Frederick W. Greeman
Frederick W. Greeman was born in 1824 in Hanover, Germany, and came to
Indiana via Cincinnati in 1863. Three years later he established the
Batesville Carving Company, the first real furniture factory foundation
company. Over a period of years it developed into the Greeman Brothers
Manufacturing Company. Greeman had served in the Union Army during the
Civil War where he was wounded. He came to Batesville with his five sons
after regaining his health. Greeman was a painter by trade as well as a
carver. His oldest son, William F. Greeman, succeeded him as active head
of the carving company, and later the Bracket Manufacturing Company, and
served as president of the Greeman Brothers Manufacturing Company.
Frederick died in 1910.
