National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-09-01
OBITUARY,
Mrs. Elizabeth Sullivan Whiting.

Mrs. Elizabeth Sullivan Whiting.
We were called to announce the sudden death
of the widow Of the late Hon. George q. Whiting
which occurred in this city on the 10Th ultimo.
The departure of Mrs. Whiting was sudden; more
unexpected and startling to her family than to
her. She had been for some time an invalid, but
was submissive to the will Of her Heavenly
Father; guilty entering upon all the duties her
widowed condition required at her hands. Con-
slant in her religious duties faithful and sensi-
munity, in the interest OF which her life had been
spent she felt no apprehension ss the hour Of her
The deceased appreciated the trials to which
others had been subjected, and her symPathies
were alive to their necessities. Her unobtrusive
what was wrong, her unfsiling fidelity as q wife,
q mother, and friend, marshalled o host Of
mourners at the announcement Of her departure
hence. The writer, under q sense Of gratitude for
kindness experienced at the hands Of her departed
husband, and of her uniform courtesy from her,
bic chapiet upon the Widows hailoWed urn. TO
relations and friends she appeared in the language
Of the poet and actor in turn, at once beautiful
The bound 81 ones appeinted years a last,
sers nelly to Der anal rest has passed. ~
" hilst the soft memory Of her virtues yet
A FRIEND.
Captain Samuel c. Greene.
notice Of the death Of this officer appeared in
the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN on Monday morn
ing last. Captain Greene was one Of the survi-
vers Of the Mexican war, where he served with
much credit. He was 3 native Of Pennsylvania,
but resided for some years in Buffalo, New York.
Promptly In response to the call Of President
Lincoln, Captain Greene appeared in Washing
ton and rendered his services in whatever CO.
pscity they might be considered most useful.
He was sent to Captain A. Beckwith, post COM
numerous and promiscuous raw levies that were
then rapidly making their appearance here, and
greatly needed Intelligent and experienced
sistants. Captain Greene entered his ONCE, and
made himself so useful that he was retained In
the office at this post until the close of the war.
He was commissioned as q first lieutenant In tho
Fifteenth Infantry, May H. 1851, upon the reor-
ganization Of the army, but was detailed as Act
ing Assistant Commissary of Subsistence. When
shortly afterwards be was promoted to Q cap
ment in the field, but was persuaded that his
services were OF greater Importance In the sub
sistence department, and accordingly remained
Captain Greene superintended the construction
of the mammouth bread ovens In the basement of
the Capitol and on the river front, which supplied
the Army Of the Potomac with "soft" bread, and
took commendsble pride in his ability to ration
that entire army with this luxury at short notice.
His devotion to duty throughout, tended greatly
to impair his health, and he was ordered South
for staf duty with the military commandments,
notably, Mobile and Montgomery, Alabama, and
Vieksburg, and other points In Mississippi After
those states were rehabilitated under the recon-
struction laws, Captain Greene went to Texas
with his regiment, and while there, was stricken
with paralysis, which disabled him from the per-
Torrance of military duty, and he was placed
upon the retired list He never fully recovered
from this shock, although he was for o year or
two BILE to get about the s.rseis He has resided
year ago Captain Greene was laid utterly pros.
trate by paralysis OF the left side, since which
time he has kept his room in hourly expectation
that death would release him from trouble He
died on Saturday morning, and on Sunday, dur.
ing the violent storm, was laid away by his
brother officers in q soldiers grave. Captain
Greene was twice married, the last time TO an
estimable lady of Vicksburg, Mississippi, who,
with q little daughter, survives him.