J. L. Greene Biography


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J. L. GREENE. The financial and commercial history of South Dakota 
would be very incomplete and unsatisfactory without a personal and 
somewhat extended mention of those whose lives are interwoven so 
closely with the business and financial development of the state. 
Prominent among the energetic, enterprising and successful business men 
of Hyde county is J. L. Greene, the well-known president of the First 
State Bank of Highmore. 

He is a native of Ohio, but in early life removed with his family to 
Rock county, Wisconsin, where he was reared upon a farm. Subsequently 
he was engaged in business in Marshalltown, Iowa, for many years, and 
in 1882 came to Pierre, South Dakota, where he purchased property. Six 
years later he became a resident- of Highmore, where he has since made 
his home, and has been connected with the bank of which he is now 
president. That institution was organized in 1883 under the name of the 
Hyde County Bank, with A. H. Everhard as president and O. P. Everhard 
as cashier. In 1888 Mr. Greene became interested in the same. It was 
conducted as a private bank until September, 1891, when it was re-
organized and made a state bank, A. H. Everhard being chosen president 
and our subject cashier. In January, 1898, J. L. Greene was elected 
president and F. D. Greene, cashier, in which capacity they are still 
serving. They do a general banking business, and the bank is regarded 
as one of the most reliable financial institutions of this section of 
the state. 

In Iowa Mr. Greene was united in marriage with Miss Eva Duguid, who 
died in 1883, leaving one son and two daughters, and four years later 
he wedded her sister, Miss Mary Duguid. He has never taken any interest 
in political affairs, preferring to give his undivided attention to his 
business interests. As a financier he ranks among the ablest, and has 
been an earnest and constructive force in administering the affairs of 
the strong institution of which he is the head and over whose destinies 
he presides.