Eustace Edward Green Sr. (1845-1931) was an American state legislator and educator in North Carolina and a medical doctor in Georgia.[1]
Eustace Edward Green | |
|---|---|
| North Carolina House of Representatives | |
| In office 1882–1883 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1845 Wilmington, North Carolina |
| Died | June 1, 1931 (aged 86) Detroit, Michigan |
| Resting place | Linwood Cemetery, Macon, Georgia |
| Political party | Republican |
Biography
editHe was born as a slave on February 3, 1845[2] and was freed on the arrival of the Union Army in Wilmington on February 25, 1865, towards the end of the American Civil War.[3] He started work as a carpenter whilst obtaining an education in night school.[3] He then went on to graduate in 1872 from Lincoln University in Pennsylvania and then get a master's degree from the same university.[4][3]
Green started working as a teacher, worked in the court as a clerk and also became a school principal.[3] He was founder and president of the Colored Medical Association as well as being president of the National Medical Association.[3] He served on a county board of examiners and as a deputy clerk for a court.[5]
He was a delegate to the 1868 constitutional convention and both the General Assemblies of 1868-1869 and 1869-1870.[4]
In 1879 he married Georgia Cherry of Tarboro, North Carolina, daughter of former representative Henry C. Cherry and they had four children together.[5][4]
Green was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives representing New Hanover County in 1882[6] whilst he was living in Wilmington and working as a school principal.[4] He was a Republican and he was also anti-prohibition at the time, but criticised for being pro-prohibition the year before.[7] He was nominated for the position of Speaker of the House but withdrew his name not wishing to offend party leaders.[4] He served from in 1882 and 1883[5] and was selected for three committees: Propositions and Grievances, Penal Institutions and Education.[4]
After his political career he decided to become a doctor and he graduated from Howard University Medical School in 1886.[3] After moving to Macon, Georgia, in 1890 with his wife and children Green opened up a pharmacy called Central City Drug Store and also became a landowner and landlord.[3][4] Together they advocated African-American education including teaching Henry Rutherford Butler who would go on to be Georgia's first African American pharmacist and marry Selena Sloan Butler.[8]
He died June 1, 1931, in Detroit whilst visiting his family.[3] He is buried at Linwood Cemetery in Macon, Georgia. He lived at 353 Madison Street.[8] His home is extant.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ A Historical, Biographical and Statistical Souvenir. Beresford. 1900.
- ^ "Grave Stone Image". Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Black doctor — Revitalize the Blog". Historic Macon Foundation. 29 August 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g Justesen, Benjamin R. (2009). ""The Class of '83": Black Watershed in the North Carolina General Assembly". The North Carolina Historical Review. 86 (3): 295–308. JSTOR 23523861. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ a b c Caldwell, Arthur Bunyan (November 18, 1917). "Georgia". A. B. Caldwell publishing Company – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Next Legislature: North Carolina 1882". The News and Observer. 17 November 1882. p. 1. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ "E. E. Green and prohibition". The Wilmington Morning Star. 3 June 1882. p. 2. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Linwood Cemetery Macon Georgia". linwoodmacon.com.
