The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-06-07
SAML NJ. SHOEMAKER
ADAMS EXPRESS MANAGER, DIES
AT OLD POINT COMFORT
how He Commenced His Career as q
Grocery Clerk-His Business and
Social Eminence Burnside
and It's Noted Cattle

Mr.. Samuel NJ. Shoemaker, whose long
| connection with Adams Express Com
pany has made him one of the most
| prominent business men in Baltimore
and the South, died at midnight on Sat
urday. TIE 3lSt uitimo. at Old Point
| Comfort, Va. The deceased had been
suffering from kidney affection for the
past year, and about two months ago
was confined TO his bed. For several
| days death lowered over him. lie raj
lied, however, and about three weeks
ago was removed to Old Point Comfort,
where, it was thought. the bay breezes
would insure his complete recovery. He
improved very rapidly, and had so fai
recuperated that Mrs. Barnett. his daugh-
i fer. who had come from the West to see
him ana WHO, was his constant attendant
for several days, came to the avyr on
Saturday with the intention of returning
home. He accompanied her to the boat
and expressed the intention of following
her to the city in few days. Saturday
night he was suddenly taken worse, and
| expired at midnight. When the tele-
gram announcing his death arrived here
the members of his family were at Burn
| side" his country-seat, i'll the Green
| Spring Valley. y cooled servant was
despatched to Burnside with the sad in
telligenoc, and the family returned to
his city residence, st. Paul and Read
streets, Sunday evening. His remains
were forwarded froE. Old Point Comfort
on Monday ON Bay Line steamer, and
arrived in Baltimore on Tuesday morn
ing. The funeral took place on Wed.
nesday, and was very largely attended.
Mr.. Samuel NJ. Shoemaker to whom
is due in large part the credit of the
organization of the most complete ex-
press system in the world, was born at
Bayou Ia Fourche, La on June %, 1921.
His father, Samuel +. Shoemaker, was a
native of Philadelphia and descendant
Of one of the original settlers of Penn
| Sylvania. his ancestors having immi-
grated to the State from Germany in
1GS2. The father of the deceased re-
moved to Louisiana in 1919, having about
that time married Miss Sallie Falls
daughter of Dir. Moore Falls, of Balti
more county. In Louisiana Samuel E
Shoemaker purchased large plantation
lie only lived short time, however, tt
derive profit and pleasure for it's cultiva
ton Soon after the birth of the subject
Of this sketch he was accidentally drown
ed in the Mississippi ri -cr. With he;
father less child Mrs. Shoemaker returned
to her parents home in Baltimore county
Her son. as soon as his age permitted
it, was sent to a school near y,and later
on completed his education at lafayette
College, Pennsy lvania. When IS year:
Of aye young Shoemaker entered ths
counting room or Alexander Falls Il Co.
Wholesale grocerS in Baltimore, where III
remained Il clerk for four years. He wa
then appointed agent of the Rappahau
mock Steam Packet Company, whicl
traded between Baltimore and Freder
iciiSburg, Va. At the same time he en-
tered into partnership with Mr.. Martin
then well-known grocer in Baltimore
The partnership, however, continued
only IS months. Young Shoemaker Wit
was then nearly % years of age, tool
more pleasure in the vocation of agent o
a transportation company. and he dc
cided to devote his entire energies to tl,i
means OF livelihood.
So excellently had he conducted til
affairs Of the Rappahannock Steamboa
Company that he found no difficulty il
also obtaining the agency for the Fries
son line of steamers which piled between
Baltimore and Philadelphia upon the OF
ganizatOn of the company. Both line
of steamers thrived under Mr.. Shoe
makers management. SO well had h
acquitted himself that when only ,
years of sge he was invited by Mr.. +.
Sanford, at that time agent of Adams
, Co.'S Express i'll Philadelphia, to joi
him in organizing an express line be
, tween that city and Baltimore. Thi
was soon after accomplished by Messrs
Shoemaker and Sanford, and the busi
ness was conducted under the name G
: Adams & Co.'S Express. ShOemake
and Sanford were, however, the real pre-
, prietorS. From this point on Mr.. Shoe
makers life is one with that of the ris
! aud development of the Adams EXPIRES
Company, an enterprise which has few
ii any equals.
Arrangements were made by Messrs
: shoemaker and Sanford in 1So4 with til
: propIieto!s of other express lines bctwee
5 Boston and Philadelphia, and the iina
result was the formation of one grea
!, compamN. 1t was organized under til
laws ,yf die State of New York, and
famii,AtIy known in every household
he uriop IS The Adams Express Con
/ pany" What this great company ha
become by the Sf3wth OF years everyon
knows Its astonishing development
!, re viewed with amazement. Its arm
AZ ,tlshoots embrace every section {
con ntry. from the Great Lakes to I'll
Mex :arl frontier from the Atlantic
the Pa cite.
The arse fortune which accrued frol
his indu StrF and skill enabled him
engage in stack raising, and he has Their
bv carried ss4t the ambition of his lif
About fife en- years ago he purchased
tract of Ian d in Green Spring Nalle
twelve miles from the city, and erectt
on it prince ly ma ns5on, where he spel
: the summer months The fine estate
> we'll llnowna as Burns ide Park. " \ brant
of the Northern Central Railroad plac
: ! it in easy com nunication with the cit
! ! Fine barns and outhouses We're erecte
that it has few equals for fertility al
/ DroductivenesS in the State. lie engage
in raising thor oughbred cattle, makir
JERSEYS a specially. Tho most high
priced stock b 9TH at home and abro;
: we're purchased at lavish prices. Ado
= lions have cons taetly been made to h
herd, and it has nov reached the numb
= of 90. and is re yarded as the most valu
= bic i'll the country. An idea of his d
: regard of expense i'll obtaining thoroug
breds is seen in his recent expenditure
4 81 nnn for an importpa Jersey bu11 II