Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1921-07-27

Charles Lyman Case.
A long editorial in "The vigilant,"
an insurance journal published in
New York, speaks very highly Of
charles Lyman Case as a man. Mr..
Case lived in Coventry several years
during his boyhood, was brother Of
the late A. c. Case of Barton and was
an uncle of Mrs. H. j. Stannard of
Orleans, and of Miss Laura Case of
Barton. In part the editorial says:
Charles Lyman Case, United States
manager of the London Assurance
Corporation, passed away at his late
honae in West ninety-frst street, New
York, Saturday evening, June 25th,
in his list year. Reluctantly he
forego presiding as president at the
annual meeting of the National Board
on Thursday, May 26th, and it must
have cost him something of 18th hour
sacrifice to decline reelection. The
position was one which he very high
ly valued, regarding it as the crown
ing homage of his singularly useful,
honorable and successful insurance
career. ,
"What I say, I've no need to
swear" says "Caleb Garth" in Mid
dlemarch, and Charles Lyman Case
might have said the same. Sans re-
proche in his happy private life, in
the big matter of business integrity
he was solid as a rock and unfailing
as the seasons. When he agreed to
abide by this or that regulation, his
fellow underwriters knew that he
would stand by through thick and
thin-no matter what happened. Pur-
posely, the London Assurance, under
him, strongly inclined to conserva-
tism, but his unfailing observance Of
express and implied obligations made
him an underwriting pillar corres-
ponding to his personal proportions.
Personally he was in high favor
among officials, managers, field men
and local agents, all over the country.
Personally he appointed his own state
agents and special agents. investigat-
ing, sitting, selecting and placing
them with much care. An easy and
forceful public speaker, serious or
humorous as the occasion might re-
quire, the genial, bulky, deep-voiced
man was often creditably heard at
insurance meetings, dinners, banquets,
impromptu gatherings, and other un-
derwriters, near and far, had a pride
OF common possessions in his consid-
cradle and versatile attainments.
MaSS..
July 9th, 1850, until his removal to
the metropolis nearly three decades
since, the deceased was a Western
trained underwater and very proud
of the fact. Obliged to deny himself
a college education because of bad
health, in 1870 he entered the local
and general insurance office of c. H.
Case q Co., Chicago. For five years
following 1872, Charles Lyman Case
Travelled over a number of Central
Western states for the Insurance
Company of North America and the
pennsylvania Fire. He established a
local agency at st. Louis in 1877, re-
naming there ten years. In 1887 he
established the Western department
OF the London Assurance Corporation
at Chicago, and was Western mana
ger of the company until 1892. He
succeeded to the United States man
agement of the London" in the year
last named, removing the headouar-
ters from Chicago to New York.
There are seven survivors of Charles
Lyman's own familv-the widow.
three sons and three daughters. Two
of the sons. Charles E. and LYMAN G..
are engaged In the insurance business
in New York.
Oiio.IiCo IL. Ease was at one time
principal of Brigham academy. Bak-
ersfield.
The dead man served we'll. at diff
ferent times, on various important
committees of the National Board.
Western Union, Northwestern Asso-
citation, New York Board of Fire I'm
derwriters, New York Fire Insurance
Exchange, and other organizations.
He had been president of tba NJ,
York Exchange and was elected pres
ident of the National Board in 1920.
He was, too, the exceedingly popular
perpetual president of Western IN
surance Men in the East and regret
ted the omission of its annual get
together thus far this wear. Funeral
services were held at his late home,
3O9 West Ninetv-first street and the
burial was at Paris Hill, Me-. where
he had summer home. Charles Lv-
man Case occupied large, secure and
honored place. both in the insurance
business and in the hearts of the peo-
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