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 GREENE. GREENE. 265 business of dry-goods, carpets and paper- hangings. In the spring of iSSS, VV. V. Warren of New Haven, Yt., came in as a partner, and the business was increased by the addition of an upholstery depart- ment. Mr. Green was married in Adams, May 1, 1860, to Martha, daughter i>i Chester and Anna (K.eyes) Crossett. Of this union were two children : William C. (who died when eleven months old), and Anna Keyes Green. Mr. Green is senior deacon of the Con- gregational church, superintendent of the Sabbath-school and treasurer of the church; member of the board of investment and one of the vice-presidents of the South Adams Savings Bank, and one of the trustees of the Adams Library Association. He has been a member of the school board, and for nine years one of the fire district com- missioners He was a stockholder and a director in the Adams Paper Company. Mr. Green was in Leavenworth, Kansas, during the latter part of the struggle be- tween the Free State party and the Pro- Slavery party, where he was associated in business with J. M. Dickson, one of the leading Free State men of the territory. Ill health obliged him, in the autumn of 1S58, to return East to his native town, where he now resides. GREENE, William Stedman, son of Chester W. and Abbv S. (Stedman) Greene, was born in Tremont, Tazewell county, III., April 28, 1841. He obtained his school training in the public schools of Fall River, to which place his parents came in 1X44. He entered business life in 1856 as clerk in the millinery and fancy-goods business. Here he remained two years, then was employed as insurance clerk from March, 1858, to May, 1865. He then engaged in real estate and insurance business on his own account, and, since 1866, as a member of the firm of Greene & Son. He is also general superintendent of prisons lor the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Mr. Greene was married in Fall River. March 8, 1S65, to Mary E., daughter of Pardon A. and Elizabeth V. (Spink) White. Of this union are three children : Mabel Lawton, Chester White, and Foster Regnier 1 rreene. Mr. Greene has been trustee of St. Paul's M. E. church, and superintendent of the Sabbath-school; trustee of Fall River Hos- pital ; director of Odd Fellows' Building Corporation; member of the board of asso- ciated charities ; vice-president of Bristol County Agricultural Society, and director in Massachusetts Real Estate Company. He was a member of the Fall River common council in 1876, '77, '78 and '79, and president of that body the last three years. He was mayor of Fall River in 1SS0 and '81 ; was elected an alternate delegate from the 1st congres- sional district to the national Republican convention at Chicago in 1880, and attended the convention. He resigned the office of mayor in March, 1881, and was appointed post- master by President Garfield, serving until 1885. In December, 1885, he was WILLIAM S GREENE. again elected mayor for the year ending December 31, 1886. He was appointed general superintendent of prisons of Massachusetts by Governor Ames, in July, 1888. Mr. Greene has never failed to avail himself of the privileges of a good citizi n. He has always been an ardent Republican in politics, and an active worker in munici- pal, state and national campaigns. He has been connected with the Masonic order since 1864; is a member of Mt. Hope Lodge, Fall River R. A. Chapter, Fall River Coun- cil and Godfrey De Bouillon Commandery, K. T. He is also a member of the Mount Hope Lodge of I. 0. 0. F.