Pawlet (VT) One Hundred Years
Hiel Hollister
1867
J. Munsell, Albany
GREEN, BERIAH, from Randolph, about 1810, settled in the east part of the town, and was
conspicuous for his zeal and forwardness in religious concerns. He removed to Ohio about 1830, and lived to a great age.
His only sons known to us are Beriah and Jonathan S.
GREEN, Rev. BERIAH, Jr., was a graduate of Middlebury, 1820. In 1822 he became the pastor of the Congregational church at Brandon.
We next find him at Whitesboro, N.Y., principal of the Oneida Institute and an able and a zealous champion of the anti-slavery cause.
He was the first secretary of the American Anti-Slavery Society, formed in Philadelphia in 1831.
That society, hunted from city to city, and unable at times to find a place in which to hold its anniversaries, steadfastly maintained its existence till the accomplishment of the purposes for which it was formed.
The abolition of slavery was not accomplished directly in the way contemplated by this society, who hoped to effect it by moral appeals.
But, doubtless, the flood of light poured on the American mind at its anniversaries, where were wont to convene the strongest men of the country, aided by the press, hastened its accomplishment.
When the history of American emancipation is written the name of Beriah Green will stand high on its roll of fame.
GREEN, Rev. JONATHAN S., enlisted, in the missionary service some forty years since.
His field of labor was the Sandwich Islands, which by missionary effort has been transformed from heathenism into
Christian communities. He has also held high office in the civil service of those islands.
