William Mercer Green Papers Box 1 Folder 2 Biographical Data Document 27

The Rt. Rev. William Mercer Green, D.D. (Continued)

1860 September 9th death of his wife, Charlotte Isablle Fleming 1866 Became 4th Chancellor of the University of the South 1867 Spring-built Kendal as residence for his family (Episcopal residence in Jackson, Mississippi, having been destroyed during battle) 1870 Wrote Memoir of Bishop John Stark Ravenscroft 1872 July - Jefferson Davis his guest at Kendal 1878 September 15 - death of his son, the Rev. Duncan Cameron Green, heroic victim of yellow fever in Greenville, Mississippi 1880 Awarded LL.D. by his Alma Mater, the University of North Carolina 1883 February 24th - the Rev. Hugh Miller Thompson consecrated Assistant Bishop of the Diocese of Mississippi 1885 Author of Memoir of Rt. Rev. James Hervey Otey 1887 February 13th - died in Sewanee, Tennessee, in his 89th year February 17th funeral and burial in Jackson, Mississippi.

(This chronology was prepared by Armand J. de Rosset, the Bishop's great grandson, grandson of Dr. James Severin Green and son of the Rev. Frederick Ancrum de Rosset (B.A. 1877, M. A. 1878 and Mary Williams Green de Rosset.)

Address: Mr. Armand J. de Rosset 305 West Fifth Street Frederick, Maryland 21701 or

de Rosset House Tennessee Avenue Sewanee, Tennessee 37375