Found this site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_S._Green James S. Green >From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search James Stephen Green (February 28, 1817 - January 19, 1870 was a United States Representative and Senator from Missouri. Born near Rectortown, Virginia, he attended the common schools and moved to Alabama and then to Missouri about 1838. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1840 and commenced practice in Monticello, Missouri. He was a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1845 and was elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Congresses, serving from March 4, 1847 to March 3, 1851. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1850, and was Charge d'Affaires to Colombia in 1853-1854. He was appointed Minister Resident in June 1854, but did not present his credentials; he was elected to the Thirty-fifth Congress, but did not take his seat, having been elected to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy in the term commencing March 4, 1855, and served from January 12, 1857, to March 3, 1861. While in the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on Territories (Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses). Green died in St. Louis, Missouri in 1870; interment was in the Old Cemetery, Canton. References a.. Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress ********************************************************************* > I will certainly do that, Gary, even though I only got to "meet" her > yesterday for the first time. (I'm very new to this posting stuff!) But > I'll call you my friend, too, since you jumped in to help me so very > kindly. Thank you so much for your other posts on GGG-G'mother Susan! > Now, if I could just find out where they buried her son-in-law, James > Stephen Green (US Senator from MO right before the Civil War). (hint, > hint) :-) > > Thanks for the work that you do--it is appreciated very much. Susan > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOLEWIS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >