Greene, Christopher – Greene, Mrs. Sarah Pratt
Greene, Christopher
soldier, state legislator, was born May 12, 1737, in Warwick, R. I. He served in the Rhode Island legislature in 1772-74, and was chosen a lieutenant in the Kentish Guards in 1774. In 1775 he was appointed by the legislature a major in the army of observation. He died May 13, 1781, in Westchester county, N. Y.
Greene, Clara M
artist, poet, was born in Buckfield, Maine. She has attained success as a portrait painter. In 1889 she published a volume of poems entitled Magdalen and Other Poems.
Greene, David Maxson
educator, consulting engineer, was born July 8, 1832, in Brunswick, N. Y. He attended the common schools, Adams seminary, and Rensselaer Polytechnic institute, from which latter institution he graduated in 1851; and subsequently received private instruction at West Point. He has been instructor, professor and director of the Rensselaer Polytechnic institute; chairman, assistant leveler, division engineer, and deputy state engineer on public works in the state of New York.
He has been third assistant, second assistant and first assistant engineer in the United States navy; and colonel of engineers, N. G. S. N. Y. He has also served as school commissioner of Troy, N. Y.; and is a director in the Troy City National bank, and in the Citizens' Steamboat company.
Greene, Dascom
educator, was born June 15, 1825, in Richmond, N. Y.
In 1855 he was professor of mathematics and astronomy in the Rensselaer Polytechnic institute; and since 1864 has been its librarian. He is the author of a work entitled Spherical Practical Astronomy.
Greene, Edward Lee
educator, author, was born in 1843, in Rhode Island. He is a professor of botany in the university of California, and the author of Illustrations of West American Oaks; and Flora Franciscanæ.
Greene, Francis Vinton
soldier, author, was born June 27, 1850, in Providence, R. I. He was a captain in the United States army who resigned in 1886.
He is the author of The Russian Army and Its Campaigns in Turkey in 1877-78; Sketches of Army Life in Texas; The Mississippi, a military work; and Life of General Greene.
Greene, George Sears
soldier, civil engineer, was born May 6, 1801, in Warwick, R. I. In 1836 he became a civil engineer, building many railroads in the states of Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Maryland, and Virginia. He designed and built the reservoir in Central Park, of New York city. He served with distinction through the civil war, and in 1865 was brevetted majorgeneral of volunteers.
Greene, George Sears
civil engineer, surveyor, was born Nov. 26, 1837, in Lexington, Ky. In 1875 he was appointed engineer in chief of the department of docks, New York city, in which capacity he designed and executed river walls, wharves and piers in difficult situations.
Greene, George W
educator, lawyer, jurist, congressman, author, born July 4, 1831, in Orange county, N. Y. He came to the bar in 1860; and in 1861 was elected judge of Orange county for three years. He was elected a representative from New York to the forty-first congress.
Greene, George Washington
educator, author, was born April 8, 1811, in East Greenwich, R. I. He was an historian who was professor of American history at Cornell university from 1872.
He was the author of Historical Studies; The German Element in the American War of Independence; Short History of Rhode Island; Historical View of the American Revolution; Life of General Nathaniel Greene; Biographical Studies; and History and Geography of the Middle Ages. He died Feb. 2, 1883, in East Greenwich, R. I.
Greene, Homer
lawyer, author, poet, was born in 1853, in Pennsylvania.
He is a story writer of Honesdale, Pa., and the author of The Blind Brother; Burnham Breaker; Coal and the Coal Mines; and The Riverpark Rebellion.
Greene, Hugh Wentworth
journalist, state senator, was born July 5, 1811, in Concord, N. H. During 1857-58 he served in the New Hampshire senate. In 1869 he moved to Minneapolis, Minn., where he became part owner and editorial manager of a daily paper. He died Feb. 1, 1888, in Portsmouth, N. H.
Greene, Mrs. Isabella Cather-
INE (COLTON), author, was born in 1844 in Vermont. She is a novelist and writer for young people, long a resident of Nashua, N. H., and the author of A New England Conscience; Adventures of an Old Maid; A New England Idyl; and The Hobbledehoy.
