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