Biography: Faris Alphonso Greene of Itawamba and Lee Counties, Mississippi Source: Rowland, Dunbar. The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi, 1908. Nashville, Tenn.: Press of the Brandon Printing Company, 1908. Page 1061. Submitted for inclusion in the USGenweb Project Archives by Lori Thornton . ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ************************************************************************ LEE COUNTY. FARIS ALPHONSO GREENE, of Verona, was born February 24, 1856 at Richmond, Itawamba County, Miss., the son of Joseph Gilbert Greene and wife Annie Tranquilla (Conwill) Greene. His ancestors on both sides were Virginians; his grandfather, William G. Greene, was a grandson of General Nathaniel Greene of Revolutionary fame; his grandmother was a niece of Governor Wise, of Virginia; his father was a Confederate soldier, serving from May, 1861, to April, 1865. Mr. Greene obtained his education in the public schools of Itawamba County; he did not take a collegiate course. His occupation has been that of farmer and stockman; has made three importations of fine stock from Spain. He was Postmaster at Verona in 1884; is now a member of the Board of Aldermen of that town. He is a Democrat; was for four years Secretary of the County Executive Committee; is a member of the M. E. Church, South, a Mason and a Woodman of the World. Was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907. Mr. Greene was married October 5, 1880, to Turza Harkreader, daughter of Major Absalom G. Harkreader and wife, Martha Tinnie (Vivrett) Harkreader, of Verona. His wife's father's family came from England and settled in Virginia, her mother's people were Tennesseans of Irish descent.