He was born to Ruluff White Greene and Mary Goodsell. Enlisted in Company D, Ohio 193rd Infantry Regiment on 11 Mar 1865. Mustered out on 04 Aug 1865 at Winchester, VA. Washington township has two Christian or New Light churchesâ€"Bethel and Wabash. Bethel Church was organized by Elder O. S. Green, June 17, 1871. with 31 communicants, with the Bible as their only rule of faith and practice, and Christian character as the only test of Christian fellowship. Elder Greene was chosen pastor and filled the position many years. By 1880 the church had grown to a membership of between 80 and 90.â€"Wabash Church was organized at the town of Wabash, March 28, 1880, by Elder O. S. Greene, with 11 communicants, with the same tenets as Bethel Church. Harrod McDaniel Post, No. 781, Grand Army of the Republic, was organized December 26, 1881 O. S. Greene, chaplain. He married Caroline Wylde and they had 3 children. Rev. Orrin Greene founded more than 7 churches in Mercer County, OH and Jay County, IN. He served as a circuit minister from 1865-1925.
He was born to Ruluff White Greene and Mary Goodsell. Enlisted in Company D, Ohio 193rd Infantry Regiment on 11 Mar 1865. Mustered out on 04 Aug 1865 at Winchester, VA. Washington township has two Christian or New Light churchesâ€"Bethel and Wabash. Bethel Church was organized by Elder O. S. Green, June 17, 1871. with 31 communicants, with the Bible as their only rule of faith and practice, and Christian character as the only test of Christian fellowship. Elder Greene was chosen pastor and filled the position many years. By 1880 the church had grown to a membership of between 80 and 90.â€"Wabash Church was organized at the town of Wabash, March 28, 1880, by Elder O. S. Greene, with 11 communicants, with the same tenets as Bethel Church. Harrod McDaniel Post, No. 781, Grand Army of the Republic, was organized December 26, 1881 O. S. Greene, chaplain. He married Caroline Wylde and they had 3 children. Rev. Orrin Greene founded more than 7 churches in Mercer County, OH and Jay County, IN. He served as a circuit minister from 1865-1925.
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