Isaac Shriver

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Isaac Shriver (March 6, 1777 – December 22, 1856) was an American politician from Maryland. He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Frederick County from 1811 to 1812, in 1827 and 1829, and from 1835 to 1836.

Early life

Isaac Shriver was born on March 6, 1777, at the family homestead on Little Pipe Creek, near Westminster, Maryland, to Rebecca (née Ferree) and David Shriver.[1][2] His brothers were David Jr. and Jacob.[3]

Career

Shriver was a Democrat.[4] He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Frederick County from 1811 to 1812, in 1827 and in 1829, and from 1835 to 1836.[1][5] In 1836, he ran again as a Democrat, but lost.[4]

Shriver was president of the Bank of Winchester (later the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank of Frederick County) from April 1827 to his death in 1856.[1][4] The Shriver family worked in iron and built gun barrels for the government.[4] He was an incorporator of Westminster Academy and a charter member of the Carroll division of the Sons of Temperance.[4] He owned a tavern in Westminster that was later named Cassell Home and became the City Hotel and the Main Court Inn.[4][6] He donated land used for the Carroll County courthouse in Westminster.[7]

Personal life

Shriver married Polly Leatherman, daughter of Henry Leatherman, on April 22, 1802. They had ten children, Rebecca, Henry, Betsy, George, Francis, Margaret, Julian, Jesse, Anna Maria and Louisa Susan.[1][2] His nephew Edward Shriver served in the state legislature.[8] Shriver was affiliated with the German Reformed church until 1834 when he joined the Methodist Protestant church.[1][2] After his marriage, he moved to Westminster.[2]

Shriver died on December 22, 1856, in Cumberland.[1] He is buried in Westminster.[4]

References

  1. 1.[1.2][1.3][1.4][1.5][1.6]"Isaac Shriver". Maryland Manual On-Line. Maryland State Archives. June 20, 2005. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  2. 2.[2.2][2.3][2.4]Jordan, John W., ed. (1911). Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania. Vol. 3. The Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 1317–1318. Retrieved March 9, 2024 – via Archive.org.
  3. 3."David Shriver". Maryland Manual On-Line. Maryland State Archives. February 6, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  4. 4.[4.2][4.3][4.4][4.5][4.6][4.7]History of Western Maryland. Vol. 2. Louis H. Everts. 1882. pp. 794–795, 800, 865, 935–936, 942, 951. Retrieved March 9, 2024 – via Archive.org.
  5. 5."Historical List, House of Delegates, Frederick County (1790-1974)". Maryland Manual On-Line. Maryland State Archives. January 4, 2010. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  6. 6.Shellman, Mary Bostwick (1924). The Pioneers of the Early Days of Westminster. pp. 9, 25. Retrieved March 9, 2024 – via Archive.org.
  7. 7.Baty, Catherine (2006). Images of America: Carroll County. Arcadia Publishing. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-7385-4302-4. Retrieved March 9, 2024 – via Archive.org.
  8. 8."Edward Shriver (1812–1896)". Maryland Manual On-Line. Maryland State Archives. June 20, 2005. Retrieved March 22, 2024.