Arizona republican., 1902-09-30
OLD VETERAN OF THE SOUTH,
Green and His Seven Sons Were at One
 Time Soldiers of the Confederacy.

Green and His Seven Sons Were at One
 Time Soldiers of the Confectionery.
 James Albert Washington Green of Nottoway county enjoys the unique distinction of having been a soldier in the Confederate army, and of having had seven sons to serve with him un- der the stars and bars He is prob ably the only veteran of the civil war living in the United States today who had seven sons in either of the oppos- ing armies. There is not another liv- ing man in this county who had even q single sen Tn the Confederate army.
 Mir. Green was born October ?, 1912, in the county of Charlotte. Virginia. At the time of his birth his father was serving in the United States army against the British. Before he was 20 years of age MT. Green led to the altar Miss Narcisse Estis of Nottoway county.
 II never was a free man" he said to the writer. with a jovial smile II was d father before I was 21." His first wife bore him nine children-seven sons and two daughters. After the war he a. was again married, Miss Margaret East of Charlotte county being his bride She died childless eighteen months after the wedding.
 Upon the breaking out Of hostilities between the states six of his sons hast ened 70 offer their services to their be- loved southland. Later in the first year of the war Mir. Green. feeling that he could not remain at home while the Confederacy needed fighting men in the field, although he was then nearly D years of age, left for the front with his youngest son, Joseph R. Green, lad of r.
 They enlisted in Company H. Forty ninth Virginia infantry, in which regi- ment two of his sOrls were already serv- ing. Three of the boys followed Stone wall Jackson in his memorable cam paigns, and were in every battle" the old gentleman is wont to say proudly. The other son was in a company that went out from Charlotte county.
 One of the sons, Thomas Green, was man of great personal courage. He volunteered for so many dangerous undertakings that his father felt called upon to remonstrate with him, but with no avail Thomas was killed in the Outworks al Petersburg by a federal sharpshOoter in the spring of 1865. An other of the sons, Joshua Green. who now lives in Lunenburg county, was q member of the picket that fired with such disastrous result on General Jack son at Charlottesville.
 When the war ended, MT. Green re- turned to his farm. He has been an industrious. hard working man all his life. and has great powers of endurance for man of his age. He seldom rides horseback or in a vehicle. Last week he walked twenty miles to attend the Confederate reunion and picnic at Not toway court house. This week he and back again to vote in the demo- cratic primary. He has never used stimulants to excess, but says that he has chewed tobacco "since he was knee-high to a duck" He does not smoke. He has enjoyed good health all of his life. His eyesight has become impaired and he is quite deaf, but he continues to be of cheerful, jovial disposition.
 Four sons-Joshua Green. James A. Green and William G. Green of Lun- enburg county. and Joseph R. Green of Dinwiddie county-and one daughter. Miss Lizzie Booker Green of Nottoway county, are still living. When asked how many grandchildren and great grandchildren he had, the old man re- piled: "I don't know exactly. but the last time l took the census there were eighty-odd. I suppose there are hardly less than a hundred now '-RichmOnd