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John W. Greene

Physician

Centurion, 1864–1869

Full Name John Wynantz Greene

Born 25 November 1829 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Died 29 December 1897 in Bass River, New Jersey

Buried All Saints Memorial Church Cemetery, Navesink, New Jersey

Proposed by Foster Swift, George A. Peters, and William J. Hays

Elected 4 June 1864 at age thirty-four

Archivist’s Note: Middle name spelling variant “Winantz” also used.