair of experimental philosophy, chemistry and natural history in the College of New Jersey. He resigned in 1822 to become professor of chemistry in Jefferson medical college in Philadelphia where he remained until his death. He received the degree of A.M. from Queen's college, and from the College of New Jersey in 1815; that of M.D. from Yale in 1827, and that of LL.D. from Jefferson in 1835. He published Treatise on Electricity; Chemical Diagram; Chemical Philosophy (1829); Astronomical Recreations (1829); A Syllabus of a Course of Chemistry (1835); Trilobites (1832); Botany of the United States (1833); Notes of a Traveller (1831); and Diseases of the Skin (1841). He died in Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 1, 1841. GREEN, James Sproat, lawyer, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 22, 1792; son of Ashbel and Elizabeth (Stockton) Green; grandson of Jacob 2d and Elizabeth (Pierson) Green; and a descendant of Thomas and Elizabeth Green(e), 1635. He was graduated from Dickinson college in 1811; was admitted to the bar of New Jersey in 1817, as counsellor in 1821 and as sergeant in 1834, and was law reporter, 1831-36. He was U.S. district attorney fur New Jersey, 1829-45, and was nominated by President Tyler to be secretary of the treasury, but was not confirmed by the senate, He was a trustee of the College of New Jersey, 1828-69, and professor of jurisprudence there, 1847-55. He married in 1825 Isabella W., daughter of John McCulloh of Philadelphia. He died at Princeton, N.J., Nov. 8, 1862. Deloris Williams

GREENE, Albert Gorton, jurist, was born in Providence, R.I., Feb. 10, 1802; son of John Holden and Elizabeth (Beverly) Greene; grandson of Thomas Rice and Mary (Briggs) Greene, and a descendant of John Greene, a contemporary of Roger Williams who with Samuel Gotten settled Warwick, R.I. He prepared for college at the university grammar school in Providence, and was graduated from Brown in 1820. He was admitted to the bar in 1823, and opened an office in Providence where he was clerk of the city council, 1832-67; clerk of the municipal court, 1832-57; and judge of the municipal court, 1858-67. He drafted the original school bill of Rhode Island, was one of the founders of the Providence Athenæum, and president of the R.I. historical society, 1854-68. He was a student of English literature, and at the time of his death possessed a large private library. His collection of American poetry finally passed to Brown university. In 1824 he was married to Mary Ann, daughter of Benjamin Clifford of Providence. One of their daughters became the wife of the Rev. Dr. Samuel White Duncan, and when Judge Greene resigned from the municipal bench in 1867, he removed to his daughter's home in Cleveland, Ohio. Judge Greene edited Thomas Dring's Recollections of the Jersey Prison Ship (1829), and the Literary Journal (1833). Besides articles in periodicals he is the author of the poems Old Grimes, the Militia Muster. Adelheid, The Baron's Last Banquet, and Canonchet. He died in Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 3, 1868. Deloris Williams

GREENE, Albert Collins, senator, was born in East Greenwich, R.I., April 15, 1791; son of Perry and Elisa (Belcher) Greene; grandson of Nathaniel and Mary (Mott) Greene, and a descendant of John Greene, a surgeon who came to America from Salisbury, England, in 1635. He received his education in Kent academy, East Greenwich, was admitted to the bar in New York city and practised his profession in Rhode Island. He was a member of the general assembly, 1815-16, 1822-25; brigadier-general, commanding the 4th brigade, R.I. state militia, 1816-21, and major-general of the militia of the state, 1822-25; attorney general of the state, 1825-43; state senator, 1843-44; U.S. senator, 1845-51; and again a state senator, 1851-52, and a representative in the general assembly, 1857-58. He was married, March 16, 1814, to Catherine Celia, daughter of William Greene, and four children by the marriage survived him. After the death of his first wife he was married to Mrs. Julia [p.398] Bourne Jones, widow of Abel Jones and daughter of Benjamin Bourne. There were no children by this marriage. He received the honorary degree of A.M. from Brown university in 1827. He died in Providence, R.I., Jan. 8, 1863. Deloris Williams

