GREEN
GREEN
sylvania presbytery, Oct. 4, 1833; studied in the
German univei-sities, 1834-35; was professor of
Oriental and Biblical literature at Hanover sem-
inary, Ind., 1838-39, vice-president and professor
of Euglisli literature, rhetoric and political econ-
omy at Centre college, 1839^0. While at Dan-
ville lie was also co pastor in tlie cliurch. He
was professor of Oriental literature and Biblical
criticism in the Western theological seminary,
Alleglienj-, Pa., 1839-47; was pastor of the 2d
Presbyterian church, Baltimore, Md., 1847;
pre.sident of Haniiiden-Sidney college, 1848-.56;
president of the reorganized Transylvania uni-
versity, 18."i6-.'J7; and pie.sii!ent of Centre college,
as successor to Dr. John C. Young, deceased,
1857-63. He received the honorary degree of
D.D. from Centre college in 1840. See "Life of
Dr. Lewis W. Green " by Dr. L. J. Halsey (1871).
He died at Danville, Ky., May (i, 1863.
QREEN, Nathan, educator, was born in Win- chester, Franklin count)', Tenn., Feb. 19, 1827; son of Nathan and Mary (Feild) Green, and grandson of Thomas and Nancy Green. His father was born in Amelia county, Va., May 16, 1792; was a soldier in the war of 1812; a lawyer in Amelia county, 1813-15, and in Winchester, Tenn., 181.5-28; a state senator, 1827; chancellor of the Ea.stern district, 1828-31 ; judge of the su- preme court and chief ju.stice, 1831-52; professor of the law department, Cumberland university, Lebanon, Tenn., 1848-66, and he died there, March 30, 186G. Nathan, Jr., was graduated at Cu:nberland university, A.B., 1845, LL.B., 1849. He was the only graduate in the third class, and the fourth student at the university to be graduated. He was a trustee of tlie uni- versity, 1850-56, professor of law, 1856-73, and was elected chancellor of the university, Aug. 20, 1873. He received the degree of LL.D. from Centre college, Ky.
QREEN, Norvin, telegraph official, was born in New Albany, Ind., April 17, 1818; son of Joseph and Susan Martha (Ball) Green; gi-and- son of Francis Wyatt and Lucy (Strother) Green, and of John and Ailsie (Withers) Ball of Breckinridge county, Ky. ; great grandson of Col. William and Ann (Coleman) Green, and of John and Sarah Ellen (Paine) Ball; and great^ grandson of Robert Green who came to Virginia in 1712, and married Eleanor Dunn a native of Scotland, and of William and Martha (Brumtield) Ball of Berks county. Pa. Francis Wyatt Green removed to Kentucky about 1800, and his son Joseph with two brothers fought at the liattle of New Orleans, Jan. 8, 1815. Norvin was a pupil at the "old field " school near his boyhood home in Breckinridge county, Ky., but received his education largely from his gifted mother. Ue worked on the farm, in a store and mill, on n
flat-boat, as a wood cutter, in a tavern, and as a
sheriffs collector, his father holding the office
of sheriff for Breckinridge county. He then stud-
ied medicine and was graduated at the Univer-
sity of Louisville, M.D., 1840. He subsequently
studied Latin under a private tutor. He was
married at CarroUton, Ky., April 1, 1840, to
Martha Anne, daughter of James Wharton and
Eliza Nuttall (Deniint) English. He practi-sed
medicine in Bedford, 1841; in CarroUton, 1842-
43; and in Henry county, 1843-53. He was a
representative in the state legislature, 1849 and
18.50; a Pierce and King elector In 18.53 and com-
missioner of the Custom house, Louisville, Ky. ,
1853-57. He engaged in the telegraph business
first in 1854 when with George L. Douglass and
William B. Reed he leased the line between
Louisville and New Orleans, and was manager
and soon became president of the company re-
organized as the Southwestern telegraph com-
pany in 1856. The company obtained sijecial
charters from the legislatures of the several states
through which the lines ran, and Dr. Green
afterward arranged a contract for mutual patron-
age with five other leading companies forming
the North American telegraph association. In
1866 the six companies were reorganized as the
Western Union telegraph company of which Dr.
Green was elected one of the vice-presidents.
He was again a representative in the state legis-
lature in 1868, and a prominent cantlidate before
tliat body for U.S. senator. In 1870 he resigned
as vice president of the Western Union to accept
the presidency of the Louisville, Cincinnati &
Lexington railroad, retaining the position until
the road was purchased in 1873 by the Chesapeake
& Ohio company, when he was recalled to the
vice-presidency of the Western Union. On the
death of William Orton, April 22, 1878, he suc-
ceeded to the presidency of the Western Union
telegraph company. He visited Europe in 1883,
and in England was the recipient of distinguished
civilities. He is the author of The Government
and the Teleijraph {Xorth American lieview, 1883),
See Tclcfjrnph in America by James D. Reid, and
Life in Memorial History of Louisville. He died
in Louisville, Ky., Feb. 12, 1803.
GREEN, Robert Stockton, governor of Now Jersej', was born in Princeton, N.J., March 25, 1831 ; son of James Sproat and Isabella (McCul- loh) Green; grandson of the Rev. Ashbel Green (1762-1848); and great-grandson of the Rev. Jacob Green, the Revolutionary patriot. His father was U.S. district attornej^ for New Jersey and professor of law in the College of New Jersej'. Roliert was graduated at Princeton in 1850, gained admission to the bar in 1853, and was made a counsellor in 1856. He practised in Eliz- abeth, N.J. ; was prosecutor of the borough courts.
