Alfred A. Green (24 February 1828 – 3 March 1899) was a Canadian–born political and civic figure in nineteenth–century California. He also served in the Mexican–American War.
See also: Merced Manor, San Francisco
Alfred A. Green was born in Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada. [1] [2] [3] He served in the California legislature and during the Mexican–American War served in the US Army. [4] He came to San Francisco as a member of Colonel Stevenson's regiment In 1847. [1] He was a member of The Society of California Pioneers. Green was instrumental in defeating several fraudulent land grants in early San Francisco. [1] In 1853 he served as a member of the Sonoma Town Council. [2]
In 1862 he was living on Montgomery Street (between Pacific Street and Broadway Street) with his brother Benjamin S. Green according to the San Francisco Directory. [5]
Green was involved in a lawsuit with the Mexican government regarding the San Rafael de la Zanja land grant (around 20,000 acres in what is now the US state of Arizona) in the late 1880s. [6]
He died in San Francisco on 3 March 1899, of stomach cancer. [1]