Famous Kin of
Maj. Gen.
Nathanael Greene
American Revolution
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Commodore Matthew C. Perry
Led Black Ships Expedition to Japan
2nd cousin 1 time removed via Edward Perry
Oliver Hazard Perry
Hero of Lake Erie during the War of 1812
2nd cousin 1 time removed via Edward Perry
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
2nd cousin 4 times removed via James Greene
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
2nd cousin 6 times removed via Edward Perry
Samuel Ward King
15th Governor of Rhode Island
3rd cousin 2 times removed via John Greene
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
3rd cousin 3 times removed via John Greene
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
3rd cousin 3 times removed via Giles Slocum
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
3rd cousin 3 times removed via John Greene
Warren G. Harding
29th U.S. President
3rd cousin 5 times removed via Giles Slocum
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
3rd cousin 5 times removed via Giles Slocum
Charlie Munger
Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
3rd cousin 6 times removed via Giles Slocum
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
4th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Greene of Gillingham, Dorsetshire
Henry Lee Higginson
Founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
6th cousin 5 times removed via William Grindall
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
6th cousin 6 times removed via William Grindall
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
6th cousin 6 times removed via William Grindall
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
6th cousin 7 times removed via William Grindall
Nathanael Greene photo by Charles Willson Peale (Public Domain)