The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume IV G Green, Wil page 397 GREEN, Wharton Jackson, representative, was born in St. Mark's, Fla., Feb. 28, 1831; son of Gen. Thomas Jefferson and Sarah A. (Wharton) Green; grandson of Solomon and Fanny (Hawkins) Green, and of Jesse Wharton, and a descendant of William Green, of Philemon Hawkins, who settled in Bute county, N.C., in 1717, and of Abigail Sugan, better known as "Grandmother Cook." Wharton attended Georgetown college, D.C.; the U.S. military academy; the University of Virginia, and Cumberland university, Tenn. He read law in the last two institutions and was admitted to practice in the supreme court of the United States, being associated with the law firm of Robert J. Walker and Louis Janin. Failing health for the time necessitated the giving up of that profession for one requiring more active out-door exercise. In 1858 he was married to Esther Sargent, only child of John S. Ellery of Boston, Mass., by whom there were four children [p.397] born, namely: Sarah Wharton, wife of Pembroke Jones of New York; John Ellery; Adeline C., and Mabel Ellery, wife of George B. Elliott of Richmond, Va. After the decease of his first wife, Mr. Green was married to Adeline Burr, widow of Judge David Davis of Illinois (1815-1886). He spent the year 1858 in Europe, and in 1859 became a planter in Warren county, N.C. In 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate service and was commissioned lieutenant-colonel, commanding shortly after. He was wounded at Washington, N.C., in 1862; was taken prisoner at Roanoke Island, Feb. 8, 1862; was again wounded at Gettysburg and taken prisoner on the train carrying wounded soldiers from the field of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863, and was confined on Johnson's Island, Lake Erie. After the close of hostilities he settled in Fayetteville, N.C., and interested himself in viticulture. He was a delegate to the Democratic national conventions of 1868, 1872, 1876 and 1888, and was a representative from North Carolina in the 48th and 49th congresses, 1883-87. He introduced the first resclution to prevent food adulteration and supported the resolution as submitted by the select committee on the public health in an able speech delivered in the house of representatives, April 21, 1884. He was also active in framing and supporting the anti-oleomargarine bill and supporting the bill providing for the national library building At the close of his second term in congress he retired from public life and devoted himself to the cultivation of his extensive vineyards and to literary pursuits. Deloris Williams

The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume IV G Green, William Mercer GREEN, William Henry, clergyman, was born in Groveville, Burlington county, N.J., Jan. 27, 1825; son of George S. and Sarah (Kennedy) Green. He was graduated at Lafayette college in 1840, was tutor there, 1841-42; adjunct professor of mathematics, 1843-44; graduated at Princeton theological seminary in 1846, and was assistant instructor in Hebrew in the seminary, 1846-49. He was ordained to the Presbyterian ministry, May 24, 1848, and was pastor of the Central Presbyterian church, Philadelphia, Pa., 1849-51, when he accepted the chair of Oriental and Old Testament literature in Princeton theological seminary. He declined the presidency of the college in 1868; was moderator of the General Assembly in 1871; received the degrees D.D. from Princeton in 1857 and LL.D. from Rutgers in 1873, and was chairman of American committee for revision of Old Testament. He is the author of a Hebrew Grammar (1861); Hebrew Chrestomathy (1863); The Pentateuch Vindicated from the Asper-signs of Bishop Colenso (1863); The Arguement of the Book of Job Unfolded (1874); Moses and the Prophets (1883); The Hebrew Feasts (1885); The Higher Criticism of the Pentateuch (1895); The Unity of the Book of Genesis (1895); and General Introduction to the Old Testament (1898). He died in Princeton, N. J., Feb. 10, 1900 Deloris Williams

Following Messages are mini-biographies of some famous people surnamed GREEN. Perhaps they can help someone doing research on them. The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume IV G Greene, Albert Collins GREEN, William Mercer, first bishop of Mississippi and 51st in succession in the American episcopate, was born in Wilmington, N.C., May 2, 1798. His father was a wealthy rice-planter and his mother was of Quaker origin. He was graduated at the University of North Carolina in 1818, receiving his A.M. degree in 1833; studied theology under Bishop R. C. Moore and was ordained deacon in the Protestant Episcopal church, April 21, 1821, and priest, April 20, 1822. He was rector of St. Jonn's church at Williamsborough, 1821-25; of St. Matthew's church at Hillsborough, which he founded, 1825-37; was chaplain and professor of rhetoric and logic in the University of North Carolina, 1837-49, and bishop of the diocese of Mississippi, 1850-87. He was consecrated bishop at St. Andrew's Church, Jackson, Miss., Feb. 24, 1850, by bishops Otey, Polk, Cobbs and Freeman. On Feb. 24, 1883, the Rev. Hugh Miller Thompson was made assistant bishop of the diocese at the request of Bishop Green who had given thirty-three years to the administration of the affairs of the diocese Bishop Green was one of the original founders of the University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn. in 1857, a trustee, 1857-67, and chancellor and president of the board of trustees, 1867-87. He received the honorary degrees of D.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and LL.D. from the University of Virginia in 1848, and that of LL.D. from the University of the South in 1878. He published, besides sermons and orations: Memoir of the Rt. Rev. Bishop Ravenscroft (1830) and Life of the Rt. Rev. Bishop Otey (1886). He died at Sewanee, (Jackson Co.) Tenn., Feb. 13, 1887 Deloris Williams

I have recently found that my Grgrgrandfather John C Green remarried after his first wife died. He married a Martha Jane Watkins in 1860 in Maury Co. Tn. They had one child, Henry D. Green born abt 1862 in Maury Co. Tn. John C died and I found Martha Jane and son Henry D Green living with a Watson family in 1870 census for Haywood County Tn.Haven't been able to find them since. Does anyone have this family in their line? Thanks. M.E. jsorensen4@cfl.rr.com