Lewis County, West Virginia Biography of William H. GREENE, M. D. ************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: Material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor. Submitted by Valerie Crook, , July 1999 ************************************************************************** The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 157 WILLIAM H. GREENE, M. D. A well established physi- cian and surgeon at Weston, Doctor Greene wag a captain in the medical corps during the World war, and is well known in Lewis County on account of his professional activities in town and country. Doctor Greene was born in Braxton County, West Vir- ginia, January 5, 1878, son of William H. and Mary (Griffin) Greene, his father born in Upshur County in 1841 and his mother in 1843. Both are now deceased. William H. Greene, Sr., was reared on a farm, had a public school education, at the age of seventeen began teaching, and continued that service until he had com- pleted forty-three terms of school work. He was one of the prominent educators of Braxton County in his day. He also did some farming, and after retiring from the schoolroom lived on a farm until his death. He was a member of the Catholic Church, a democrat, and served sixteen years as a justice of the peace in Braxton County. Of his nine children one died in infancy and seven are now living: Dr. William H.; Madge, formerly a teacher, now the wife of M. A. Hennessy; John, an oil well driller; Edward, who was a teacher, went to England in 1918 in the employ of the United States Fuel Administration, and is still abroad; Winifred, formerly a teacher, is the wife of Clarence Marsh, of Braxton County; Michael A., now teaching at Wheeling, was a second lieutenant in the World war; and Bridget is a trained nurse living at Baltimore. Dr. William H. Greene grew up on a farm, acquired his public and academic training at Burnsville, and for four years taught school. He then entered the University of Louisville Medical School and was graduated in 1908. Doc- tor Greene began his professional practice at Camden in Lewis County, and was the principal physician in that country community for nine years. Early in the World war he accepted a commission as captain in the medical reserve corps and subsequently was assigned to active duty at a base hospital in New York City, where he served a year and a half. After leaving the army Doctor Greene resumed his practice at Camden one year, and in 1920 established his home and offices at Weston. He is a mem- ber of the County, State and American Medical associa- tions and the Southern Medical Association, is a Catholic, Knight of Columbus and in polities a republican. In 1909 he married Miss Beatrice Murray. Their five children are Marie, Irene, William H., Jr., Geraldine and Charles.