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Francis Vinton Greene
Francis Vinton Greene (1850–1921) was a United States Army officer who fought in the Spanish–American War. He came from the Greene family of Rhode Island, noted for its long line of participants in American military history.
Biography.
Greene was born in Providence, Rhode Island, on June 27, 1850. He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point and graduated in 1870. He first served in the U.S. artillery and then transferred to the Corps of Engineers in 1872. He
the Trinity Church in Newport and Trinity Church in lower Manhattan. 
His maternal grandparents were Elizabeth Champlin (née Mason) Perry and Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, who was known as "The Hero of Lake Erie." His paternal grandparents were Mary (née Atwell) Vinton and David Vinton. His paternal aunt, Elizabeth Vinton, was married to Union Army Gen. George S. Greene, and was the father of Francis Vinton Greene.
Arthur Vinton attended the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute then joined the United States Navy and became a Col