Baldwin County GaArchives History .....History of Baldwin County - Green Biography 1925 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 October 7, 2004, 11:56 am p. 341-347 DR. WILLIAM MONTGOMERY GREEN Dr. William Montgomery Green was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1767. He belonged to the nobility of Ireland. He married Anne Maria Wilkes, a niece of John Wilkes, Lord Mayor of London. Having to leave Ireland on account of taking part in the Rebellion of 1798, he emigrated to France. In 1800 he came to this country with Thomas Addis Emmet. They landed at New York, but the climate proving too severe for his wife's health, Dr. Green came to Beaufort, S. C., where, December 25, 1804, was born Thomas Fitzgerald Green. There were three other children: John, Willy, and Anne. About this time the family moved to Savannah, Georgia. In 1807, Mrs. Green died, leaving little Thomas, to his sister Anne's care. Willy died in childhood. One thing impressed itself upon his brothers and sisters: One night he saw a great, burly negro coming up the stairs; Little Willy seized a sword, that hung in a scabbard above his bed, and rushing to the steps, let in between two walls, flourished it over the negro's head. The negro fled at once, not knowing that the sword was in the hand of a child. John led a seafaring life, but died at Mount Pleasant, E. Felicianna, La., 1833. Anne died when Thomas was about six years of age. He often said that the first tears he ever remembered shedding were at her death. Several years later Dr. Green married Miss Jane McKonkey, who was born in Burke County, Georgia, nine miles from Louisville. Their children were: James Mercer, Henry Kolluck and Anne Wilkes. Mrs Jane Green died December 12, 1828. Both sons became distinguished physicians. Dr. James Mercer Green married Miss Virginia Selina Prince, daughter of Oliver Hilhouse Prince. During the Confederate War he had charge of the Third Georgia Hospital, Richmond, Virginia. He was largely instrumental in the establishment of the Academy for the Blind at Macon, Georgia, and for many years the attending physician. Dr. Henry Kolluck Green was born in Milledgeville, in 1818. He married Miss Theodosia Parker, of S. C. He was regimental surgeon during the war. He died in 1867, April 25. Anne never married. The gentleman to whom she was engaged, was drowned at sea, when returning from a trip to Europe. Dr. Green's third wife, Miss Sarah McDougal, survived him. She was a Scotch lady of great worth and character. In 1816, Dr. Green was elected Professor of mathematics and Languages at Franklin College, Athens. After a few years he resigned and opened a' school, in Milledgeville. Later, he moved to Macon and edited the Macon Messenger. He died at an advanced age, devoted to the end to the principles he had espoused in the old country. An old lady, resident of Macon, told his granddaughter that she remembered him from her childhood as a tall, straight, stately old gentleman, who carried a red, bandanna silk hankerchief, and took snuff from a gold snuff-box. THE GREENS Thomas Fitzgerald Green, son of Win. Montgomery Green and Anne Wilkes Green, was born December 25, 1804, married Adeline Eliza Anne Crowder at Powelton, Hancock County, December 1826. They had nine children, two of whom, Thomas and William, died in infancy. Addie Eliza, who married Mr. James Augustus Hall, died in 1861 and left no children. Mary Hawkins married Adlai Osborn Houston, son of Col. David C. Houston and Lemira Osborne Houston. Col. Houston was related to Gen. Sam Houston, of Texas. Mrs. Houston was related to the Youngs, Osbornes, and Hills of North Carolina. Col. Houston was one of the founders of Oglethorpe University, and in its financial embarrassment, he, with others, took scholarships. Adlai Osborn Houston and Mary Hawkins Houston had five children, two of whom, Eugene Crawford and David Eugene, died in infancy, Addie Green in third year. Mary Osborn married James Alfriend, February 14, 1874, died April 17, 1895, leaving no children. Thomas Fitzgerald, born December 31, 1858, married Virginia Clay Withers, July the third, 1879. He died in 1855 leaving two children, Thomas Fitzgerald and Harry Huger. Thomas Fitzgerald, born Aug. 4, 1880, died Sept. 1894. Henry Huger, born November, 1884, married October 6, 1905, Miss Victoria Baumhauer. One daughter, Margaret Virginia, died in infancy. There were six sons: Harry Huger, Jones Withers, Theodore Thomas, John Matthew, Jacques Baumhauer, and William Douglas. Martha Crowder Green, born Nov. 20, 1836; married Dr. Charles L. Bass, in July, 1858. They had nine children: Thomas Green, died in infancy; Addie Green; Mary Raubun; Martha Crowder; Wm. Rabun and Henry Fawcett, twins, died in infancy; Charles Larkin, Julia Louise and Adlai Houston, who died in infancy . Thomas Fitzgerald Green II, oldest son of Dr. T. F. and A. E. A. Green was born March the 3, 1843; married October 18, 1843, Ella Bibb Lipscomb, daughter of Andrew Adgate Lipscomb, Chancellor of the State University. There were thre children: Thomas Fitzgerald, Andrew Lipscomb, and Frances Adgate. Thomas Fitzgerald Green, III, married October, 1902, Miss Hope Lint on. There were three children: Thomas Fitzgerald Green, IV, John Linton Green, and Lucile Linton. Thomas Fitzgerald Green, II, died July, 1874. Anna Maria Green, daughter of Dr. T. F. and A. E. A. Green, was born September 22, 1844; married April 8, 1869, to Samuel Austin Cook, who was born December 