William Henry Sherman
{{short description|American publisher and author}}
{{Infobox person
| name = William Henry Sherman
| image = File:Sherman's Book Store.jpg
| caption = Sherman's Book Store, Main Street, Bar Harbor, Maine (2017)
| birth_date = October 4, 1865
| birth_place = Sullivan, Maine, U,S,
| death_date = {{death date and age|1928|5|18|1865|10|1}}
| death_place = Bar Harbor, Maine, U.S.
| resting_place = Ledgelawn Cemetery, Bar Harbor, Maine, U.S.
| occupation = Printer, author
}}
William Henry Sherman (October 4, 1865 – May 18, 1928) was an American businessman and writer. In 1886, he founded W. H. Sherman, Printer & Stationer, in Bar Harbor, Maine, which went on to become Sherman's Book Store.{{Cite web |last=Forecaster |first=Kristen McNerneyThe |date=2021-08-27 |title=Sherman's Maine Coast Book Shop docks in Topsham and Windham |url=https://www.pressherald.com/2021/08/27/shermans-maine-coast-book-shop-docks-in-topsham-and-windham/ |access-date=2022-12-23 |website=Press Herald}} It is now the oldest bookstore in the state and one of the ten oldest bookstores in the United States.{{Cite news |title=Maine's oldest bookstore gets reestablished in Midcoast with new Rockland store |language=en |work=Boothbay Register |url=https://www.boothbayregister.com/article/maine-s-oldest-bookstore-gets-reestablished-midcoast-new-rockland-store/149700 |access-date=2022-12-23}}
Life and career
Sherman was born in Sullivan, Maine,{{Cite book |last=Herringshaw |first=Thomas William |title=Herringshaw's American Blue Book of Biography |publisher=American Publishers' Association |year=1915 |pages=1,043}} to Albion Sherman and Phebe French.{{Cite book |title=Who's who in Finance and Banking |year=1924 |pages=688}}
He began his career working for newspapers and the Associated Press as a reporter. After establishing W. H. Sherman, Printer & Stationer, in 1886, he began publishing the Bar Harbor Times in 1914, as well as his own works and that of some of Bar Harbor's year-round and summer residents.{{Cite web |title=About Us {{!}} Sherman's Maine Coast Book Shop |url=https://www.shermans.com/about-us |access-date=2022-12-23 |website=www.shermans.com}}
Sherman published Guide to Bar Harbor, Maine, in 1890.{{Cite journal |last=Sherman |first=W. H. |date=1890 |title=Guide to Bar Harbor, Maine |url=https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainehistory/42 |series=Maine History Documents |language=en}}
On October 23, 1890,{{Cite book |title=Builders of Our Nation |publisher=American Publishers' Association |year=1915 |pages=695}} he married Annie Smith, with whom he five daughters and one son. The family lived at 5 Roberts Avenue.
He became president of Bar Harbor Savings Bank, which merged with First National Bank in 1911. He remained director.
Sherman was a Freemason.
Death
Sherman died in 1928, aged 62. He is interred in Bar Harbor's Ledgelawn Cemetery. His wife survived him by fifteen years, and was buried beside him.
Publications
- Guide to Bar Harbor, Maine (1890)
References
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Category:Businesspeople from Maine
Category:People from Sullivan, Maine