Willis Green (1818–1893) Green was a

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Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia ...

Life

Willis Green, son of Stephen Green and Elizabeth Stuart Green, was born in

Madison County, Kentucky Madison County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Kentucky. At the 2020 census, its population was 92,701. Its county seat is Richmond. The county is named for Virginia statesman James Madison, who later became the fo ...

about 1818. Willis owned a mill at the Falls of Rough. He served as member of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1836 and 1837. Green was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth, Twenty-seventh, and Twenty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1845). Green died in 1893, in Danville, Kentucky. He was buried at

Cave Hill Cemetery Cave Hill Cemetery is a Victorian era National Cemetery and arboretum located at Louisville, Kentucky. Its main entrance is on Baxter Avenue and there is a secondary one on Grinstead Drive. It is the largest cemetery by area and number of buri ...

Louisville, Kentucky Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana border ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Green, Willis Members of the Kentucky House of Representatives Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky 19th-century American politicians 1818 births 1893 deaths Burials at Cave Hill Cemetery