Moses Magill Green

Moses Magill Green M V R C T K Y Photo: Dink has individual photo of him.[1694] Born: 1 July 1837,[1695] in Northumberland County.[1696] Born 1 July 1827.[1697] Married: He married Lily T. Marshall on 17 December 1878. She was born in Warrenton 12 March 1838. [1698] Her brother was James Markham Marshall [BH]. See his entry for information about her parents. Lily’s marker beside Moses’s reads, “Lily Marshall Green/ “Elizabeth Taylor Marshall/ Born/ May 12th 1838/ Died/ September 9th 1919/ She has fought a good fight./ She has finished her course./ She has kept the faith.”[1699] More about his wife can be found at reference.[1700] Died: 15 July 1919;[1701] buried Warrenton Cemetery.[1702] His marker reads, “He was a faithful and gallant member of the Black Horse Company.”[1703] Obituary: “Mr. Moses McGill Green, one of the oldest and best known citizens of Warrenton, died at his home ….”[1704] See Obituary Chapter. Children: He and Lily had only one child, whom she named for her adoptive father. Parents and Siblings: Eleanor F. Farish and Archibald Magill Green.[1705] Other Family: “uncle Thomas Green, owner of Fauquier Springs”… quote this directly from obituary. Moses Magill Green’s uncle, Thomas Green, was the uncle of Bernard Peyton Green; Moses and Bernard were first cousins. A paternal lineage of this cavalryman begins in England with his great- great-great-grandfather. “William Green, a Captain in the body-guard of William III, [wed] Eleanor Duff. Their son, Robert Green [1695–1748[1706]] married Eleanor Dunn. Robert… crossed to America about 1712 and settled in Culpeper County, Virginia. His mother’s brother, Sir William Duff, came with them, but returned to England.” Eleanor (Dunn) and Robert Green had seven offspring, fourth of whom was Col. John Green, the cavalryman’s great-grandfather. “He was distinguished at the battles of Brandywine and Guliford.” He wed Susanna Blackwell, and one of their sons was Gen. Moses Green, who wed Fanny Richards—M. M. Green’s paternal grandparents. Fanny and Moses had four children: Amanda, who wed Gen. Barnard [sic] Peyton; Thomas, who wed thrice; William, who wed a Miss Saunders; Archibald Magill, who wed Eleanor F. Farish. Eleanor and Archibald were the parents of Moses Magill Green [BH] who wed Lily T. Marshall.[1707] Lily T. Marshall, “b. in Warrenton,… March 12, 1838, married December 17, 1878, Moses M. Green, born July 1, 1837. […]”[1708] She lost her parents in her infancy, and Mrs. Martin P. Brooke adopted her and her younger brother, and became a mother to them. Mrs. Brooke died a year ago, and Mrs. Green mourned the loss of a parent. Her only child she has named for Mr. Brooke.”[1709] See James Markham Marshall [BH] for more about her family. Stories, Letters & Biographies: “Relating his experiences when the Black Horse were the prison guards for John Brown,…”[1710] See Stories Chapter. “One night during the Civil War Moses Green and a comrade named [Joseph] Boteler, both troopers in the celebrated Black Horse Cavalry, found themselves in the neighborhood of Oakley. …”[1711] See Stories Chapter. “[Moses Magill] Green was born in Northumberland County,… but his father, soon after his son’s birth, returned to Culpeper…”[1712] See Biographies Chapter. “On the 18th of May, 1861,”… “soldiers in the Spartan sense”… “observed a Masonic sign”… “always counted on the Black Horse in emergencies”… “a gem of eloquence”… “an old Black Horseman… said the other day”….[1713] See Stories Chapter under The Black Horse Troop. This cavalryman was one of nine who joined to announce the 1890 Reunion. See discussion of the Reunion Photograph at the Introduction. One Mr. Green was an honorary pallbearer at the 1909 funeral of Robert Allison Hart.[1714] CSR: Enlisted 15 March 1862 Brandy; wounded 1862 Frazier’s Farm; absent for horse November 1862; scouting in Fauquier September to October 1863; Scout for Genl. Stuart January to February 1864; paroled 29 May 1865 Warrenton. Additional Information: Private.[1715] Wounded at Frazier’s Farm (Seven Days’ fighting) 1862. Living at Brandy, Culpepper County.[1716] M. M. Green and T. F. James “rode in the first fours of that distinguished troop … the Black Horse Company.”[1717] Listed as “Moses Green, who represents the county in the Legislature.”[1718]

[NOTE:Last portion of following duplicates sketch.] 832 LILY T. MARSHALL, born in Warrenton … March 12, 1838, = December 17, 1878, MOSES M. GREEN, born July 1, 1837. She lost her parents in her infancy, and Mrs. Martin P. Brooke adopted her and her younger brother, and became a mother to them. Mrs. Brooke died a year ago, and Mrs. Green mourned the loss of a parent. Her only child she has named for Mr. Brooke. I dined with her in 1884, and was much interested in the family. Mr. Green was born in Northumberland County,… but his father, soon after his son’s birth, returned to Culpeper, his ancestral home. He was educated at William and Mary, and Emory and Henry Colleges; served throughout the war as a private in the Thirteenth Infantry, C. S. A., and the Black Horse Cavalry. He was in the principal battles of the war on Virginia soil. Mr. Green is now in charge of the Warrenton Depot, and his energies are taxed with manifold duties. He is a large, handsome and very prepossessing gentleman, with fine social qualities and executive ability…[1719]