Genevieve Faith Daves was born as Patricia May Mitchell. She was adopted by John Chesley Daves and his wife Emma Florence Daves of Winfield, Kansas a few months after her birth in 1924 to MARIE MITCHELL, daughter of LAURA MITCHELL at the Salvation Army Home in Wichita. Very early she revealed tremendous talent in the arts and was an accomplished violinist and pianist at a very young age. She won many state and national competitions, never losing a single one. Sadly, her adoptive father died when she was 16, and as an only child she remained in Kansas with her mother until the following year, when she went to Julliard. As an undergraduate she was the Concert Mistress of the Julliard Graduate School Orchestra. Over the years, she has given many violin and piano concerts and has become a composer as well. She composed the score of the musical "Eden on the River", an historical musical about the partnership between Aaron Burr and Harmon Blennerhassett, who funded Burr's expeditions to the West from his home on Blennerhassett Island, West Virginia.. The musical was favorably reviewed by the New York Times during the 1970s and is produced yearly in Parkersburg, WV. (The facts surrounding the story of "Eden on the River" are an integral part of American and Ohio/West Virginia history). She was a music professor for many years at Marietta College, and helped many a student to develop their musical talents.

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From: INTERNATIONAL WHO's WHO IN MUSIC International Who's Who in Music 8th edition 1977 Cambridge, England p.317
GREENE, Genevieve, b. 26 Feb. 1924, Winfield, Kansas USA. Teacher; Violinist, Composer. Education: Southwestern College, Ohio University, Juilliard School of Music. Married Dr. F.P. Greene, 2 daughters, 1 son. Career: Musical Director Parkersburg Actor's Guild; Faculty Member, Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio; Concertmistress, Civic Symphonette ibid;Solo concerts in USA; Compositions: Eden on the River (a historical musical drama); 4 Preludes for Piano; Ballet Musik; Duo-Violin Sonata in F Minor. Address: Little Run Farm, Williamstown, W.Va. USA.

From: WHO'S WHO IN AMERICAN WOMEN Who's Who of American Women 6th edition 1970-71 A.N Marquis Co. Inc. P.484
GREENE, Genevieve Daves (Mrs. Fay P. Greene), musician, educator, b. Wichita, Kansas, Feb. 26, 1924; d of John Chesley and Florence (Snyder) Daves; student, Southwestern College, 1941, Juilliard School of Music, 1941-44; married Fay P. Greene, Jr. May 29, 1944; children - Sandra, John, Laura. Member National Youth Symphony, 1944-46; member, 1st violinist section, Oklahoma City Symphony, 1944-46; pianist in night clubs, hotel, New York City, Long Island, New York, 1946-49; piano soloist and accompanist John Drew Theatre, East Hampton, NY, 1950-52; Instructor violin and piano Marietta (Ohio) College, 1962 - , Instructor music courses, 1963 -. Recitals in New York area, 1948-50, Mid-Ohio area, 1957 - : Concert Mistress Mid-Ohio Valley Symphony Orchestra, 1957 ---; Instructor Music Classroom of Air, Station WCOM-FM, Marietta, 1963 -; teacher, Chamber Music Ohio University, summer 1968; Directed musical "Fantasticks, Parkersburg W.Va., 1964; Board of Directors Jr. League, Parkersburg W.Va. 1958-61; Board of Directors, Parkersburg Community Concert Association, 1955-59, president, 1958. National violin winner National Federation of Music Clubs, 1940; Kansas winner 1938,1939, 1949 state and national piano winner, 1939. Member Ohio Federation Women's Clubs, Parkersburg Academy of Medicine Auxiliary (President, 1956), Mid-Ohio Valley Symphony Soc. (director, 1958-62) Presbyterian. Home: Little Run Farm, Williamstown, W.Va. Office: Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio. ================