10, 1846. There were ten children: Addie Green, Thomas Fitzgerald, Hamlin Jarrett, Samuel Irvin, Ansel Brewster, Dorothy Anna, Anna Maria, Callie Irvin Ignatia, Samuel Austin, II, Bryson Augustine. Hamlin, Samuel Ervin, Samuel Austin, and Dorothy died in infancy; Anna M. in 20th year. Addie Green Cook, oldest daughter of S. A. and A. M. Cook married William Lee Procter. There were three children: Samuel Cook, William Lee, II, and Daniel Guinn. Thomas Fitzgerald Cook, oldest son of S. A. and A. M. Cook, married, December 11, 1894, Julia Lee Nottingham. There was one daughter: Emily Anna Cook. After the death of his wife, Julia Lee, Mr. T. F. Cook married, October 17, 1899, Rosa Clay Young. There were six children: Thomas Fitzgerald, II, Robert Madison, Ansel Brewster, II, Susan Elizabeth, Samuel A., Walton Walker Young. Emily Anna Cook, oldest daughter of Thomas Fitzgerald Cook and Julia Lee Nottingham Cook, born Mar. 15, 1896, married Mr. B. S. Deaver, in 1917. Their daughter, Jeanette Deaver ,was born Feb. 3, 1919. Ansel Brewster Cook, son of S. A. and A. M. Cook, was born December 25, 1877; married December 20, 1899, Augusta Theodore Flemister, who was born September 19, 1880. There was one son, Edgar Austin Cook, who was born October 3, 1900, and died September 1, 1902. Fannie Joseph Green, youngest daughter of Dr. T. F. and A. E. A. Green, was born October 5, 1848; married November 2, 1871, to Dr. James Patton Phillips, of Habersham County, Ga. There were three children: Addie Patton, William Fitzgerald, and Thomas Duval. Addie Patton Phillips, their oldest born April 15, 1881; married May 1, 1898, James Henry Ghastley. There were eight children: James Henry, II, Nettie; Fannie Green; Charles; Sallie Florence; Thomas Duval; William Phillips; Katherine Elizabeth; William Phillips and Katherine Elizabeth were twins. Mrs. A. P. Ghastley died May 15, 1908. Her oldest, and two youngest children, are the only ones surviving her. William Fitzgerald married Lillian McMullen. Tribute to the Memory of Dr. T. F. Green A very large congregation assembled at the Methodist church on Saturday, the 15th of February, to pay the last tribute of respect to a man who perhaps has done as much for Milledgeville and his race as any other who has lived in it. The Masons, of which order he was an honored member, the attendants and the officials of the Asylum, and the citizens filled the church. Among those present, we noticed a very large number of colored people who evinced their attachment to him by deep, unfeigned grief. The services were opened by Rev. G. T. Goetchius, Chaplain of the Asylum, who read a lesson from the fifteenth of Corinthians. The beautiful and apropriate hymn, "Servant of God, Well Done," was sung. After prayer, Mr. Smith, the pastor, made these remarks: "Dr. Green's profound interest in the insane, and sympathy for their lamentable condition, induced him to appeal to the Legislature for appropriations for their suitable care and treatment. Dr. Green was at the laying of the first brick and at the last of the main structure, and for thirty-four years was at the head of the Institution. He needs no other monument. His is there, not a shaft of sculptured marble, but a grand Asylum for the suffering and the poor. No life, it seems to me, more resembles that purest and best of lives, the life of Jesus, as such a life as Dr. Green led for thirty years—living every day in the midst of those who were suffering from lunacy. It has already seemed to me that one of the chief elements in the suffering of the Man of Sorrows was His constant contact with the sick and suffering, but He at least could relieve, The physician called to one suffering with the inten-sest physicial pain, with anaesthetics or narcotics can produce at least insensibility, but who can minister to a mind diseased ? Here, one can only sympathize and weep. Yet he can sometimes with gentleness and love and skill bring back Reason to her throne, and how many are they who have come to him, wild and crazed, and gone from him clothed and in their right mind! He continued his work as long as he lived. Writing a prescription, he fell in his last attack; then rallied and worked on—went to bed, having committed himself to God, slept sweetly—was stricken again, then again, and without a pang left the house of clay for the land beyond. So beautiful was the ending to so beautiful a life! "Dr. Green was a Methodist for nearly forty years. He was a consistent, cheerful, liberal Christian. His piety never made him morose, nor was he frivolous. He was large hearted, cheerful, serene, free from bigotry, a lover of good men, just and temperate. "Of his family relations, I dare not say all I feel Some men have the power to make themselves love too well, and so it was with him. Wife, children, grand-children, associates in his work, servants, everybody loved him. His heart was large, his hand was free. "We shall miss him, and yet could we have asked that the stroke could be gentler? He had neared his four-score years—his eyes were undimmed; his strength was unabated, and without a moment's pain, a day of helplessness, he is called to another field and a higher work. We shall not say, "after life's fitful fever he sleeps well," but, "after life's useful labor he enters into the joy of his Lord." Additional Comments: From: Part V HISTORY of BALDWIN COUNTY GEORGIA BY MRS. ANNA MARIA GREEN COOK ILLUSTRATED ANDERSON. S. C. 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