Grayson, William John – Green, Harry H
Grayson, William John
state legislator, congressman, author, was born Nov. 10, 1788, in Beaufort, S. C. He was a commissioner in equity of South Carolina for many years; a member of the state legislature in 1813; and a representative in congress from 1833 to 1837. He was appointed, by President Taylor, collector of the customs of Charleston, holding the office until 1853. He subsequently devoted himself to planting; published The Hireling and the Slave; Chicora, and Other Poems; and was the author of a Life of J. L. Petigru. He died Oct. 4, 1863, in Newberne, S. C.
Greaton, John
soldier, was born March 10, 1741, in Roxbury, Mass. During the siege of Boston he led an expedition which destroyed the buildings on Long Island in Boston harbor. Congress made him a brigadier-general in 1783. He died Dec. 16, 1783, in Roxbury, Mass.
Greatorex, Elizabeth Elean- Or
artist, was born May 26, 1854, in New York. She has decorated china, and illustrated books, but now gives her chief attention to painting. She has exhibited at the National academy The Bath; and Color that Burns as if no Frost could Tame.
Greatorex, Henry Wellington
musician, composer, was born in 1816 in England. For some years he was organist and conductor of the choir at St. Paul's chapel of New York city. He published a Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, Chants, Anthems, and Sentences.
He died in September, 1858, in Charleston, S. C.
Greatorex, Kathleen Honora
artist, was born Sept. 10, 1851, in Hoboken, N. J. Many of her paintings have been flower-pieces, and she has exhibited The Last Bit of Autumn; Goethe's Fountain, Frankfort; panels with Thistles and Corn and Hollyhocks.
Greatsinger, Jacob L
railroad president, was born July 1, 1859, in Elmira, N. Y. Since 1892 he has been president of the Duluth and Iron Range railroad. as a
Greeley, Horace
journalist, statesman, author, was born Feb. 3, 1811, in Amherst, N. H. In 1831 he obtained work journeyman printer in New York city. In 1834, in connection with Jonas Winchester, he started the New Yorker, a weekly journal of literature and general intelligence, and became its editor; after struggling on several years the journal was abandoned. During its existence, Mr. Greeley published several political campaign papers, the Constitution, the Jeffersonian, and the Log Cabin. In 1841 he commenced the publication of the New York Tribune, and in 1848 was chosen to fill a vacancy in the thirtieth congress. In 1851 he visited Europe, and was chosen chairman of one of the juries at the world's fair; gave an account of his travels in a series of letters to the Tribune, which were afterwards collected into a volume. He also published a collection of his addresses, essays, etc., under the title of Hints Toward Reforms; and a work entitled The American Conflict. In 1864 he was a presidential elector; was a delegate to the Philadelphia loyalists' convention of 1866, and to the state constitutional convention of 1867. He was one of those who gave bail for Jefferson Davis in May, 1867. In 1872 he was nominated by the conservative party for the office of president, but was defeated. His most popular book was Recollections of a Busy Life. He died Nov. 29, 1872, near Pleasantville, N. Y.
Greely, Adolphus Washington
explorer, author, was born March 27, 1844, at Newburyport, Mass. He is an arctic explorer in the United States service. In 1887 he was appointed chief of the signal service corps, with the rank of brigadiergeneral, and was thus at the head of the weather bureau until its transfer to the department of agriculture in 1891. He is the author of Three Years of Arctic Service; American Weather; Handbook of Arctic Discoveries; and Explorers and Travelers.
Green, Alexander Little Page
clergyman, author, was born June 6, 1806, in Sevier county, Tenn. He was a methodist clergyman of Nashville who was the author of The Church in the Wilderness.
He died July 15, 1874, in Nashville, Tenn.
Green, Ashbel
clergyman, college president, author, was born July 6, 1762, in Hanover, N. J. He was a presbyterian clergyman, president of Princeton college in 1812-22. He is the author of Sermons from 1790 to 1836; Sermons on the Assembly's Catechism; and History of Presbyterian Missions. He died May 19, 1848, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Green, Bartholomew
printer, journalist, was born Oct. 12, 1666, in Cảmbridge, Mass. In 1704 he issued the first number of the Boston News Letter, which for fifteen years was the only newspaper in the colonies. For about forty years he was printer for the government, and the foremost publisher in Boston. He died Dec. 28, 1732, in Boston, Mass.
