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Francis Sherman (1871 - 1926)
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Major Francis Sherman, 1916 |
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Francis Sherman loved literature, and by the time he joined the Merchants' Bank of Halifax's Woodstock, New Brunswick branch as a junior in 1887, he was already writing poetry. He published his first book of poetry, Matins, in 1897 and that same year became the bank's youngest manager, taking over the Fredericton, New Brunswick branch at the age of 26.
In 1899, Sherman was transferred to Montreal to work under the bank's general manager, Edson Pease. Pease appointed Sherman as joint agent to Havana, Cuba soon afterwards. Sherman "made" the bank in Cuba, and was so capable that, for many of the local sugar plantation owners, the bank was simply referred to as "Sherman's bank." Sherman was appointed assistant general manager in 1907.
In 1912, Sherman returned to head office in Montreal. He joined the army in 1915 and was quickly promoted to major. By the time he rejoined the bank in 1919, he was suffering from a heart condition, was forced to retire and moved to Atlantic City where he married two years later. Francis Sherman died in 1926.
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