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born, nanieh' : Sarah Wharton, wife of Pem- broke Jones of New York ; John Ellery ; Adeline C, and Mabel Ellery, wife of George B. Elliott of Richmond, Va. After the decease of his first wife, Mr. Green was married to Adeline Burr, widow of Judge David Davis of Illinois (1815- 1886). He spent the year 1858 in Europe, and in 1859 became a planter in Warren coimty. N.C. In 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate service and was commissioned lieutenant-colonel, com- manding shortly after. He was wounded at Washington, N,C. , in 1862; was taken prisoner at Roanoke Island, Feb. 8, 1863 ; was again wounded at Gettj-sburg and taken prisoner on the train carrying wounded soldiers from the field of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863, and was confined on Johnson's Island, Lake Erie. After the close of hostilities he settled in Fayetteville, N.C., and interested himself in viticulture. He was a delegate to the Democratic national conventions of 1868, 1872, 1876 and 1888, and was a represent- ative from North Carolina in the 48th and 49th congresses, 1883-87. He introduced the first resclution to prevent food adulteration and sup- ported the resolution as submitted by the select committee on the public health in an able speech delivered m the house of representatives, April 21, 1884. He was also active in framing and supporting the anti-oleomargarine bill and sup- porting the bill providing for the national library building At the clcse of his second term In congress he retired from public life and devoted himself to tlie cultivation of his exten- sive vineyards and to literary pursuits.

GREEN, William Henry, clergyman, was born in Groveville. Burlington county, N.J., Jan. 27, 1825; son of George S. and Sarah (Kennedy) Green. He was graduated at Lafayette college in 1840, was tutor there, 1841-42; adjunct profes- sor of mathematics, 1843-44; graduated at Princeton theological seminary in 1846, and was assistant instructor in Hebrew in the seminary, 1846-49. He was ordained to the Presbyterian ministry. May 24, 1848, and was pastor of the Central Presbyterian church, Philadelphia, Pa., 1849-51. when he accepted the chair of Oriental and Old Testament literature in Princeton theo- logical seminary. He declined the presidency of the college in 1868; was moderator of the General Assembly in 1871 ; received the degrees D.D. from Princeton in 1857 and LL.D. from Rutgers in 1873, and was chairman of American committee for revision of Old Testament. He is the author of a, Hebrew Grammar (1861); Hebrew Chrestomathy (1863); The Pentateuch Vindicated from the Asper- sions of Bishop Colenso (1863) ; The Argument of the Book of Job Unfolded (1874); Moses and the Prophets (188'i) ; The Hebrein Feasts (-[805) ■ The Higher Criticism of the Pentateuch (1895); The

Unity of the Book of Genesis (1895); and General Introduction to the Old Testament (1898). He died in Princeton, N J., Feb. 10, 1900.

GREEN, William Mercer, first bishop of Mis sissi|)pi and 51st in succession iu the American episcopate, was borii in Wilmington, N C, May 2. 1798. His father was a wealthy rice-planter and his mother was of Quaker origin. He was graduated at the University of North Carolina in 1818, receiving his A.M. degree in 1833; studied theology under Bishop R. C. Moore and was or- dained deacon in the Protestant Episcopal church, April 21, 1821, and priest, April 20, 1822. He was rector of St. John's church at Williams- borough, 1831-25; of St. Matthew's church at Hillsborough, which he founded, 1825-37; was chaplain and professor of rhetoric and logic in the University of North Carolina, 1837^9, and bishop of the diocese of Mi,ssissi])pi, 1850-87. He was consecrated bishop at St. Andrew's church, Jackson, Miss., Feb. 34, 1850, by Bishops Otey, Polk, Cobbs and Freeman. On Feb. 24, 1883, the Rev. Hugh Miller Thompson was made assistant bishop of the diocese at the request of Bishop Green who had given thirty-tliree years to the administration of the affairs of the diocese Bishop Green was one of the original founders of the University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn. in 1857, a trustee, 1857-67, and chancellor and pres- ident of the board of trustees, 1867-87. He re- ceived the honorary degrees of D.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and LL.D. from the University of Virginia in 1848, and that of LL.D. from the University of the South in 1878. He published, besides sermons and orations : Memoir of the lit. liev Bishop llavenscroft (1830) and Life of the Rt. Rev. Bishop Otey (1886). He died at Sewanee. Tenn.. Feb. 13, 1887.

GREENE, Albert Collins, senator, was born in Ea.st Greenwich. R.I., April 15, 1791; son of Perry and Elisa (Belcher) Greene; grandson of Nathaniel and Mary (Mott) Greene, and a de- scendant of John Greene, a surgeon who came to America from Salisbury, England, in 1635. He received his education in Kent academy. East Greenwich, was admitted to the bar in New York city and practised his profe.ssion in Rhode Is- land. He was a member of the general assembly, 1815-16, 1822-25; brigadier-general, commanding the 4tli brigade, R.I. state militia, 1816-21, and major-general of the militia of the state, 1822- 25; attorney general of the state, 1825—13; state senator, 1843-44; U.S. senator, 1845-51; and again a state senator, 1851-52, and a representa- tive in the general assembly, 1857-58. He was married, March 16, 1814, to Catherine Celia, daughter of William Greene, and four children by the marriage survived him. After the death of his first wife he was married to Mrs. Julia