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office he held for twenty-five years. He was chosen judge of the municipal court in 1858, and after failing health compelled his resignation, in 1867, he resided with his daughter in Cleveland. He was actively connected with the educational interests of Rhode Island, and is said to have drafted the original school bill of the state. Judge Greene was associated in the founding of the Providence atheuiBum, and was president of the Rhode Island historical society from 1854 till his death. He be- gan a collection of American poetry, which passed into the hands of Caleb Fiske Harris, from whose estate it was purchased by Henry B. Anthony and bequeathed to Brown university. A catalogue of the collection has been prepared and published by John C. Stockbridge (Providence, 1886). Judge Greene published in 1833 a quarterly entitled the " Literary Journal," but discontinued it at the end of the year. He was the author of several well-known poems, including " Old Grimes,"' " The Militia Muster." •' Adelheid," " The Baron's Last Banquet," and " Canonchet," published in Wilkins Updike's " History of the Episcopal Church in Narragansett " (New York, 1847).

GREENE, Asa, author, b. in Ashburnham, Mass., in 1788; d. in New York city in 1837. He was graduated at Williams in 1813, and received his medical degree at the Berkshire medical school in 1837. About 1830 he settled in New York, where he became a bookseller, and for some time edited the "New Yoi"k Evening Transcript." He pos- sessed great humor, and had good powei's of de- scription. His books include " The Life and Ad- ventures of Dr. Dodimus Duckworth, A. N. Q. ; to which is added the History of a Steam Doctor" (New York, 1833); "The Perils of Pearl Street" ( L834) ; " The Travels of Ex-Barber Fribbelton in America" (1835): "A Yankee among the Nulli- furs" (1835); "A Glance at New York" (1837); and "Debtors' Prison" (1837).

GREENE, Charles Ezra, engineer, b. in Cambridge, Mass., 12 Feb., 1842. Pie was graduated at Harvard in 1862, and later, during the civil war, served as a volunteer in the U. S. array. He was graduated at the Massachusetts insti- tute of technology in 1868, and in 1872 became professor of civil engineering in the University of Michigan. In addition to his teaching he has constructed the Huron river trestle bridge at Ann Arbor. Professor Greene is a member of the American society of civil engineers, and scientific associations. Besides papers contributed to engi- neering journals, he has published " Graphical Methods for Analysis of Bridge Trusses, extending to Continuous Girdei's and Draw-Spans " (New York, 1875) ; and " Graphics for Engineers, Archi- tects, and Builders," in three volumes, entitled, respectively, " Roof Trusses," " Bridge Trusses." and "Arches in Wood, Iron, and Stone " (1876-'80).

GREENE, Christopher, soldier, b. in Warwick, R. I., 12 May, 1737 ; d. in Westchester county, N. Y., 13 May, 1781. He served in the Rhode Island legis- lature in 1772-'4, and was chosen a lieutenant in the Kentish Guards in 1774. In May, 1775, he was appointed by the legislature a major in the army of observation, was given command of a com- pany, marched to Cambridge, and subsequently was placed by Washington in command of the first battalion under Benedict Arnold, whom he accom- panied on his expedition to Quebec. In the assault on that city under Richard Montgomery he led a detachment of troops, and when Arnold was wound- ed he was taken prisoner. He was exchanged after eight months' confinement, and in June, 1776. he was promoted to major under James M. Varnum. In October he was made colonel, with charge of Fort Mercer, on the Delaware. A year later, in October, 1777, the fort was assaulted by the Hes- sians, under Count Donop, who were re- pulsed with heavy loss, and their com- mander mor- tally wound- ed. Congress voted Greene a sword, which in 1786 was presented to his son by Gen. Henry Knox, who was then sec- retary of war. In 1778 Col. Greene and his regiment were detached for special ser-

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Island, and was placed under the command of Gen. John Sullivan, whose headquarters were in Provi- dence. Early in 1781, while in command on the Croton river, his headquarters were surrounded by a party of loyalists, by whom he was killed. A monument to his memory was erected near Red Bank, N. J., in October, 1829, by New Jersey and Pennsylvania volunteers.

GREENE, David, clergyman, b. in Stoneham. Mass., 15 Nov., 1791 ; d. in'Westborough, Mass.. 7 April, 1866. He was graduated at Y'ale in 1821, spent two years in teaching, and then was gradu- ated at the Andover theological seminary in 1826. Two years later he became assistant secretary of the American board of commissioners for foreign missions, and during his first year of service made a tour extending over nearly 6.000 miles, and lasting eight months, during which he visited nearly thirty missions to the Indian tribes. In 1832 he was chosen corresponding secretary, succeeding Jeremiah Evarts, and was ordained as a Congre- gational minister in August, 1833. He continued his connection with the board until 1848, and his duties consisted largely in editing the " Missionary Herald," and in correspondence with the Indian missions. Failing health caused hiin to decline a re-election, and he settled in Westborough, where he spent the remainder of his life, except a short residence in Windsor, Vt. Mr. Greene prepared twelve of the " special reports " of the society, many of which were of great value. He was also associated with Lowell Mason in the compilation of the hymn-book called " Church Psalmody."

GREENE, Frances Harriet, author, b. in Smithfield, R. I., 4 Sept., 1805 ; d. in California, 10 June. 1875. She was educated in Providence, R. I., and was early thrown on her own resources for support through the business failure of her father, George Whipple, who was at one time a wealthy citizen of Smithfleld. In 1842 she married at Lowell, Mass., Charles C. Greene, an artist, and removed to Springfield, Mass. The marriage proved uncongenial, and she was divorced in September, 1847. In 1860 she visited California, was married in 1862 to William C. McDougal. of that state, and remained there till her death. In the Dorr rebellion in Rhode island, in May, 1842, she became a violent partisan of the suffrage party, and suffered much