Wharton Jackson Green | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNorth Carolina's3rd district | |
| In office March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887 | |
| Preceded by | John W. Shackelford |
| Succeeded by | Charles W. McClammy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 28, 1831 St. Marks, Florida, US |
| Died | August 6, 1910(1910-08-06) (aged 79) |
| Resting place | Cross Creek Cemetery 2,Fayetteville, North Carolina |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Esther SargentEllery, Adeline Burr |
| Profession | Lawyer,Politician |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Confederate States of America |
| Branch/service |  Confederate States Army |
| Years of service | 1861–1865 |
| Rank |  Lieutenant Colonel |
| Unit |  2nd Battalion North Carolina Infantry |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Wharton Jackson Green (February 28, 1831 – August 6, 1910) was aU.S. Congressman fromNorth Carolina and an officer in theConfederate States Army during theAmerican Civil War.
Born inSt. Marks, Florida, Green was instructed by private tutors. He attendedGeorgetown College, Lovejoy's Academy inRaleigh, North Carolina, and theUnited States Military Academy,West Point, New York but dropped out. He then studied law at theUniversity of Virginia at Charlottesville and atCumberland University,Lebanon, Tennessee. He was admitted to the bar in 1854 and commenced practice inWashington, D.C. before engaging in agricultural pursuits at hisWarren County, North Carolina plantation, Esmeralda, in 1859.[1]
During the Civil War, Green enlisted in the Confederate service in 1861 and rose through the ranks tolieutenant colonel of the Second North Carolina Battalion. Afterward, he served on Brigadier GeneralJunius Daniel's staff. Green was wounded and taken prisoner at theBattle of Gettysburg in July 1863. He spent the rest of the war in theJohnson's Island prisoner-of-war camp.
After the war, he settled at "Tokay Vineyard," nearFayetteville, North Carolina, and became interested inviticulture. He was a delegate to theDemocratic National Conventions in 1868, 1872, 1876, and 1888. Green was the first president of the Society of Confederate Soldiers and Sailors in North Carolina.
Entering politics, he was elected as aDemocrat to theForty-eighth andForty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1886 and retired from public service. He then devoted his time to the cultivation of his vineyard and to literary pursuits. He wrote his autobiography,Recollections and Reflections: An auto of Half a Century and More, in 1906.
Wharton Green died at "Tokay," near Fayetteville on August 6, 1910. He was buried in the town'sCross Creek Cemetery.
He was the son ofTexas Revolution generalThomas Jefferson Green, the grandson of U.S. SenatorJesse Wharton, and the cousin of Confederate generalMatt Whitaker Ransom.
One of Green's daughters, Sarah, married wealthy industrialist Pembroke Jones of Wilmington, NC, in 1884. With the help of their close friend, art collector and railroad presidentHenry Walters, they created a lifestyle some claim made them models for the saying, "Keeping up with the Joneses." They maintained luxurious residences in Newport and New York City. The garden estate Sarah Green Jones created in Wilmington still exists and is known asAirlie Gardens.[2]
This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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