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744 conspicuous part in the Kansas contest, 1857-'8, and presented the majority report of the committee on territories in favor of its admission as a state, under the Lecompton constitution.

GREEN, John, physician, b. in Worcester, Mass., in 1784: d. there, 17 Oct., 1865. He was graduated at Brown in 1804, and received his medical degree from both Brown and Harvard in 1826. He established a large practice in Worces- ter, accumulated a valuable professional library, and in 1859 presented 7,000 miscellaneous works to the city of Worcester as a basis for a public library. — His nephew, John, b. in Worcester, Mass., 2 April, 1885, was graduated at Harvard in 1855, admitted a fellow of the Massachusetts med- ical society by examination in 1858, studied medi- cine at Cambridge and in Europe in 1855-'60, and took his medical degree at Harvard in 1866. In 1857 he accompanied Prof. Jeffries Wyman on a scientific expedition to Surinam. He began prac- tice in Boston in 1861, and during 1862 was in the medical service of the Western sanitary commis- sion of the U. S. army, and acting assistant sur- geon in the Army of the Tennessee. He visited Europe in 1865 in order to pursue studies in oph- thalmology, and removed to St. Louis in 1866. He is an original member of the Ophthalmological society of America, was elected professor of this branch and of otology in the St. Louis college of physicians and surgeons in 1868, became surgeon to the St. Louis eye and ear infirmary in 1872, and ophthalmic surgeon to St. Luke's hospital in 1874. He is a member of the principal medical societies both of the state and country, and has contrib- uted numerous papers on his specialty to various professional journals.

GREEN, John Cleve, merchant, b. in Law- renceville, N. J., 14 Api-il, 1800 ; d. in New York city, 28 April, 1875. He received an academic education, and in early manhood entered a count- ing-house in New York city. He went as super- cargo to South America and China from 1828 till 1888, and while in Canton became a member of the firm of Russell & Co., and was eminently suc- cessful in business. He returned to New York in 1889 with a large fortune, and settled there, con- tinuing his connection with the China trade. Much of his time was devoted to religious and charitable enterprises. He was a trustee of the New York hospital, of the Deaf and dumb asylum, president of the board of directors of the Home for cripples, and for many years financial agent and trustee of Princeton theological seminary. He endowed Princeton seminary with the Helena professorship of history, built one of the professor's houses, renovated the chapel, expending a sum which amounted to its original cost, remodelled the dining- hall, and bequeathed to the institution |50,000. Mr. Green also founded at Princeton the " John C. Green " school of science, and was liberal in his gifts to the University of New York. A Green memorial alcove containing his portrait was added to the New York society library by his widow, who gave $50,000 for that object. — His brother, Henry Woodlinll, jurist, b. in Lawrenceville, N. J., 20 Sept., 1802; d. in Trenton, 19 Dec, 1876, was graduated at Princeton in 1820, admitted to the bar of Trenton in 1825, and continued in practice there for twenty-one years. He was a member of the legislature in 1842, of the Constitutional con- vention of 1844, and was appointed afterward chancery reporter. He was chief justice of the state supreme court from 1846 till 1860, when he became chancellor, but faihng health compelled him to resign in 1866. His later years were given to study and to educational and charitable enterprises. He was a trustee of the Princeton theological seminary from 1838 till his death, and from 1860 till 1876 was president of the board. In 1850 the degree of LL. D. was conferred on him by Princeton. He published two volumes of " Re- ports of Cases in the Courts in Chancery of New Jersey " (New York, 1842-'6).

GREEN, John Orne, physician, b. in Maiden, Mass., 14 May, 1799 ; d. in Lowell, Mass., 28 Dec, 1886. He was graduated at Harvard in 1817, and at the medical school in 1822. He then settled in East Chelmsford (now Lowell), Mass., and practised his profession. In 1884 Dr. Green was councillor of the Medical society of Massachusetts, and in 1846 delivered the annual address before that body. From 1868 till his death he was senior physician of St. John's hospital. For many years he was president of the " Old residents' historical society," chairman of the school committee, and was inter- ested in municipal affairs. He published " History of Small-Pox in Lowell " (Boston, 1887); " Memorial of John C. Dalton " (1864) ; " An Address befoi-e the Citizens of Lowell at the Dedication of the Green School-House " (Lowell, 1865) ; " Lowell and Harvard College in the ' Transactions of the Old Residents' Association ' " (1877) ; and an address before that body (1868). — His son, John Orne, physician, b. in Lowell, 'Mass., 7 June, 1841, was graduated at Harvard in 1863, and at the medical school in 1866. In 1867 he visited Europe, and studied in Berlin, Vienna, and Wlirzburg, his specialty being aural surgery. On his return he settled in Boston, Mass. In 1869-'70 he was in- structor in aural surgery in Harvard, and since that date has been aural surgeon in the Boston city hospital. Dr. Green has contributed frequent papers to medical and surgical journals.

GREEN, John Thompson, jurist, b. in Me- chanicsville, S. C. 18 Oct., 1827 : d. in Sumter, S. C, 27 Jan., 1875. He was educated at the College of South Carolina, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1849. He frequently served in the state legislature between 1850 and 1865, having been first elected on the co-operative ticket, in opposi- tion to that which advocated the secession of the state, and throughout the war he was a consistent Unionist. From 1868 until civil rule was rein- stated he was provost of Sumter county. On the reconstruction of the state government he was appointed judge of the 8d judicial district, and held office till his death. In 1874 he was the un- successful candidate for governor of the Independ- ent Republican and Conservative parties.

GREEN, Jonathan H., "the reformed gambler," b. near Lawrenceburg, Ind., in 1818. His mother died while he was in infancy, and his father, who was dissipated, bound him to an unkind master. After various adventures, he ran away from his employer in 1829, and obtained work in Cincinnati, where, for some boyish offence, he was arrested and thrown into jail, where he contracted the habit of card-playing with his companions. For the next twelve years he led a wandering life, travelling up and down the Mississippi, under feigned names, and engaging in gambling as a profession. He was often imprisoned, and once escaped from jail in Louisville, Ky., by means of false keys. He reformed in 1842, and the next year began a lecturing tour, in which he revealed the vices of gambling. He was received by respectable citizens, visited state prisons, held open-air meetings, and was active in the cause of reform. In 1847 he engaged in a controversy with an avowed gambler, named Freeman, before the citi-