Columbian Mutual Life Assurance Society

Lincoln American Tower (originally, the Columbian Mutual Tower), Memphis

Columbian Mutual Life Assurance Society (predecessor, Eminent Household of Columbian Woodmen; successor, Columbian Mutual Life Insurance Company; in 1965, Lincoln American Insurance Company) was an American fraternal benefit order. It was originally organized in 1903, under the laws of Georgia, as "Eminent Household of Columbian Woodmen" (sometimes referred to as "Columbian Woodmen of Georgia" or simply, "Columbian Woodmen".[1] When this organization merged with the "Columbia Woodmen of Mississippi" in 1921, the name of the merged institutions was changed to "Columbian Mutual Life Assurance Society".[2] In 1922, its home office moved to Memphis, Tennessee, where it erected a 22-story office building, known as Columbian Mutual Tower. The Society paid sick and death benefits and admitted both men and women. In 1924, it had 831 subordinate lodges with a benefit membership of 24,039.[3]

  1. ^ "The Columbian Mutual Life Assurance Society". The Spectator. C.D. Lakey and J.H. Goodsell: 23. 13 April 1922. Retrieved 14 October 2024. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ Best's Insurance Reports, Life-health. A.M. Best Company. 1926. pp. 9–10. Retrieved 14 October 2024. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ Preuss, Arthur (1924). "Columbian Mutual Life Assurance Society". A Dictionary of Secret and Other Societies ... B. Herder Book Company. p. 94. Retrieved 14 October 2024. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.