Greene, Jacob W
surgeon, poet, was born Jan. 18, 1839, in Harrison county, Ind. Since 1861 he has followed the profession of a dental surgeon, and is now located in Chillicothe, Mo. He has written quite extensively for the periodical press; and is the author of a work entitled Philosophies of Betsy Spoon. a
Greene, James L
educator, was born May 18, 1869, in Duquoin, Ill. He is descendant of General Nathaniel Greene. After graduating from the Kansas normal college of Fort Scott he entered educational work. He was also engaged in mercantile work, and the real estate business at Danville, Ill.; and for the past three years has been in the medical department of the United States army.
Greene, Joseph Chase
physician, was born July 31, 1829, in Lincoln, Vt. In 1888 he left Buffalo for a tour of the world, and during his travels he collected a museum of more than three hundred originals and copies, illustrating the political, religious and social history of ancient Egypt, Syria and other oriental countries.
Greene, Millen Sanford
educator; business man, poet, was born Dec. 23, 1825, in North Stonington, Conn. He received his education in the common schools of his native county; engaged in agricultural pursuits; and for six years went to sea as a sailor. He attained success in educational work, which he followed twelve years. He then entered counting room; and for a since 1869 has been engaged in the insurance and real estate business in Westerly, R. I. Early in life he developed a taste for poetry and music; and is the author of a series of Fireside Stories in verse, with sketches of social chat.
Greene, Moses H
poet, was born March 10, 1843, in Chester, N. H. He has been principally engaged in mercantile pursuits. He has contributed both prose and verse to the periodical press, and some of his poems have been given a place in standard works.
Greene, Nathaniel
soldier, was born May 27, 1742, in Warwick, R. I. He never gained a decided victory, yet his retreats, for which he is noted, had the effect of successes.
Congress voted him the highest honors, and he was considered, next to Washinggreatest ton, the general of the revolution. He died June 19, 1786, near Savannah, Ga. Congress voted that a monument be erected to his memory in Washington, D. C., which has not yet been done.
Greene, Nathaniel
journalist, author, was born May 20, 1797, in Boscawen, N. H. He was a Boston journalist, postmaster of Boston in 1829-40 and 1845- 49. He published a translation of Sforzosi's History of Italy; Tales from the German; and Tales and Sketches from the German, Italian and French. He died Nov. 29, 1877, in Boston, Mass.
Greene, Ray
United States senator, was born Feb. 2, 1765, in Warwick, R. I.
He was a senator in congress from Rhode Island from 1797 to 1801, when he resigned. He died Jan. 11, 1849, in Warwick, R. I.
Greene, Roger Sherman
soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born Dec. 14, 1840, in Boston, Mass. He entered the union army for the war of the rebellion, and was promoted to first lieutenant. He was judge advocate of the district of Vicksburg at the close of 1864 and beginning of 1865, and judge advocate of the western division of Louisiana from 1865 until retirement from service. While residing in Kenosha, Wis., he was appointed associate justice of the supreme court of Washington territory, residing at Olympia; and was twice reappointed, holding the office until 1879, when he was appointed chief justice of the same court, residing at Seattle, Washington territory. In 1883 he was reappointed chief justice.
Greene, Samuel Dana
naval officer, was born Feb. 11, 1839, in Cumberland, Md. He received a vote of thanks from the legislature of Rhode Island for his gallant services in the action between the Monitor ana Merrimac. He died Dec. 11, 1884, in Portsmouth, N. H.
Greene, Samuel Harrison
educator, clergyman, college president, was born Dec. 25, 1845, in Enosburgh, Vt. During 1894-95 he was president of the Columbian university.
Greene, Samuel Stillman
educator, author, was born May 3, 1810, in Belchertown, Mass. He was an educator of Providence, professor at Brown university in 1851-83, and published Analysis of the English Language; and several text-books on English Grammar. He died Jan. 24, 1883, in Providence, R. I.
Greene, Mrs. Sarah Pratt
author, was born in 1858, in Connecticut.
She is a writer whose first novel, Cape Cod Folks, was widely popular, while the fact that certain of the dramatis personæ were portraits of living people gave rise to much litigation. Her other works include Towhead and Some Other Folks; Peter Patrick; and Vesty of the Basins.
THEODORE PHINNEY, naval officer, was born Nov. 1, 1809, in Canada. He was appointed midshipman from Vermont in 1826; and in 1837 became lieutenant. He served with distinction through the Mexican and civil wars. He died Aug. 30, 1887, in Jaffrey, N. H.
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