DUANE
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Duane's take
The official marker tells it this way, and I'm just the one passin' it along. The Reverend Edward Hollister Green came into this world on May 14, 1827, in Madison County, Alabama, the son of James W. and Elizabeth Green, née Bass. Right away you get the sense this was a man being shaped for something larger than the county he was born in.
His education took him a long way from Alabama. Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. Then New Albany Theological Seminary up in Indiana.
By the time he was done, the Memphis Presbytery had licensed and ordained him, and from 1853 to 1859 he was preaching across Tennessee, finding his footing, building his voice. He had married Catherine Hall of Tipton County, Tennessee, back in 1850, and together they were raising a son and two daughters. A family in motion, it seems, because Texas was calling.
He came to Texas, and on September 23, 1860, he founded a church right here in Titus County. That date, September 23, 1860, is worth holding onto. He didn't just pass through.
He planted something. He held that pastorate, kept tending that congregation, kept showing up. And then, on November 12, 1863, Edward Hollister Green died here in Titus County, the same ground where he had built his church just three years before.
He was born in Alabama, educated in Kentucky and Indiana, ordained in Tennessee, and he chose Texas as the place to put down roots that were meant to last. The roots did.
What the marker says
(Born Madison County , Ala., May 14, 1827; Died Titus County, Texas, Nov. 12, 1863) Son of James W. and Elizabeth (Bass) Green. Educated at Centre College, Danville, Ky., and New Albany Theological Seminary, Ind. Licensed and ordained in Memphis Presbytery, preached 1853-59 in Tennessee. Came to Texas; founded church here Sept. 23, 1860. Held pastorate until his death. He married Catherine Hall of Tipton County, Tenn., 1850. They had a son and two daughters. Recorded - 1972