Dr. Traill Green, M.D.

May 25, 1813 – April 29, 1897

Harriet Moore Green

July 29, 1820 – February 17, 1906

Dr. Traill Green was an important figure in Easton, Pennsylvania.  According to the April 30, 1897 edition of The Washington D.C. Star, he was an “eminent physician and famous scientist.”  In addition to that, Green was a prominent professor of chemistry at Lafayette College, as well as, a trustee and for a short time an acting president. 

Nationally he served as the first president of American Academy of Medicine.  One of his many contributions to the community of Easton was as serving on the school board.  He was one of the first, too, to believe that graveyards should be away from population centers which led to the founding of the Easton Cemetery.  Green served as the first board president, a position he held for nearly 40 years.

In honor of Green’s service to the college, community, and cemetery, Harry Lewis Raul was commissioned to create a statue of Dr. Traill Green dedicated May 30, 1911, which stands just inside the gates of the Easton Cemetery bearing the inscription, “M.D.L.L.D. First President of the Easton Cemetery Company, Physician – Scientist – Educator – Patriot – Christian.”