Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from History of Worcester and Its People, Vol. 3
The first school attended by Samuel S. Green was that of Mrs. Levi Heywood, at W'orcester; later he was taught by the late Mrs. Sarah B. Wood, then passing to the public grammar school under the charge of Mr. Caleb B. Metcalf. Going next to the high school, where he graduated in 1854, he entered Harvard College. Among his classmates there were two other graduates of the Worcester High School - Eugene Frederick Bliss, for most of his life a citizen of Cincinnati, Ohio; and Lieutenant Thomas Jefferson Spurr, who was mortally wounded at the battle of Antietam. Mr. Green graduated from Harvard College in 1858. In the early part of the summer of 1859 he sailed from Boston for Smyrna, and before returning home in the same vessel visited Constantinople. Remaining two years in Worcester on account of ill-health, he resumed his studies at Harvard University in the autumn of 1861, and graduated from the Divinity School in 1864. He visited Europe again in 1877, 1902, 1904 and 1906, and added in 1905 to extensive travels previously made in this country, a visit to Alaska. During the Civil W'ar and while in the Divinity School, Mr. Green was drafted for service in the army, but was debarred from entering it by delicate health. He took the degree of Master of Arts at Harvard University in 1870, and June 28, 1877 was chosen an honorary member of the Phi Beta Kappa society by the chapter of the order connected with the same university. In 1864 Mr. Green became bookkeeper in the Mechanics' National Bank of Worcester, and later was teller in the Worcester National Bank. Which latter position he held for several years. He was offered the position of cashier of the Citizens' National Bank, to succeed the late Mr. John C. Ripley, but declined it. As he also declined a place in the Worcester County Institution for Savings. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
