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He

died

April

York aty. Green, John Ome,

1875,

28,

in

physician, author,

New was

born May 14, 1799, in Maiden, Mass. In 1868-86 he was senior physician of St. John's hospital. He was the author of History of Smallpox In Lowell; Memorial of John C. Dalton; An Address Before the Citizens of Lowell at the Dedication of the Green School House; Lowell and Harvard College.

He

died Dec. 23, 1886, in Lowell,

Mass.

Ome,

physician, surgeon, was bom June 7, 1841, in Lowell, Mass. In 1869-70 he was instructor in aural surgery in Harvard; and since that date has been aural surgeon in the Boston city hospital of

Green, John

Boston, Mass. Green, John Thompson, lawyer, jurist, statesman, was born Oct. 18, 1827, in Mechanicsville, S.C. He frequently served in the South Carolina state legislature between 1850 and 18.65. On the reconstruction of the state government he was appointed judge Of the third judicial district, and held office till his death. He died Jan. 27, 1875, in Sumter, S.C.

Green, Jonathan H., lecturer, author, was born in 1813 near Lawrenceburg, Ind. For twelve years he led a wandering life, traveling up and down the Mississippi under feigned names, and engaging in gambling as a profession. He reformed in 18421, and the next year began a lecturing tour, in which he revealed the vices of gambling. He is the author of Gambling Unmasked, an Autobiography; and Secret Band of Brothers.

Green, Joseph, patriot, author, poet, was

born in 1706 in Boston, Mass. In 1760 he was one of the Boston memorialists who arrayed themselves against the crown. He was the author of The Wonderful Lament of Old Mr. Tanner; and Poems and Satires. He died Dec. 11, 1780, in London, England. Green, Joseph West, manufacturer, banker, was born Aug. 23, 1848, in Marblehead, Mass. He was educated in the Glover grammar school of Marblehead; and at the Eliot school I

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Boston,

of

Mass. He is treasurer and general manager of the Glendale elastic

fabric

company

of

Easthampton, Mass.,

and He I

is

first

Providence, R.I. a director in the national bank,

the Easthampton savings bank the East;

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hampton public

li-

brary and of other corporations. His grandfather, Joseph W. Green, was in active service in the war of 1812 as Major Green'; and he founded the national grand bank of Marblehead, Mass.

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Green, Joseph F., naval officer, was bom Nov. 24, 1811, in Maine. In 1866-68 he was on ordnance duty at the Boston navy yard; and was commissioned as commodore in He was assigned to special duty in 1867. 1869, commanded the southern squadron of the Atlantic fleet in 1870; and was commissioned rear-admiral the same year, and retired in 1872. Brookline, Mass.

He

died Deo.

9,

1897, in

Green, Julia Boynton, author, poet, was born May 25, 1861, in South Byron, N.Y. She is the author of a volume of poems entitled Lines and Interlines. Green, Lewis Warner, clergyman, C9llege professor, author, was born Jan. 38, 1806, In 1848-56 he was in Boyle county, Ky. He president of Hampden Sidney college. was the author of Lectures on the Evi-

dences of Christianity. 1863, in Danville,

He

died

on

May

26,

Ky.

Green, Martin E., soldier, was bom about 1825 in Lewis county. Mo. At the beginning of the civil war he organized a regiment near Paris, Mo.; and contributed largely to the success of the confederates in the capture of Lexington, Mo., and the commanded by Colonel union garrison James A. Mulligan. He ordered his men to roll hemp-bales up the river-bank, which After this formed movable breastworks. battle he was appointed brigadier-general, served with General Price throughout the Missouri campaign; and was conspicuous for bravery in the battles of Farmington, luka, Corinth and Baker's Creek. He died Jan. 27, 1863, in Vicksburg, Miss. Green, Mary Elizabeth, physician, lecturauthor, was born in 1844 in Machias, N.Y. She was judge of food products at She is the World's Columbian exposition. the author of a work entitled Food Products of the World. Green, Nathan, lawyer, educator, author, was born Feb. 19, 1827, in Winchester, Tenn. He has been a law professor since 1866; and since 1873 has been chancellor of CumHe is the author of berland university. Hall Man of Winton; and Sparks From a Black Log. Green, Nicholas St. John, lawyer, eduer,

He praccator, author,-was born in 1830. ticed law in Boston, Mass. He was lecturer in Harvard law school; lecturer and dean of Boston university law school; and paymaster in the United States army in 186365. He was author of Green's Criminal Law Reports. He died Sept. 8, 1876, in Boston, Mass. Norvin, railroad president,, state was born April 17, 1818, in New In 1840 and afterward he Albany, Ind. served three terms in the Kentucky state He was president of the Louislegislature. ville, Cincinnati and Lexington railroad in 1869-73. He died Feb. 12, 1893, in LouisGreen,

legislator,

ville,

Ky.