Wayne County IN Archives Biographies.....Greene, Thaddeus C. June 5, 1835 - March 8, 1880
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Author: History of Wayne County, Indiana;Volume II, (1884)

Centre Township
p. 336 & 337 

Thaddeus C. Greene, deceased, was born in Huntsville, Ala., June 5, 1835, a 
son of Thomas B. and Eda (Dodge) Greene. When he was a child his father died, 
and his education was therefore limited to the common schools of his native 
State. When he was ten years of age his mother, with her five children, 
removed to Liberty, Union Co., Ind., and it was there and in Wayne County that 
Thaddeus C. grew to manhood. He subsequently went to Abington, Wayne County, 
and served an apprenticeship at the carriage-maker's trade, and became an 
intelligent and skillful workman. He remained at Abington till the breaking 
out of the war of the Rebellion, when he was one of the first to respond to 
the call for troops, enlisting as a private in Company A., Eighth Indiana 
Infantry, for three months. He was actively engaged during his term of service 
and was discharged Aug. 6, 1861. He returned home and worked at his trade till 
Aug. 5, 1862, when he again enlisted and was assigned to duty in the 
Nineteenth Indiana Battery and served till the last gun was fired; was 
discharged June 10, 1865. He participated in the battles of Perryville, 
Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Kennesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, New Hope 
Church, Jonesboro, and many others of less note. As a soldier he never shirked 
any duty, however irksome or dangerous it might be. Brave and intrepid, he won 
the confidence and esteem of his superiors, and with his comrades in the ranks 
he was a general favorite, on account of his obliging and genial disposition. 
After his return home he worked at his trade till Oct. 6, 1866, when he lost 
both hands by the premature discharge of a cannon. May 30, 1867, he married 
Martha E., daughter of Enoch and Martha Coddington, of Union County, Ind. They 
had one child---Dotha L. They lived in Abington a year after their marriage 
and then removed to Centreville, Mr. Greene having received the appointment of 
Postmaster, a position he held four years. He joined Abington Lodge, No. 15, 
I.O.O.F., in 1864, and at the time of his death was a member of Hoosier Lodge, 
No. 23, Centreville. He was a faithful member of his order, and practiced in 
his daily life the principles advocated in the lodge. Generous, sociable and 
confiding, he won an enviable place in the estimation of his fellowmen. 
Correct and prompt in his business transactions, he left a reputation worthy 
of imitation. Politically he was a Republican, always, voting with that party 
upon all National issues. He cared nothing for official honors, preferring to 
attend to his own personal business affairs. He died March 8, 1880. 
Immediately after Mr. Greene's death, Mrs. Greene received the appointment of 
Postmistress of Centreville, a position she still holds. She has conducted the 
affairs of the office in an able manner, and justly deserves the appreciation 
of the public.


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