History of the Orphan Brigade

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 Excerpt: ...a candidate for Judge of the Circuit Court for the Fifteenth Judicial District, to which he was elected in August of that year. The first term under the new constitution was for only five years; but in 1897 he was elected for the ensuing six-year term, beginning the first Monday in January, 1898. He has long been a consistent member of the Baptist Church and an Odd Fellow in good standing. He has been twice married--the first time to Miss Margaret M. Gaines (of a Henry County family), December, 1870. This lady died February 22, 1882, and nearly three years afterward (October, 1884), he married Mrs. Ada (Howard) Williams, a member of the Howard family of Gallatin County. With meager opportunities to acquire an education and little encouragement to strive for distinction in any line, Judge Greene nevertheless followed the promptings of ambition, and when but little past his majority, he had found "the bubble reputation even at the cannon's mouth." In civil life he has filled various public places with satisfaction to his people and honor to himself--arriving at length to high judicial station. A brave, hardy, and stern young soldier, and an industrious, conscientious, and incorruptible civil officer, he early won and still retains the confidence and esteem of his old comrades and other fellow-citizens. LIEUT. ROBERT A. THOMSON: SUBSEQUENTLY JUDGE OF THE FRANKLIN COUNTY COURT FOR EIGHTEEN YEARS. Robert Alexander Thomson was the only child of David and Eliza (Beatty) Thomson, natives of Woodford and Scott Counties respectively. He was born in Woodford County, August 22d, 1828. His grandfather, David Thomson, was a soldier in the Revolutionary army, from Louisa County, Va. He immigrated to Woodford seven or eight years after the war, and settled on Gle...