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Note: http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacambri/books/BP/p006.html Biographical & Portrait Cyclopedia of Cambria County, Pennsylvania (1896) Page 271 - 272 A. W. GREEN A. W. GREEN, a merchant of Chest Springs, this county, is a son of William and Eliza (Beckett) Green, and was born near Freeport, in Butler county, Pennsylvania, October 22, 1821. Nathaniel Green, grandfather, was a native of County Antrim, Ireland, where he followed farming all his life in the parish of Ballendery (Ballinderry). In the latter parish was born William Green, the father of the subject of this record. He was born early in the present century, and in July, 1821, with his young wife, came to America. He located for a short time in Butler county, and later at the salt works near Freeport, where he remained about three years, and then removed to Pittsburg, and the relearned the trade of plasterer, which trade he followed in that city until 1850. Upon the latter date, he purchased a farm near Strongstown, Indiana county, and lived upon it until the death of his wife, in 1856, when he returned to Pittsburg, and made that city his home until his death, which occurred in 1857, at the age of about fifty-five years. In religious matters, he was in his earlier years an Episcopalian, but later cast his church affiliations with the Methodist Episcopal church. In matters of politics, he was originally a democrat, and later a staunch whig. He married Eliza Beckett, an Irish lady of his native parish, and they became the parents of eleven children: A. W., subject; Helena, widow of D. C. Kurtz, now of Washington, D. C.; Mary Ann, deceased, was the wife of William Hines; James, died in infancy; Thomas Nelson, who, when last heard from, was in the army of the Southern Confederacy; Eliza, died in early girlhood; Sarah died in infancy; William H., deceased; James and Matthew, merchants of Pittsburg. A. W. Green received his educational training in the common schools of Pittsburg. He then served a five years' apprenticeship at the carpenter trade, pursuing that trade from 1837 until 1850, in Pittsburg. After finishing his trade in 1842, he took to contracting and building in that city, until 1847, being a member of the firm of Lyons & Green, a firm that did an extensive and prosperous business. In 1847 he formed a partnership with John Gettys, under the firm name of Green & Gettys, and went to the city of St. Louis, where they operated one year. The next year they came back to Pittsburg, and remained until 1850. The latter year he purchased a farm near Strongstown, Indiana county, consisting of one hundred and fifty-five acres, and lived upon it, jointly following farming and carpentering until 1857, when he removed to Chest Springs, this county, and followed his trade a short time, when, in connection with his brother William, he founded the first planing-mill of Chest Springs, and also operated a steam sawmill in connection with it, shipping the product to the Pittsburg and Philadelphia markets. This partnership continued two years, when the subject of this sketch became sole owner, and operated it alone for a time, and then sold out, together with all his possessions in Chest Springs, which included considerable real estate, and in 1867 removed to Iowa county, Iowa. There he purchased a farm of one hundred and thirty acres, and for a time followed farming and carpentering. He remained in Iowa county twenty- three years, and built, during that time, thirteen churches. In 1889 his wife died, and shortly after ward he returned to Chest Springs, where he embarked in the confectionery business, which was later enlarged to a green grocery and notion store. Politically he is a republican, and served a number of terms in Iowa as a member of the school board. Fraternally, he is a member of the Masonic order, and is a past grand representative of the Grand Lodge of Iowa I. 0. 0. F. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He has been twice married. His first marriage was on April 2, 1844, with Elizabeth Luker, of Allegheny city, and this marriage resulted in the birth of nine children: James L., a carpenter who lives at Deep River, Iowa; Rachel Matilda, wife of D. C. Little, a carpenter of Summit, Pennsylvania; John R. a carpenter of Grinnell, Iowa; Wesley L., deceased; Elizabeth Annabelle, wife of Charles Wessels, superintendent of the Grinnell Agricultural works, at Grinnell, Iowa; Angeline Frances, wife of Finley Glendennin, also of Grinnell; Mary Catherine, wife of John Brown, of Graham county, Kansas; and Henry W., deceased. On January 14, 1890, Mr. Green married as his second wife Jane Douglas, of Chest Springs. Army of the Southern Confederacy http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/ http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.cfm http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/John_S_Mosby.htm http://www.civilwarhome.com/mosbybio.htm http://www.mosocco.com/mosby.html MOSBY�S RANGERS http://www.scribd.com/doc/48687429/Mosby-s-Rangers-James-J-Williamson-1909 A Record of the Operations of the Forty-Third Battalion of Virginia Cavalry from its Organization to the Surrender By Mr JAMES J. WILLIAMSON of Company A SECOND EDITION Revised and Enlarged ILLUSTRATED NEW YORK STURGIS & WALTON COMPANY 1909 Copyright 1895 BY JAMES J. WILLIAMSON Copyright 1909 BY STURGIS & WALTON COMPANY First Published Elsewhere New Edition Revised and Augmented Published June, 1909 ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA ROSTER of the 43rd BATTALION VIRGINIA CAVALRY; Confederate States of America Mosby's Rangers http://www.mosocco.com/mosby.html Mosby's Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Partisan Rangers) Mosby's Cavalry Regiment, formerly the 43rd Battalion, was organized in December, 1864. The battalion was formed in June, 1863, with five companies, later increased to eight. The unit served behind Federal lines in Northern Virginia and was the most effective command of its kind. The enemy forces were never safe and the area became known as "Mosby's Confederacy ." In 1865 the unit was still strong with over 600 effectives, but after General Lee surrendered, Mosby assembled his men at Salem on April 21, 1864 and the command disbanded. The field officers were Colonel John Singleton Mosby, Lieutenant Colonel William H. Chapman, and Major A. E. Richards. With the surrender of Lee, Mosby simply disbanded his command on April 20, 1865, rather than formally surrender. Mosby was not pardoned until 1866, Mosby practiced law and befriended Grant. For supporting Grant, a Republican, in the 1868 and 1872 elections, he earned the enmity of many Southerners. He received an appointment as U.S. consul in Hong Kong and other government posts. Green, T. Nelson Co., A Mosby's Regt Virginia Cavalry. (Partisan Rangers.) Rank In: Private Rank Out: Private Thomas N. Green (First_Last) Regiment Name: Mosby's Regt Virginia Cavalry. (Partisan Rangers). Side Confederate, Company A Soldier's Rank In Private Enlistment Date: 1863, Age 45 Source Citation: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Confederate Organizations, compiled 1903 - 1927, documenting the period 1861 - 1865; Catalog ID: 586957; Record Group #: 109; Roll #: 208. Soldier's Rank Out Private Alternate Name T. Nelson/Green Film Number M382 roll 23 In the northernmost part of the Piedmont, meanwhile, Mosby's Rangers (43d Battalion, Partisan Rangers) harried the Union army's supply lines. Organized by Mosby late in 1862, the Rangers operated successfully until the end of the war and Mosby was mentioned more often by name in Lee's reports than any other Confederate officer. Although they never numbered more than 800, the Rangers were effective against their vastly more numerous foes because Mosby maintained tight discipline and struck quickly when the odds favored him. Grant became so annoyed by their tactics that he ordered captured Rangers hanged without trial. When Mosby immediately retaliated in kind with captured Federals, Grant rescinded the order. Rather than surrender his men, Mosby disbanded the Rangers at Salem, in the heart of his Confederacy, on April 21, 1865.
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