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Memorial and Family History of Erie County, New York
Vol. I, Biographical and Genealogical
The Genealogical Publishing Co., Buffalo; 1906-8

   [82-84]

        THE GREENE FAMILY in America may be traced to the early Puritan
     settlement of Massachusetts. The first of the GREENES in this country
     was SAMUEL GREENE, a native of England, who emigrated to America in
     1632, settled in Boston, Mass., and died in 1702. One of his descen-
     dants was ISAIAH GREENE, a Quaker who settled in Kensington, N.H., and
     in 1768 removed to Weare Center, N.H.  JEREMIAH, son of ISAIAH, died
     in 1855. His son, SIMON, was born in 1781, and died in 1860. STEPHEN
     S. GREENE, son of SIMON, was born April 20, 1807. In 1827 he removed
     to Starksboro, Vt., and in 1828 married LYDIA CHASE. JOSEPH C. GEEENE,
     M.D., eldest son of STEPHEN S. GREENE, was born in Lincoln, Vt., July
     31, 1829, and was educated at a boarding school at Nine Partners,
     Dutchess County, N.Y., and Barre, Vt., Academy. He studied medicine
     under DR. HUGH TAGGART, at Hinesburg, Vt., attended Woodstock and
     Castleton Medical Colleges, and in 1855 graduated from the Albany
     Medical College, later taking a polyclinic course in New York. Return-
     ing to Vermont in 1856, he practiced for seven years at Charlotte,
     later coming to Buffalo, where he built up a large practice. In 1873
     and 1874 he was District Physician to the Buffalo Board of Health, and
     in 1885 he was elected to the Board of Aldermen. His interest in the
     cause of education led to his appointment as Chairman of the Commit-
     tee on Schools, whereby he became ex-officio the head of the Buffalo
     School Department. His course as a municipal legislator was marked by
     soundness of judgment and close attention to duty.
        Dr. GREENE was President of the fourth branch of the New York State
     Medical Association; President of the Erie County Medical Society;
     permanent member of the New York State Medical Society; President of
     the Buffalo Medical Union; President of the Buffalo Historical Soc-
     iety, and a member of the American Medical Association, the American
     Microscopical Society, the American Society for the Advancement of
     Science and the Buffalo Microscopical Club. He was a Knight Templar,
     a Mason of the 32d degree, Scottish Rite, and a member of the Acacia
     Club. He was deeply interested in the Young Men's Association and was
     a member of its Building Committee.
        In 1888-89 Dr. GREENE made a tour of the world, and on his return
     presented a valuable collection of Oriental antiquities to the Buffalo
     Historical Society.
        Dr. GREENE married September 21, 1856, JULIETTE TAGGERT, daughter
     of WILLIAM and ANN TAGGERT of Vermont. Mrs. GREENE died in Buffalo
     October 15, 1882. Their children were: DEWITT C. GREENE, M.D., ANNA
     ADELAIDE, who married EDWARD ANDREWS, and JULIA DELPHINE, who married
     FREDERICK BUSH WILLARD, M.D. November 26, 1891, Dr. GREENE married his
     second wife, MARY BURROWS SMITH of Albion, N.Y.
        Dr. GREENE was an able physician, possessed of remarkable skill in
     diagnosis, and was also a man of broad views, scholarly tastes and
     liberal culture.

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