Lapeer County MI Archives Biographies.....Greene, Nathaniel N. 1843 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

NATHANIEL N.GREENE. Among the most popular citizens and energetic farmers of
Hadley Township, Lapeer County, is Mr. Greene, whose nativity was in St.
Lawrence County, N. Y., in 1843, and who came that same year with his parents,
Nathan and Martha (Cramton) Greene, to Michigan. His father was born at
Shoreham, Vt., in 1820, and was one of a family of nine children, all of whom
grew to maturity, and migrated to the Wolverine State at about the same time,
thus making a notable and valuable addition to the population of this State, as
they brought with them those sterling qualities of habit, influence and
character, which mark the good old families of the Green Mountain State.

  The paternal grandfather of our subject, whose name was also Nathan Greene,
was likewise a native of Vermont, and a drummer in the War of 1812. Tradition
has it that this name has been handed down from generation to generation, from
the first families of Greenes who came to this country, and the vocation of a
farmer has also come with it, it has been an agricultural family all the way
down the line.

  Our subject grew to manhood in Hadley Township, and had not reached his
majority when his patriotic impulses led him to join the Union Army, enlisting
in Company H, Ninth Michigan Cavalry, and being assigned to the Army of the
Cumberland. He took part in the following important engagements: Knoxville,
Cynthiana, Atlanta, Waynesboro, Aiken, S. C, Bentonville, N. C. He was captured
at Camp Dick Robinson, Ky., July 5, 1864, but made his escape an hour later. The
only wound worth speaking of was from a saber point received in his shoulder at
Aiken. He was honorably discharged in July, 1865, and at once came home to
Michigan. Mr. Greene's regiment was in the last skirmishing which was done with
Johnston's army, and they had the distinction of firing the last shots. He was
made Sergeant in 1864, and held this office until the close of the war,
discharging his duties faithfully. The father of our subject enlisted in the
First Michigan Cavalry, serving sixteen months.

  In 1867, Mr. Greene was married to Alzina Heath, daughter of James and
Catherine (Murdaugh) Heath, of Canada, and to this union were born six children:
Lucy, now the wife of Edgar Howe; Jesse, Clarence, Archer and Arthur (twins) and
Jennie;. The mother of this household was called from this happy home in
February, 1890, and Mr. Greene has now married Miss Millie Frazier. She is a
daughter of William and Sarah (Stephenson) Frazier.

  He of whom we write owns an excellent farm of one hundred acres, and upon it
he has placed good buildings. Its prosperous condition speaks well for the hand
of the manager, and its excellent crops prove not only the wealth of the soil,
but the thoroughness of its culture. His political preferences have made him a
life-long Republican. He is deeply interested in all associations which tend to
forward the interests of the farming community, and is a life member of the
Hadley Agricultural and Horticultural Societies.


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Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States

Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892


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