Alfred A. Green

Alfred A. Green (24 February 1828–3 March 1899) was a Canadian–born political and civic figure in nineteenth–century California. He also served in the Mexican–American War.

Biography

Alfred A. Green was born in Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada.[1][2][3] He served in the California legislature and during the Mexican-American War served in the US Army.[4] He came to San Francisco as a member of Colonel Stevenson's regiment In 1847.[1] He was a member of The Society of California Pioneers. Green was instrumental in defeating several fraudulent land grants in early San Francisco.[1] In 1853 he served as a member of the Sonoma Town Council.[2]

In 1862 he was living on Montgomery Street (between Pacific Street and Broadway Street) with his brother Benjamin S. Green according to the San Francisco Directory.[5]

Green was involved in a lawsuit with the Mexican government regarding the San Rafael de la Zanja land grant (around 20,000 acres in what is now the US state of Arizona) in the late 1880s.[6]

He died in San Francisco on 3 March 1899, of stomach cancer.[1]

Bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "ANOTHER PIONEER HAS PASSED AWAY DEATH OF ALFRED A. GREEN, A WAR VETERAN". California Digital Newspaper Collection (CDNC). San Francisco Call Newspaper. 5 March 1899. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Alfred A. Green, Democratic". JoinCalifornia. One Voter Project. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Obituary". California Digital Newspaper Collection (CDNC). San Francisco Call Newspaper. 6 March 1899. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  4. ↑ Vassar, Charles A., The Legislators of California - Appendix D
  5. ↑ "San Francisco directory for the year". Internet Archive. 1862. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "San Rafael de la Zanja Grant". New Mexico Office of the State Historian. New Mexico State Records Center. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "Life and adventures of a 47-er of California, 1878". OCLO WorldCat. WorldCat. Retrieved 4 October 2014.


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