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1798 born May 2. Wilmington, N.C. 1803 died March 23, William Green (1757-1803), father of WMG, buried Wilmington, N.C. 1814 entered University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 1815 died January 27, Mary Bradley Green (1767-1815), mother of WMG, buried Wilmington 1818 graduated from University of Noth Carolina 1818 married December 22, Sally Williams Sneed (1802-1832) 1820 born, a son, William Mercer Green, Jr. (1820-1849) physician 1821 ordered deacon April 29, Raleigh, North Carolina 1821 served St. John's, Williamsborough, North Carolina 1822 born,a son, Stephen Sneed Green (1822-1846) student in University of N. C. 1823 ordered priest April 20, Wilmington, N. C. 1823 nominated John Stark Ravenscroft bishop of North Carolina 1825 served St. Matthew's Hillsborough, N. C. 1825 born, a son, James Severin Green (1825-1900) physician 1827 born, a daughter, Mary Williams Green (1827-1851) 1830 born, a son, John Ravenscroft Green wrote "memoir of [?] Rev. J. S. Ras[?] 1832 died April 11, Sally Sneed Greed (1802-1832) buried St. Matthew's, Hillsborough, N. C. 1835 married (2) December 18, Charlotte Isabelle Fleming (1811-1860) 1837 accepted University of North Carolina professorship and chaplaincy 1837 born, a son, Berkeley Green (1837-1838) infant 1841 born, a son, G. Berkeley Green (1841-1893) professor 1842 born, a son, George Cooper Green (1842-1874) 1844 born, a son, Duncan Cameron Green (1844-1878) priest 1845 born, a daughter, Sally Sneed Green (1845-1917) Mrs. John Mercer Cotten 1845 recieved doctorate in divinity degree from University of Pennsylvania 1847 born, a daughter, Elizabeth Watters Green (1847-1917) 1849 born, October 28, a son, Stephen Herbet Green (1949-1919) priest 1849 died William Mercer Green, Jr. 1849 called as the first Protestant Episcopal bishop of Mississippi 1850 family moved to Natchez, Mississippi 1850 February 25 consecrated Bishop of Mississippi in Jackson 1850 served also as a rector of Trinity Church, Natchez 1851 died Mary Williams Green; buried in Natchez 1852 family moved to Jackson, Mississippi 1857 name "University of the South" accepted as proposed by WMG 1857 founding of the University of the South, July 4, Lookout Mountain, Tennessee 1858 charter granted by the State of Tennessee to the University of the South 1860 died September 9, Charlotte Fleming Green (1811-1860) buried Jackson, Mississippi 1863 Jackson, Mississippi occupied and burned by Union troops 1863 May 14, loss of episcopal residence, personal library and possessions in Jackson 1863 July took refuge in Demopolis, Alabama, in Whitfield home, Gainswood 1863 Christmas Day, confirmed youngest son, Stephen 1864 move to Columbus, Mississippi, to temporary home 1866 became Chancellor of the University of the South (1866-1887) 1867 family moved to Sewanee in January 1867 built Kendal as a residence for his family in the Spring 1871 assisted in marriage ceremony of son, Stephen H. Green, Middletown, Connecticut 1874 died December 1, George Cooper Green (1843-1874) buried Sewanee cemetery 1878 School of Theology opened in the University of the South 1881 WMG granted an L L. D. degree by the University of North Carolina 1882 attended bicentennial of Sharpless family settlement in Pennsylvania 1883 Febuary 24, Hugh Miller Thompson consecrated bishop coadjutor of Mississippi 1884 May 8, transferred administration of the Diocese of Miss. to Bishop Coadjutor 1885 Published "Memoir of James Hervey Otey" 1887 February 13, died, Kendal, Sewanee, Tennessee 1887 February 17, buried Greenwood Cemetary, Jackson, Mississippi