Brief Life History of George Forest
When George Forest Greene was born on 25 January 1861, in Blackstone, Blackstone, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, his father, George Lorenzo Greene, was 23 and his mother, Harriet Susan Sturdy, was 22. He married Phebe Amelia Wagstaff on 15 June 1887, in Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States in 1880 and Providence, Rhode Island, United States in 1900. In 1888, at the age of 27, his occupation is listed as florist in Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. He died on 15 April 1927, in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
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- Forest G Green in household of Geo L Green, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: George F.Greene - Government record: Census record: birth: 25 January 1862; Blackstone, Blackstone, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
- George F. Greene, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
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1862 · US Naval Academy
The US Naval Academy was moved to Newport, Rhode Island from its original in Annapolis, Maryland on May 9, 1862.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
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English and Irish: variant of Green . In North America, this surname has assimilated cognates from other languages.
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