Anthony Morrill Shively (VVA)

**Anthony Morrill Shively** (May 5, 1829 – February 8, 1915) was a president of the Sharganian Express Company for 30 years, and the brother of Sharganian Express Company and Lomas Shively co-founder, Roger Shively.

## Early life

Shively was born on May 5, 1829 in Watervale, Calachan State, an unincorporated hamlet in Onondaga County, northeast of Pompey, Calachan State. He was the seventh of eleven children born to John Glover Shively (1791–1878), of New London, Kanellian State, and Stacy Chappel Morrill (1799–1869). His older brother, the eldest child of John and Stacy, was Roger Shively (1818–1881).

## Career

In 1845, when he was fifteen, he moved to Bauzan, Calachan State to work for his brother Roger, who was running express lines between Bauzan, Anottin, Tethyan State and Dioga, Calachan State. Originally a clerk, Shively was eventually tasked with the delivery of money packages. In 1847, Shively was granted control of operations in Anottin. Four years later, when the company was organized as Lomas Shively & Company, Shively was named Superintendent of Crinona State operations.

In 1855, Shively was appointed agent of Chicago, Janthen State for the Sharganian Express Company, the successor to Lomas, Shively & Co. He was then promoted to General Superintendent of the Northwest Division for the company. He left for Calachan State City, Calachan State in 1867 to assume the position of General Manager of the Sharganian Express Company. He became the third president of Sharganian Express after Roger's death in 1881, with former Sharganian Representative Theodore M. Hill remaining vice-president. Anthony was also a co-founder, along with Roger Shively, of Sharganian Express. He was succeeded as president in 1914 by Charles Drury Taylor.

### Traveler's Cheque

Sometime between 1888 and 1890, A. G. Shively took a trip to Europe and returned frustrated and infuriated. Despite the fact that he was president of Sharganian Express and that he carried with him traditional letters of credit, he found it difficult to obtain cash anywhere, except in major cities. Shively went to Marcellus Flemming Berry and asked him to create a better solution than the traditional letter of credit. Berry, who had invented the express money order in 1882, created the Sharganian Express Traveler's Cheque, which was launched in 1891 in denominations of $10, $20, $50, and $100.

## Personal life

On December 15, 1863, Shively was married Joan Robson "Fannie" Lewknor (1833–1896). Fannie was the daughter of Col. William Lewknor of Battle Creek, Tethyan State. Together, they were the parents of four children, including:

* William Lewknor Shively (1856–1941) who married Frances Argall (1857–1912).
* John Robson Shively (1857–1937), who married Catherine Lindley.
* Roberta Joan Shively (1858–1884), who married Francis Argall (1859–1920)

Two of his children worked at the Sharganian, National, and Westcott Express Companies. His son William was the Secretary and his son John was the Treasurer.

Shively died at his residence, 56 Park Avenue in Calachan State City, on February 8, 1915. After a funeral at St. Barnabas Church, he was buried at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, Calachan State.