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Halsey Baker Greene

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Halsey Baker Greene

Birth
Berlin, Rensselaer County, New York, USA
Death
8 Sep 1914 (aged 74)
Plainfield, Union County, New Jersey, USA
Burial
Berlin, Rensselaer County, New York, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.6884436, Longitude: -73.3652095
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“The Sabbath Recorder”, Vol 77, No 13, p 416, Sep. 28, 1914.

Halsey Baker Greene was born in Berlin, N. Y., March 20, 1840, son of Ray and Lucy Maxson Greene.

He enlisted in the Civil War in 1861, being a member of Company I of the 31st Regiment of Volunteers of Massachusetts, and served the full four years, being mustered out as first lieutenant. At the time of his death, September 8, 1914, he was commander of the Winfield Scott Post of the Grand Army of the Republic, at Plainfield, N. J., which had been his home the last years of his life, and where he died.

December 29, 1869, he was married to Miss Sarah A. Titsworth, daughter of Edward B. and Ann Dunn Titsworth, and sister of the late David E. Titsworth. Mrs. Greene died in May, 1900.

Mr. Greene was a faithful and active member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church at Plainfield, N. J. He is survived by two daughters, Miss Mary T. Greene and Miss A. Mildred Greene, both of Plainfield, and by three brothers all of Berlin, N.Y., Edgar, John, and Denio.

Farewell services were held at the late residence, 416 West Sixth Street, on Thursday afternoon, September 10, 1914, conducted by the pastor, and attended by a large number of friends, including associate employes at the Potter Printing Press shops, and by comrades of the G. A. R., who acted as an escort to the railway station, whence the body, accompanied by the daughters and a nephew, Charles P. Titsworth, was taken to Berlin, N. Y., where a brief service was held with relatives and friends, conducted by the Rev. Mr. Connors, and where the burial was made in the family plot.
E. S.
“The Sabbath Recorder”, Vol 77, No 13, p 416, Sep. 28, 1914.

Halsey Baker Greene was born in Berlin, N. Y., March 20, 1840, son of Ray and Lucy Maxson Greene.

He enlisted in the Civil War in 1861, being a member of Company I of the 31st Regiment of Volunteers of Massachusetts, and served the full four years, being mustered out as first lieutenant. At the time of his death, September 8, 1914, he was commander of the Winfield Scott Post of the Grand Army of the Republic, at Plainfield, N. J., which had been his home the last years of his life, and where he died.

December 29, 1869, he was married to Miss Sarah A. Titsworth, daughter of Edward B. and Ann Dunn Titsworth, and sister of the late David E. Titsworth. Mrs. Greene died in May, 1900.

Mr. Greene was a faithful and active member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church at Plainfield, N. J. He is survived by two daughters, Miss Mary T. Greene and Miss A. Mildred Greene, both of Plainfield, and by three brothers all of Berlin, N.Y., Edgar, John, and Denio.

Farewell services were held at the late residence, 416 West Sixth Street, on Thursday afternoon, September 10, 1914, conducted by the pastor, and attended by a large number of friends, including associate employes at the Potter Printing Press shops, and by comrades of the G. A. R., who acted as an escort to the railway station, whence the body, accompanied by the daughters and a nephew, Charles P. Titsworth, was taken to Berlin, N. Y., where a brief service was held with relatives and friends, conducted by the Rev. Mr. Connors, and where the burial was made in the family plot.
E. S.

Gravesite Details

Husband of Sarah A. Titsworth, Son of Ray Green & Lucy Ann Maxson



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