Alexander Little Page Green
| Alexander Little Page Green | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 26, 1806 Sevier County, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | July 15, 1874 Davidson County, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Resting place | Mount Olivet Cemetery |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Preacher |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Ann Elliston |
| Children | Frank Waters Green William Martin Green Mary Anna Green Hunter |
| Parent(s) | George Green Judith Spillman |
| Relatives | Robert A. Young (son-in-law) |
Alexander Little Page Green (a.k.a. "A.L.P. Green") (1806-1874) was an American Methodist preacher, slaveholder, and co-founder of Vanderbilt University.
Alexander Little Page Green was born on June 26, 1806 in Sevier County, Tennessee. His father was George Green and his mother, Judith Spillman. He grew up in Alabama.
Green joined the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South in Tennessee in 1824, at the age of seventeen. He became an ordained deacon in 1826 and an elder in 1828. He was elected to the General conference in 1831 and re-elected until he died. He was also one of the commissioners overseeing the lawsuit between the Southern and Northern Methodist Churches. He served as the first minister of McKendree United Methodist Church in Nashville, Tennessee, until John Berry McFerrin (1807-1887) took over. He also founded the Southern Methodist Publishing House.
Green was also one of the founders of Vanderbilt University in Nashville. Indeed, as early as 1859, he was the President of the Board of Trustees of the Central University, its precursor before it received a donation from Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794–1877). Later, from 1872 to 1875, he served as Treasurer of its Board of Trust. He also sat on the Board of Trustees of the Tennessee Blind School. Additionally, throughout his ministry, he carried medical pills and powders for sick patients, even though he did not have a doctor's license.
Green was a slaveholder. During the American Civil War of 1861 to 1865, he supported the Confederate States Army.
Green married Mary Ann Elliston (1817-1881), the sister of William Hiter Elliston (1819-1852), who served in the Mexican–American War of 1846-1848. They had two sons and one daughter:
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