Alexander Little Page Green

Alexander Little Page Green (a.k.a. "A.L.P. Green") (1806 or 1807 – July 15, 1874) was an American Methodist leader, slaveholder, and co-founder of Vanderbilt University. He was the founder of the Southern Methodist Publishing House. He was instrumental in moving the Methodist General Conference to Nashville, Tennessee, where he was the minister of McKendree United Methodist Church. He was an authority on fishing.

Early life and education Alexander Little Page Green was born in 1806 or 1807 in Sevier County, Tennessee. His father was George Green and his mother, Judith Spillman. He grew up in Alabama. established in 1787. He was succeeded by Rev. John Berry McFerrin. During the course of his ministry, Green carried medical pills and powders for sick patients, even though he did not have a doctor's license.

Green was one of the commissioners overseeing the lawsuit between the Southern and Northern Methodist Churches. He was instrumental in establishing the Southern Methodist Publishing House at Nashville. During the American Civil War of 1861 to 1865, he supported the Confederate States of America. In September 1861, the Nashville Daily Patriot published an article suggesting Green had been appointed as Brigadier General of the Confederate States Army, though they added, "We trust it is nothing more than a rumor."

Green was one of the founders of Vanderbilt University in Nashville in 1873. From 1872 to 1875, he served as treasurer of its board of trust. and the Tennessee Blind School.

Green was recognized as an "authority" on fishing, and he gave a lecture about it at the Tulip Street Methodist Church in 1874. He began writing a book about fishing before his death. They had two sons and two daughters: Captain Frank Waters Green, who served in the CSA during the Civil War. William Martin Green, who became a Methodist minister. Laura Green, who married businessman Thomas Duncan Fite. Mary Anna Green Hunter, who married Confederate Captain Robert P. Hunter, followed by Methodist minister Robert A. Young.

Green suffered from tetter for many years.

His portrait hangs in the board of trust lounge of Kirkland Hall, the administrative building of Vanderbilt University. Moreover, the Alex Green Elementary School, located in Whites Creek, Tennessee North of Nashville, is named in his honor. His granddaughter, Julia McClung Green (1873-1961), was an educator; the Julia Green Elementary School in Nashville is named in her honor.

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