Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 1912
Greene, William Biography
William Greene, great-grandfather of Mrs. Isa Dora (Greene) Greene, was a native of New England and settled on Whitely creek, Greene county, Pennsylvania. He married Rebecca La Rue, and they became the parents of five sons and three daughters. One of the sons, Matthew, is mentioned below.
(II) Matthew, son of William and Rebecca (La Rue) Greene, was born February 17, 1806. He owned a valuable and fertile farm of one hundred acres in Monongahela township, Greene county. He married, in 1829, Rachel, born in 1796, daughter of Henry and Barbara (Seltzer) Sycks, and granddaughter of Conrad Sycks, who came from Germany in 1760 and settled the Sycks tract of about two hundred and fifty acres on Dunkard creek. Henry Sycks was a native of Virginia, a pioneer of Greene county, and served in several campaigns against the Indians. Mr. and Mrs. Greene were the parents of four children, three daughters and one son, Wilson, mentioned below. Mrs. Greene died in 1869, and the death of Mr. Greene occurred January 24, 1891. He was a Democrat and a member of the Baptist church.
(III) Dr. Wilson Greene, son of Matthew and Rachel (Sycks) Greene, was born December 1, 1829, in Monongahela township, Greene county, Pennsylvania. He received his early education in the common schools, and by teaching several winter schools he was enabled to complete a liberal English education in a select school at Brownsville. He studied medicine with Dr. John A. Stone, of Greensboro, Greene county, and after five years' reading entered Cleveland Medical College and continued his studies there during 1858-59. A diploma was granted him by the Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. In 1859 he went to Bristol, Perry county, Ohio, and for five years practiced successfully. In 1864 he settled at New Geneva, Fayette county, Pennsylvania, where he passed the remainder of his life. Probably no physician in the county enjoyed a wider practice, its territory including the southern parts of Fayette and Greene counties and the adjoining counties of West Virginia. In politics Dr. Greene was a Republican, but notwithstanding his keen interest in public affairs neither sought nor accepted office. He was influential in the Baptist church of which, for many years, he and his family were members. Dr. Greene married, March 23, 1859, Pleasant Myers Evans (see Evans line). and two children were born to them: Isa Dora, mentioned below; and William Wood, who was educated at Monongahela College, graduated from Duff's Commercial Business College, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and married, October 2, 1890, Annie L., daughter of Irwin T. and Lizzie (Lindsey) Gillespie, of Brooklyn, New York. They have one child, Daryl, born October 20, 1892. W. W. Greene was appointed postmaster by President Taft in 1908, and is now (1912) serving in that capacity. Dr. Greene died in 1894, surviving his wife two years.
(IV) Isa Dora, daughter of Dr. Wilson and Pleasant Myers (Evans) Greene, was born in Ohio, was educated at Monongahela College, and was a graduate of Dana's Musical Institute, Warren, Ohio. She possesses a sweet and cultivated voice and has a rare talent for vocal and instrumental music. She became the wife of Orin Jones Greene, as mentioned above. Mrs. Greene is a member of the Baptist church, and since her widowhood has resided in Uniontown.
Source: Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, John W. Jordan, Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1912.
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