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Ancestors of Fay Perry Greene, Jr. M.D.

Generation No. 2

      2. Fay Perry Greene, born December 6, 1885 in Franklinville, Cattaraugus, NY; died November 1972 in Williamstown, Wood, WV. He was the son of 4. Burnett Jennings Greene and 5. Sarah Fay. He married 3. Edith Mary Riley 1917 in Olean, Cattaraugus, NY.

      3. Edith Mary Riley, born January 7, 1885 in Olean, Cattaraugus, NY; died October 1973 in Williamstown, Wood, WV. She was the daughter of 6. Millard Fillmore Riley and 7. Martha Wayne Wands.

Notes for Fay Perry Greene:
Social Security Record:

GREENE, FAY 514-07-9403 (KS) b. 06 Dec 1885 d. Nov 1972
lr. 26187 (Williamstown, Wood, WV)

Fay Perry Greene, Sr. was the Postmaster of Franklinville, New York in 1916. During the Depression, he moved to Winfield, Kansas to find work in the oil companies. He and his wife Edith then moved to Florida after retirement, then moved to Williamstown, West Virginia to be near his son until their deaths. He was a builder, and was the second in command to Mark Graves, Commissioner of State Tax for New York State before the Depression (notes from Dr. F.P. Greene, son, 1996) Fay Greene remembers that at one time his father was in the New York State Police and drove an Indian Motorcycle with a sidecar.
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Doty, W. J., et al. (1940). THE HISTORIC ANNALS OF SOUTHWESTERN NEW YORK.
NYC: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc. Vol II, p 620: "The next
generation (of political leaders) includes...Fay P. Greene of Franklinville."

To place this in perspective, the section begins, on page 608, with a history of
political leaders. Towards the end (p 619), it's stated, "In the Democratic
party probably the most talked of man a half century and more ago was Hon.
Charles S Cary, of Olean....Other Democratic leaders at that time were Rodney R
Crowley....The next generation includes...Fay P. Greene of Franklinville."

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Fay Perry Greene built a home made of stone at 1703 Ames Street in Winfield Kansas during the late 1930 s. He built it with no architect. He & I went out through the countryside & collected the stones. A part of a steel bridge girder was used to support part of the ceiling of the large living room. I helped a lot & painted the whole house. He had some manual labor help to carry stones, cement,etc.My dad did 95% of it. He started working on it to the best of my recollection about a year after I graduated from high school (1935). I think my parents moved into it from the 10th Street house after I left for medical school (1938). (From: Remembrances of Fay Perry Greene, Jr.)
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From Remembrances of Fay Perry Greene, Jr.

When we first arrived in Winfield(Kansas) we stayed at a boarding house. It was rough. My father had to work 12 hours a day--frequently on a night shift & had to get some rest in the daytime. Then my mother almost died of a ruptured appendix. I was on my own in 5th grade. Used to sneak up the hospital fire-escape to visit my mother. The nurses were kind to me. My mother was in the hospital for 3 or 4 weeks. The boardinghouse landlady was a very cold person--didn't like her at all. My mother's ?2nd cousin, Dr. Ralph Ward James operated on her.

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FROM:
"The CHRONICLE JOURNAL, Franklinville NY Thursday, March 1, 1923

FAY P. GREENE IS NEW CHAIRMAN OF DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE

Fay P. Greene of Olean, for 6 years postmaster in this village (Franklinville), was elected as Chairman of the Democratic County Committee at a meeting of that body held in the Chamber of Commerce rooms in Salamanca last Saturday afternoon.
      Mr. Greene, who has been prominently identified with the Democratic activities in this county for many years, was born in this village December 6th, 1885. He became the political leader of his party in the town after a closely fought contest in the fall of 1914. On January 6, 1916, he was appointed postmaster here by President Wilson and served in that capacity until he retired on February 1st, 1922. He was appointed as one of the state supervisors of finance on Governor Smith's successful campaign last fall by Frederick A. Wellis, chairman of the Democratic state finance committee. This position brought him in personal contact with all the County Chairmen and leaders in his party within the state of New York.
      Mr. Greene is now connected with the wholesale grocery firm of Riley and Wands of Olean.

Notes for Edith Mary Riley:
Edith was the Regent for the Daughters of the American Revolution in Kansas. She attained her membership in DAR in 1933.

Social Security Record:
GREENE, EDITH 262-43-0660 (FL) b. 07 Jan 1885 d. Oct 1973
last residence: 26187 (Williamstown, Wood, WV)

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Newspaper Article from the Olean Evening Times:

POSTMASTER GREENE MARRIED
MAY 5, 1917

Scores of friends will be interested in the following account from the Olean Evening Times of Monday last:

The marriage of Miss Edith Mary Riley, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Millard F. Riley, Sr. to Fay P. Greene of Franklinville was solemnized Saturday afternoon at 5 o’clock at the home of the bride’s parents on East State Street.

The ceremony was performed by Rev. Clarence Dibble of Duke Center, a cousin of the bride, before an embankment of palms, ferns, and pink hydrangeas in the presence of the immediate members of the families and a few friends. There were no attendants.

The bride was attired in her traveling suit of dark blue with hat to match and she wore a corsage bouquet of orchids and lilies of the valley.

Directly following the ceremony, a wedding dinner was served to the 30 guests, covers being laid for 12 at the bride’s table, which was centered with a shepherdess basket of Ophelia roses and ferns. The same flowers were used at the small tables and in decorating throughout the house.

Mr. and Mrs. Greene left Saturday night for New York and Philadelphia and upon return will reside in Franklinville, where the groom is Postmaster.
(Newspaper article is from Marjorie Graves Scrapbook, Ischua Valley Historical Society 79.1.4)
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BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
From Franklinville Chronicle - 1918
Twins, a boy and a girl, were born to Mr. and Mrs. Fay P. Greene at the Higgins Hospital, Olean, New York, Sunday, March 17, 1918. Congratulations.

(Note by Laura Greene: Birth announcement of Fay Perry Greene, Jr. and his sister, who sadly died immediately after birth of intestinal obstruction. Fay Perry Greene, Jr. remained their only child. Fay Sr. and Fay Jr., and his son John Fay Greene were named in honor of the Fay family, from which Sarah Olive Fay (mother of F.P. Greene Sr.), descended.

Child of Fay Greene and Edith Riley is:

Fay Perry Greene, Jr. M.D., born March 17, 1918 in Olean, Cattaraugus, NY; married Genevieve Faith Daves May 29, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois.

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