William Ely Green (1794 - 1867)

Born 4 Dec 1794 in Hanover, Morris County, New Jersey, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Stiles) Green — married 18 Oct 1823 in Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey, United States

Descendants

Died 14 Apr 1867 at age 72 in Fulton County, Georgia, United States

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Biography

William Ely Green was born in1797 in Hanover, Morris County, New Jersey, United States, the son of Benjamin Green and Sarah (Ely) Green.^[1]

William married Mary Stiles, daughter of Ephraim Price and Anna Williams Stiles, on October 18, 1823 in Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey, United States. ^[2] They had at least the following children: ^[3][4]

1. Caroline Augusta Green Colt (born in New Jersey)
2. Sarah Anna Green Dupre (born in New Jersey)
3. Henry M Green (born in New Jersey)
4. Louisa Ritter Green Rice (born in New Jersey)
5. William Wallace Green (born in Georgia)
6. Mary Frances Green (born in Georgia)
7. Harriett Hopping Green (born in Georgia)
8. Robert Edgar Green (born in Georgia)

William Green was involved in the cotton manufacturing business all of his life. When he first came to GA, he started the High Shoals Cotton Mills with Ephraim Stiles Hopping.^[5][6]

William died on April 14, 1867 in Fulton County, Georgia, United States. He was buried in Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ New Jersey, Births and Christenings, 1660-1980 index, FamilySearch, William Ely Green, ; citing PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,HANOVER,MORRIS,NEW JERSEY, reference ; FHL microfilm 0982039 IT 7, 0982039 IT 9.
2. ↑ New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956 index and images, FamilySearch, William E Greene and Mary Stiles, 18 Oct 1823; citing Essex, New Jersey, New Jersey State Archives, Trenton; FHL microfilm 1,302,553.
3. ↑ A genealogical sketch of the descendants of Thomas Green of Malden, Mass Author; Greene, Samuel Stillman, 1810-1883. Publisher Boston, Mass. : H. W. Dutton. Page; 44 #472.
4. ↑ United States Census, 1850 index and images, FamilySearch, Wm E Green, Campbell county, Campbell, Georgia, United States; citing family 804, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ Georgia, Historical and Industrial by Obediah B. Stevens, Georgia. Dept. of Agriculture, Robert F. Wright, page 338
6. ↑ Georgia on My Mind Ephraim Stiles Hopping
7. ↑ Find A Grave memorial for William Ely Green

See also:

• United States Census, 1860 index, FamilySearch, William E Green, , Campbell, Georgia, United States; citing p. 144, household ID 1136, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 803,113.

• Green Rice Mill including a history and biography of William Ely Green

• Memoirs of Georgia; containing historical accounts of the State's civil, military, industrial and professional interests, and personal sketches of many of its people. Publisher: Easley, S.C. : Southern Historical Press, Vol. 1, pg. 1022, sketch: Robert E. Green, M. D.

• The Stiles family in America: genealogies of the Connecticut family ; descendants of John Stiles, of Windsor, Conn., and of Mr. Francis Stiles, of Windsor and Stratford, Conn., 1635-1894; also the Connecticut New Jersey families, 1720-1894; and the southern (or Bermuda-Georgia) family, 1635-1894; with contributions to the genealogies of some New York and Pennsylvania families ...By Henry Reed Stiles pg. 533

• NPS National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet for High Shoals and High Shoals Mill Village

• Lineage Book Volume 28, by Daughters of the American Revolution pg. 187