Edward Howland Robinson Green

Edward Howland Robinson Ned Green , also known as Colonel Green, was an American businessman, the only son of the miser Hetty Green . In the late 19thcentury, he became a political ally in the Republican Party of William Madison McDonald, a prominent AfricanAmerican politician.

Edward Green was the first of two children of Hetty and Edward Henry Green. His sister Harriet Sylvia Ann Howland Green Wilks, called Sylvia, was born in 1871. Their mother amassed a fortune through her business dealings and was known as a miser.

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