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Hon. Henderson Parmer Greene, county and probate judge of Washington County, Ark., was born in White County, Tenn., on the 4th of June, 1828. His parents, Wesley and Catherine (Gentry) Greene, were natives of the “Old North State,” the former a millwright by occupation, and a direct descendant of Gen. Nathaniel Greene, of Revolutionary fame. This branch of the Greene family have all the characteristics of their ancestors, and are a square-built, hardy, long-lived and courageous people, inheriting Scotch-Irish blood from their paternal ancestors. Catherine (Gentry) Greene is a descendant of a prominent old North Carolina family, and she and her husband, Mr. Greene, died in Montgomery County, Tenn., when their son, Henderson, was a small lad of seven years. He became a bound boy in the family of Alfred Davidson, and with them removed to Greene County, Mo., in 1839, where he grew to manhood, and acquired sufficient knowledge in the common schools to enable him to engage in teaching as a profession. He followed this occupation in Greene and Christian Counties from 1849 until the breaking out of the War of the Rebellion. In 1860 he was elected to represent Christian County in the State Legislature, and served two terms, the latter term including a call session. In 1861 he organized Company F, Fourth Regiment, Missouri Volunteers, Confederate States Army, of which company he became commander upon its entering the field, and after serving about two years was taken captive while doing recruiting service as quartermaster, and was kept a prisoner until near the close of the war. After the cessation of hostilities he went to Texas, where he remained about two years, and then came to Cane Hill, Ark., and engaged in farming and teaching school. In 1884 he was elected to the Lower House of the State Legislature, and two years later was elected county and probate judge of Washington County, and has filled the duties of that office with ability and to the entire satisfaction of his constituents. While residing in Christian County, Mo., he was married to Miss Elmina Elizabeth Tillman, who was a daughter of Reuben Tillman, a native of Tennessee. She was an honored and worthy member of the Missionary Baptist Church, and her untimely death was mourned by her husband and five children. The latter’s names are as follows: William F., a physician and druggist at Lowell, Ark.; James A., who is studying medicine with his brother, Thomas O., who is teacher by profession; Minnie, who is yet single, and Mattie, wife of Andrew Hanna. Judge Greene was married in Washington County, Ark., January 9, 1874, to Miss M. J. McLothlin, a native of Arkansas, and two daughters have been born to their marriage: Emma Otella and Caddie A. Judge Greene has been a member of the Missionary Baptist Church since 1854, and was a charter member and active worker in the Grange movement at Cane Hill, being master of that organization for several years.