Thomas Ritchie Green

Thomas Ritchie Green M V R C P K Y Photo: “Richie Green”, 1890 Reunion Photo. Hardcopy is in Source Binder. Not Scanned. Born: 2 March 1838.[1744] Married: Died: 9 November 1898 at Warrenton.[1745] 9 November 1899; buried Warrenton Cemetery.[1746] [NOTE:NB, dif dates.] Obituary: One may be found in the Fredericksburg Freelance, 12 November 1898, page 2, column 4.[1747][See Freelance, 11/12/98, p. 2, c.4, per Krick: died 11/9/1898 at Warrenton.] Children: Parents and Siblings: brother of Bernard Peyton Green above. source? This would make his parents Thomas Green[1748] (proprietor of Fauquier Springs[1749]) and Mary Roane Ritchie.[1750] Other Family: See reference for genealogical information.[1751] Moses Magill Green was his first cousin. Moses’s father, Archibald Magill Green, and Thomas Ritchie’s father, Thomas Green, were brothers. See Moses Magill Green for more family information. Stories, Letters & Biographies: “His father was Rev. Charles C. Taliaferro. …His parents died before he was three years old, and he was [adopted] by his uncle, Dr. Taliaferro.”[1752] See Stories Chapter under Charles C. Taliaferro, Jr. This story mentions a comrade “by the name of Green”; as of Jan. 17, we don’t know which Green, but Thomas Ritchie is the most likely candidate because Krick asserts that T. R. G. was in the 17th Inf. One Mr. Green was an honorary pallbearer at the 1909 funeral of Robert Allison Hart.[1753] [NOTE:get rid of all of these re “one Mr. Green in obit”.] “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”….[1754] See Stories Chapter under The Black Horse Troop. CSR: Enlisted 8 May 1863; detailed as Regimental Clerk April 1864; wounded; paroled 6 May 1865 Winchester. Additional Information: He was also in the 17th Virginia Infantry.[1755] Private.[1756] Moved to St. Louis, Missouri.[1757] [NOTE:delete all Dink ranks.]