Jacob L. Greene

Colonel Jacob Lyman Greene was at the time of his death President of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company, a post he had filled since 1878. During most of that time he was a prominent figure in insurance business because of the firmness with which he held to the principle of “straight” insurance, and the vigor and persistency with which he discussed and condemned all other forms. He was a man of unusual ability, of active and aggressive intellect, of much public spirit, and in social intercourse, most interesting and attractive. Born in Maine, in 1837, of ancestry well represented in revolutionary and colonial wars, he received his education in the University of Michigan and in its law school. He enlisted in the famous Seventh Michigan Infantry in the first year of the war as a private, and fought his way up to the rank of Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel, and was Chief of Staff with Major-General Custer. He was captured in 1864 and spent a year in Libby and other prisons. He was a gallant soldier, as he was an honored and useful citizen.

Edward Cary
1906 Century Association Yearbook