Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Gen. Samuel Miles Green and Rachel E. Dorsey




Husband Gen. Samuel Miles Green 1 2

           Born: 13 Apr 1797 - near Milesburg, Centre Co, PA 1 2
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           Died: 21 Dec 1878 - Patton Twp, Centre Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: Joseph Green, Sr. (Abt 1765-1839) 1 2
         Mother: Hannah Griffith (      -      ) 1 2


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Wife Rachel E. Dorsey 2

           Born:  - Barre Forge, Huntingdon Co, PA
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           Died:  - Barre Forge, Huntingdon Co, PA
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         Father: Greenberry Dorsey (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Elizabeth Bartholomew (      -      ) 2




Children
1 M G. Dorsey Green 2 3 4 5 6

           Born: 13 Mar 1832 - Centre Furnace, near Bellefonte, Centre Co, PA 7
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         Spouse: Mary Gregg (1834-      ) 4 5 7


2 F Hannah E. Green 3 7

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3 M Joseph A. Green 3 7

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General Notes: Husband - Gen. Samuel Miles Green


He was a good type of the old school of gentlemen, with hearty and sincere manner. Carrying the weight of almost an additional span to the years of man's allotted life, he stood erect as a boy of twenty, and retained to a remarkable degree the manly strength and vigor of early life.
He studied law with Hon. John Blanchard, and was admitted to the bar. Shortly after he was appointed deputy attorney-general for Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, whence he removed to Meadville and remained five years. In 1834 he abandoned the practice of law and became the manager of the Centre Iron-Works, whence he removed to Barre Forge, in Huntingdon County, carrying on the iron-works there until 1875, when he sold out and returned to his native county, and died at his place on Buffalo Run. He was present in the court-room when Munks was tried, and one of the guards at the gallows.

While a resident of Huntingdon County he was commissioned a brigadier- general of militia by Gov. Porter. In politics he was originally a Whig, later a Republican.

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Sources


1 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 196.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 452.

3 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 197.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 3.

5 —, Book of Biographies of Leading Citizens of Berks County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1898), Pg 13.

6 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 332.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 453.


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