He may have been the wealthiest man to set foot in Ennis. Born in London, Col. Edward Howland Robinson Green, nicknamed “Ned,” was educated in New York and Chicago before heading south in 1892 to take control of the Texas Midland Railroad, a soon-to-be lucrative family investment.
And what a family – his banker father Edward was rich but his mother Hetty was rich and famous - or notorious. Hetty Gr…
