Greene, Samuel, 1835-1921
Variant namesCongregational clergyman and missionary; b. in Boston, Mass.; son of a Congregational minister, he worked on family farm and moved to Vermont in 1852 and in 1856 to Iowa; looked for job opportunities in Tennessee, Arkansas, and St. Louis, Mo., before returning to Iowa to marry Sarah Elizabeth (Lizzie) Moore in 1861; then lived in Chicago but moved to Olympia, Wash., by 1873; employed by various odd jobs before becoming ordained as a Congregational clergyman in 1880 and in 1887 the Congregational Sunday School and Publishing Society of Boston made him the superintendent in charge of missionary work in Washington. He died in Seattle in 1921.
From the description of Samuel Green autobiography, ca. 1916-1921. (Washington State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 436166310
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| creatorOf | Greene, Samuel, 1835-1921. Samuel Green autobiography, ca. 1916-1921. | Washington State Historical Society | |
| referencedIn | Greene, J. Evarts (Jeremiah Evarts), 1834-1902. Papers, 1842, 1848-1910. | Gadsden Public Library | |
| referencedIn | Biography -- Greene, Sam. | Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library | |
| referencedIn | Beecher family. Beecher-Stowe family letter, 1862. | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America |
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| associatedWith | American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. | corporateBody |
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| associatedWith | Congregational Sunday-School and Publishing Society. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Greene family. | family |
| associatedWith | Greene, J. Evarts (Jeremiah Evarts), 1834-1902. | person |
| associatedWith | Green family. | family |
| associatedWith | Sherman, Roger, 1721-1793 | person |
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Person
Birth 1835
Death 1921