Green, Beriah
reformer, author, was born in 1794 in New York state. He was a reformer and anti-slavery leader of Ohio and New York. He is the author of History of the Quakers; and Sermons and Discourses. He died May 4, 1874, in Whitestown, N. Y.
Green, Byram
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in New York. He served five years in the assembly of that state; was a representative in congress from 1843 to 1845; and was subsequently judge of a county court. He died Oct. 18, 1865, in Sodus, N. Y.
Green, Caleb Smith
lawyer, jurist, banker, was born Feb. 18, 1819, in Lawrenceville, N. J. He gained a large and profitable practice, and was elected in 1873 a judge of the court of errors and appeals, serving for eleven years. He died Feb. 19, 1891, in Trenton, N. J.
Green, Charles
naval officer, was born in 1814 in Connecticut. He entered the United States navy in 1826, became past midshipman in 1832, lieutenant in 1837, commander in 1855, captain in 1862, and commodore in 1867. He died April 7, 1887, in Providence, R. I.
Green, Charles Gordon
journalist, was born July 1, 1804, in Boscawen, N. H. He was editor of the Free Press of Taunton, Mass.; the National Palladium of Philadelphia in 1827; The Boston Statesman in 1829, and was the founder and editor of the Boston Morning Post.
He died Sept. 27, 1886, in Boston, Mass.
Green, Charles Henry
inventor, business man, was born Oct. 21, 1837, in Dayton, Ohio. His hektograph is said to be the best invention ever used for reproducing writings and facsimile copies.
In 1889 he was elected president of the Washington City and Point Lookout Railway company.
Green, Duff
lawyer, journalist, author, was born Aug. 15, 1791, in Kentucky. He was a Washington lawyer and journalist, and the author of Facts and Suggestions; and How to Pay off the National Debt. He died June 10, 1875, in Dalton, Ga.
Green, Edward Howard
soldier, lawyer, legislator, public official, was born March 1, 1837, in Aurora, Ind. During the civil war he enlisted in company I, sixteenth regiment Indiana volunteers, and was elected first sergeant of the company. He next entered the eleventh regiment of Kentucky volunteer cavalry as second lieutenant, was promoted to first lieutenant, and finally to captain. In 1866 he was elected a member of the Indiana state legislature, and during 1877-79 served as mayor of Aurora, Ind. In 1886 he was elected prosecuting attorney of his county, and in 1890 was again elected mayor of his city, and again in 1892. He died. Sept. 7, 1893:
Green, Edward Howland Rob- Inson
railroad president, was born Aug. 22, 1868, in London, England. Since 1893 he has been president of the Texas Midland railroad.
Green, Ernest Sherman
journalist, poet, was born April 30, 1866, in Waseca, Minn. He is the editor of Mexican and South American poems; and the author of a volume entitled Poems of the Past, Present and Future.
Green, Ezra
soldier, physician, was born June 17, 1746, in Malden, Mass. In 1775 he joined the continental army as surgeon. He was a delegate to the New Hampshire constitutional convention of 1820. He died July 25, 1847, in Dover, N. H.
Green, Francis Matthews
naval officer, author, was born Feb. 23, 1835, in Boston, Mass. He was a United States naval commander, and the author of The Navigation of the Caribbean Sea; Telegraphic Determination of Longitudes; and List of Geographical Positions.
Green, Frederick W
congressman, was born in Maryland. He removed to Ohio, and was elected a representative in congress from that state from 1851 to 1855.
Green, George Walton
lawyer, author, was born in 1854 in New York. He is a lawyer of New York city and the author of Repudiation.
Green, Harry H
clergyman, poet, was born March 13, 1839, in England. In 1869 he began the study of law, but on the breaking out of the war at that time ne enlisted as a private in company I, second regiment Iowa volunteer infantry. At the battle of Corinth ne was recommended for promotion, and commissioned captain of his company. Since 1865 he has filled important pastorates in the methodist episcopal church. He has served with distinction as a representative in the Iowa state legislature, on the prohibition issue. He was appointed presiding elder of the Dubuque district for six years, and in 1890 was re-appointed presiding elder and placed on the Decorah district. He has been a member of the board of trustees of the Upper Iowa university, and also of the Epworth seminary. The degree of doctor of divinity was conferred upon him by the Iowa Wesleyan university, and also by the university of the Northwest,