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.
See also: Merced Manor, San Francisco
Biography
[edit]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
[edit]- Life and Adventures of a 47er of California, 1878, California[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "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.
- ^ a b "Alfred A. Green, Democratic". JoinCalifornia. One Voter Project. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "Obituary". California Digital Newspaper Collection (CDNC). San Francisco Call Newspaper. 6 March 1899. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ Vassar, Alexander C. (2011). Legislators of California (PDF). Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ "San Francisco directory for the year". Internet Archive. 1862. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "San Rafael de la Zanja Grant". New Mexico Office of the State Historian. New Mexico State Records Center. Archived from the original on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ Life and adventures of a 47-er of California, 1878. WorldCat. OCLC 43625303. Retrieved 4 October 2014 – via OCLO WorldCat.
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