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Rev Caleb Greene

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Rev Caleb Greene

Birth
West Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA
Death
27 Dec 1894 (aged 91)
Burial
West Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA Add to Map
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Born Aug. 31, 1803; ordained June 18, 1840, in Freewill Baptist of R.I. Pastor, organized W. Greenwich and pastored for 7 yrs. His two wives, and three children predeceased him. He was 91 yrs of age.

"Rev. Caleb Greene, son of Gideon and Mary (Tillinghast) Greene, was born at West Greenwich, RI, Aug. 31, 1803. Converted in March, 1823, he was licensed in 1838, and ordained June 18, 1840, as pastor of the Warwick and East Greenwich church. 1939. In 1843 he organized the church at West Greenwich, and was its pastor for seven years. From ten revivals he has baptized sixty. He has assisted in three ordinations, attended fifty funerals and solemnized eighty marriages.
He married Lucritta Nichols, April 29, 1830, who died Aug. 31, 1837. He was again married April 1, 1839, to Hannah Nichols, who died July 11, 1846. His three children are also dead."
--from "Cyclopedia of Free Baptists," pub. 1889, by Burgess and Ward.
Born Aug. 31, 1803; ordained June 18, 1840, in Freewill Baptist of R.I. Pastor, organized W. Greenwich and pastored for 7 yrs. His two wives, and three children predeceased him. He was 91 yrs of age.

"Rev. Caleb Greene, son of Gideon and Mary (Tillinghast) Greene, was born at West Greenwich, RI, Aug. 31, 1803. Converted in March, 1823, he was licensed in 1838, and ordained June 18, 1840, as pastor of the Warwick and East Greenwich church. 1939. In 1843 he organized the church at West Greenwich, and was its pastor for seven years. From ten revivals he has baptized sixty. He has assisted in three ordinations, attended fifty funerals and solemnized eighty marriages.
He married Lucritta Nichols, April 29, 1830, who died Aug. 31, 1837. He was again married April 1, 1839, to Hannah Nichols, who died July 11, 1846. His three children are also dead."
--from "Cyclopedia of Free Baptists," pub. 1889, by Burgess and Ward.

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