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Casey at Washington, D.C., he undertook the erection of the state, war, and navy building, the completion of the Wasliington monument; and the construction of the building for the library of congress, having local charge of its construction, and was appointed superintendent of the building and grounds in June, 1897. On Oct. 2, 1889, he was elected a member of the American society of civil engineers, of which he was elected a director in 1894, 1895 and 1896. He was marx-ied, Jan. 1, 1868, to Julia E., daugh- ter of Marvin and Asenath (Brooks) Lincoln of Jlalden, Mass.

QREEN, Charles, naval officer, was born in New Loudon, Conn., Oct. 17, 1813. He entered the U.S. navy as midshipman May 1, 1836, and was ordered to duty on the receiving-ship Inde- pendence at Charlestowu, Mass. He was pi-omoted passed midshipman April 38, 1833; lieutenant March 8, 1837; commander Sept. 14, 1855; captain July 16, 1862; and commodore March 13, 1867. He served on the Erie of the West India squadron 1827-28; the sloop Peacock, 1829-31; at the New York station, 1831-34; on the frigate Srandywine of the Pacific squadron, 1834-37; sloop Levant of the West Indian squadron, 1838; on the receiving ship in New York harbor, 1839-40; the sloop Fal- mouth, 1841^8; the steamer Union at Norfolk, 1847; the lUirhi- rjitu on the Aikes, 1848-50; the Fulton,

1852; the re- ceiving ship Ohio in Boston harbor, 1853- 55; at the New York navy yard, 1857-.58; and as lighthouse in- spector at Buffalo, 1858-61. In 1862 he was ordered to the command of the Jamestown, and while on blockade duty off Fernandina, Fla., he destroyed the bark Alvarado under the guns of the fort and captured six prizes. He commanded the receiving ship Ohio nt Boston, 1863-65; was lighthouse inspector at New Orleans. La., 1865- 67; and on Nov. 15, 1873, was retired, having reached the age limit. He died at Providence, R.L, April 7, 1887.

QREEN, Charles Ewing, educator, was born in Trenton, N.J., Oct. 9, 1840; son of Chief Justice Henry WoodhuU and Susan Mary (Ew- ing) Green. Charles was graduated from the College of New Jersey, Princeton, in 1860; was admitted to the bar in 1863 and practised in Trenton. He was chancery reporter, 1863-77, and register in bankruptcy. He was a trustee of the College of New Jersey, 1876-97; chairman of its finance committee, and one of the residuary legatees of the estate of his uncle, John Cleve

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Green, who contributed out of that estate up- wards of .|;3,000,000 tf) the endowment of Prince- ton, largely toward the advancement of the John C. Green School of Science. He was also a trustee of the Princeton theological seminary, 1877-97, and president of the board of trustees of the Lawrenceville school, of which he was one of the four founders. The College of New Jersey conferred upon him the honoraiy degree of LL.D. in 1892. He died in Princeton, N. J., Dec. 23. 1897.

QREEN, Duff, diplomatist, was born in Wood- foi-d county, Ky., Aug. 15, 1791; son of William Green, a soldier in the American Revolution; and grandson of a cousin of George Washington. His mother was a relative of Humphrey Mar- shall of Kentucky. He pursued his studies at home and was the instructor of his younger brothers and sisters. He enlisted in the war of 1813 on his twenty-first birthday. He settled in Missouri Territory where he taught a school, con- ducted a country store, studied law, and was ad- mitted to practice. He was a delegate to the con- vention called to organize a state government in 1821, and in 1823 was elected a state senatoi-. The same year he assumed the editorial management of the St. Louis Engineer. He also established the first line of stages west of the Mississippi river. In 1834 he removed to Washington, D.C, where he purchased the United States Telegraph and used its columns in advancing the can- didacy and election of Andrew Jackson in 1838. He opposed the election of Jackson in 1832 and lost the government patronage to his newspaper amounting to §50,000 annually. He supported Calhoun in 1836. He was entrusted with import- ant missions abroad by President Jackson and by Secretaries Van Buren and Livingston, mak- ing frequent visits to the several courts of Eu- rope, where he conferred with great statesmen and rulers. In 1840 he suggested to the Whig convention the nomination of John Tyler for vice-president. In 1843 Mr. Calhoun, then secre- tary of state in the cabinet of President Tyler, sent Mr. Green to Mexico to aid in conducting negotiations for the acquirement of the territory of Texas, New Mexico and California from that government, and on his way he visited the jii-esi- dent of Texas. In 1849 he was sent to Mexico by President Taylor to arrange the payment of indemnity in exchange instead of specie which he effected to the great gain to the government. He was a messenger from Buchanan to Lincoln in 1861, constructed the Tennes.see railroad from Dalton, Ga., to Knoxville, Tenn., and founded Dalton. He is the author of Facts and Sugges- tions (181)0). He died at Dalton, Ga., June 10, 1875.

QREEN, Francis Mathews, naval officer, was born in Boston. Mass., Feb. 23, 1835; son of Mathews W. and Margaret A. (Gilchrist) Green.