Windham County VT Archives History - Books .....From The Book, Annals Of Brattleboro, VT, By Mary Cabot Asa Green Came To Brattleboro Previous To 1810, Was A Lawyer, And Was Postmaster From 1811 To 1841. Green Street, On Land He Owned Was Named For Him. He Married Electa Willard, Who Was Born At Westminster, Vermont, December 23, 1787; She Was A Daughter Of Billy Willard, Who Was Born At Fort Dummer. She Died October 22, 1877. Upon Their Marriage They Removed To Brattleboro, Joining The Centre Congregational Church Together In 1817. For Thirty Or More Years Mr. Green Was One Of The Prime Movers In The Organization Of The Church, And Was The First Clerk. They Lived In The House Which He Built, In 1834, On The Top Of The Hill Where Green Street Bends Down To High; This House Was Afterwards The Residence Of Doctor Francis J. Higginson. Henry Burnham Speaks Of His "pleasantness, Peculiarities, Virtues And Eccentricities." In 1843 He Moved To Davenport, Iowa, Where He Died October 2, 1843. His Wife Remained In Davenport Until 1845, When She Returned, And Her Death Occurred In Brttleboro. She Left A Sister, Miss Betsey Willard, Who Died February 26, 1882, Aged Eighty-eight, And An Adopted Son, Theodore P. Greene, Admiral Of The United States Navy. See Below 1810 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/vt/vtfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Jan Jordan jnrose@webtv.net April 27, 2006, 11:06 pm Book Title: See Below From the book, Annals of Brattleboro, VT, by Mary Cabot Asa Green came to Brattleboro previous to 1810, was a lawyer, and was postmaster from 1811 to 1841. Green Street, on land he owned was named for him. He married Electa Willard, who was born at Westminster, Vermont, December 23, 1787; she was a daughter of Billy Willard, who was born at Fort Dummer. She died October 22, 1877. Upon their marriage they removed to Brattleboro, joining the Centre Congregational Church together in 1817. For thirty or more years Mr. Green was one of the prime movers in the organization of the church, and was the first clerk. They lived in the house which he built, in 1834, on the top of the hill where Green Street bends down to High; this house was afterwards the residence of Doctor Francis J. Higginson. Henry Burnham speaks of his "pleasantness, peculiarities, virtues and eccentricities." In 1843 he moved to Davenport, Iowa, where he died October 2, 1843. His wife remained in Davenport until 1845, when she returned, and her death occurred in Brttleboro. She left a sister, Miss Betsey Willard, who died February 26, 1882, aged eighty-eight, and an adopted son, Theodore P. Greene, admiral of the United States Navy. On another page in the Annals it says that Theodore P. Greene was a nephew of Asa. The spelling of the name is as it appears in the book. In the Year Book for Centre Congregational Church, printed in 1917, in celebration of the centennial of the church in the previous year, is information on all members up to that time. It says that Asa Green joined in 1817 and died Oct. 2, 1843. Mrs. A. Green (Electa Willard) also joined in 1817, was dismissed in 1842 to Davenport, Iowa, and had letter from there Aug. 31, 1845; she died Oct. 22, 1877. In 1854 Theodore P. Greene joined, was dismissed Dec. 4, 1885 to the Congregational Church in West Andover, MA. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/vt/windham/history/1810/seebelow/frombook63gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vtfiles/ File size: 3.6 Kb