[Henrietta]. American capitalist, born in Massachusetts. Her father was Edward Mott Robinson, who traces his descent to John Howland, one of the signers of the compact drawn up on board the Mayflower. A nearer ancestor was Isaac Howland, who acquired a fortune in the whaling industry, his heirs being his granddaughters, one of whom, Abbie, was Hetty Robinson’s mother, and the other her aunt. The family residence has been for three centuries at Round Hill, MA. Miss Robinson was known in New York society as the “New Bedford belle,” and on the visit of the Prince of Wales to the United States in 1860 she was one of the few girls specially presented to the heir apparent to the British throne, who took quite a fancy to the ingenuous New York girl. In 1864 she married Edward H. Green, of Bellows Falls, VT. He made his fortune in the East Indies as agent of the Russells of London. His income at that time was $50,000, and he was subsequently president of the Louisville and Nashville line, but retired from business afterward, residing at his native place. To this union two children were born, Edward H. R. (in 1868) and Sylvia (in 1870). The former is president of the Texas Midland railway, a road of 130 miles, purchased and equipped by Mrs. Green; he has taken a prominent part in Texas politics. Mrs. Green is best known in connection with her judicious investment of the $10,000,000 inherited from her father, which she personally supervises. She is one of the shrewdest financiers of her time, and her money is well invested in the largest cities in the East and West. She is accounted the richest woman in America, and it is not impossible that her fortune may exceed $100,000,000 in the aggregate.
