The Rev. Edward Hollister Green

The Green Hill post office carried the minister's name. Opened in 1857 and named for E. H. Green, pastor of the local Presbyterian church, it closed in 1860, reopened in 1872 and shut for good in 1907. In 1884 the community had an estimated 100 people, with several gristmills, a church, a school, a gin and a sawmill. By 1933 the population had fallen to 75, served by three businesses, and in 1984 the community still had three churches and a cemetery. Green himself died in 1863, so the name outlasted him by decades.

What the plaque says

The Rev. Edward Hollister Green (Born Madison County , Ala., May 14, 1827; Died Titus County, Texas, Nov. 12, 1863) Son of James W. and Elizabeth (Bass) Green. Educated at Centre College, Danville, Ky., and New Albany Theological Seminary, Ind. Licensed and ordained in Memphis Presbytery, preached 1853-59 in Tennessee. Came to Texas; founded church here Sept. 23, 1860. Held pastorate until his death. He married Catherine Hall of Tipton County, Tenn., 1850. They had a son and two daughters. Recorded - 1972

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Lake Bob Sandlin State Park — 15 mi
  A 1987 state park on a 9,000-acre reservoir, where a Republic of Texas stockade called Fort Sherman stood in 1838 and the Caddo lived from A.D. 800 to 1860, now with fishing piers, trails and cabins.
• Daingerfield State Park — 24 mi
  A pine-and-hardwood park built in 1935-39 by a white and a Black Civilian Conservation Corps company, with a dammed lake, Bass Lodge and a 2.4-mile loop trail around the water.

More markers nearby

• Titus County C. S. A. — 6.4 mi
• Henry Clay Thruston — 6.5 mi
• Gray Rock Cemetery — 10 mi
• Ripley Massacre — 11 mi