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Dr Greenbury F.H. “Green” Crockett

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Dr Greenbury F.H. “Green” Crockett

Birth
Delaware, USA
Death
16 Jul 1864 (aged 71–72)
Harrisonburg, Harrisonburg City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Harrisonburg, Harrisonburg City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec. 4, Row 13
Memorial ID
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Aged 72 of North Carolina. Has Masonic emblem.

Greenbury F.H. Crockett was the son of Joseph Venables Crockett of Sussex, Delaware. Green served in the War of 1812 as a Lieutenant in the 32nd Infantry. In 1822 he graduated in medicine from the University of Transylvania. His thesis was on asthma. He wrote religious essays and addressed the Kentucky Legislature against capital punishment. He lived in Scott County, then Woodford County, settling in Lexington. He married Frances Glover Taylor in Mercer County, Kentucky in 1833. In the 1850s he was in North Carolina as a lay preacher. Crockett was affiliated with the Phoenix Lodge 8 in 1856. He and Frances were divorced. In 1861 he remarried, to Elizabeth Hough. In 1862 through 1864 he was acting assistant surgeon in the Confederate Army. In 1863 he is listed as Chaplain of the Rockingham Union Lodge 27.
Aged 72 of North Carolina. Has Masonic emblem.

Greenbury F.H. Crockett was the son of Joseph Venables Crockett of Sussex, Delaware. Green served in the War of 1812 as a Lieutenant in the 32nd Infantry. In 1822 he graduated in medicine from the University of Transylvania. His thesis was on asthma. He wrote religious essays and addressed the Kentucky Legislature against capital punishment. He lived in Scott County, then Woodford County, settling in Lexington. He married Frances Glover Taylor in Mercer County, Kentucky in 1833. In the 1850s he was in North Carolina as a lay preacher. Crockett was affiliated with the Phoenix Lodge 8 in 1856. He and Frances were divorced. In 1861 he remarried, to Elizabeth Hough. In 1862 through 1864 he was acting assistant surgeon in the Confederate Army. In 1863 he is listed as Chaplain of the Rockingham Union Lodge 27.

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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36031335/greenbury_fh-crockett: accessed ), memorial page for Dr Greenbury F.H. “Green” Crockett (1792–16 Jul 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 36031335, citing Woodbine Cemetery, Harrisonburg, Harrisonburg City, Virginia, USA; Maintained by George Seitz (contributor 40539541).