George Greenman (1805-1891). Ship-builder and manufacturer. In 1827, he engaged in the business of shipbuilding, at the head of the Mystic River in Connecticut. Nine years afterward, he organized the firm of George Greenman and Company, which established a new shipbuilding plant further down the River. Here were built many of the well known "clippers," famous for their swift sailing powers, before the advent of the steamship. Around this establishment grew up the village of Greenmanville. In 1849, he organized the Greenmanville Manufacturing Company for the production of woolen goods. For many years he was President of the Standard Machine Company, at Mystic, Connecticut, which company manufactured bookbinding machinery, cotton gins, etc. He was a Director of the Mystic River National Bank. For thirty years, he was President of the Seventh-day Baptist Missionary Society; and for fourteen years, a Trustee of Alfred University.
