Background
Shumway, Sherman Nelson was born on December 18, 1895 in Dover, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Amos Wight and Jennie (Smith) Shumway.
Shumway, Sherman Nelson was born on December 18, 1895 in Dover, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Amos Wight and Jennie (Smith) Shumway.
Bachelor of Arts, Bowdoin College, 1917. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1922.
Attorney Gower & Shumway, Skowhegan, Maine, 1922-1927. Counsel Bangor Hydro-Electric Company (Maine), 1927-1933. President Merrill Trust Company, Bangor, 1933-1944.
Vice-president, director Signal Oil and Gas Company, Los Angeles, 1944-1954.
Member of the board overseers Bowdoin College.
Married Agnes Mosher, June 30, 1925. Children: Forrest Nelson, Douglas Mosher, John Worthington.
