Columbia County PA Archives Biographies.....SHEW, James U. M. 1869 - 
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  JAMES U. M. SHEW, whose portrait is presented on the opposite page, one of the
  bright and hustling young business men of Light Street and general
  superintendent of the Bloomsburg Paper Mills, was born in Gunpowder, Baltimore
  County, Md., May 6, 1869. He is a son of James M. and Anna Mary (Fisher) Shew,
  and grandson of Joseph and Mary (Shew) Shew.
  
    Joseph Shew, the grandfather of our subject, was a native of London, England,
  who, when young, immigrated to America, locating in Baltimore County, Md., where
  he engaged in the cultivation of the soil. He was also a surveyor and followed
  that profession in connection with farming. He was constable of his township and
  was a veteran of the War of 1812, serving as an emergency man at Baltimore, Md.
  He was united in the bonds of wedlock with Mary Shew, a native of Virginia, and
  they reared a family of four children, namely: James M., the father of our
  subject; Henry, who died while en route for Denver, Col., on business in behalf
  of the Order of Railway Conductors,—he was a conductor on the Baltimore Central
  Railroad a number of years; Jacob, who resides at Port Deposit, Md., and is a
  machinist and engineer by trade; and Mary, the wife of Charles Heiser of
  Baltimore, Md.
  
    James M. Shew, father of our subject, was born in Baltimore County, Md.,
  September 9, 1831, and at the age of seven years began working in the paper
  mills of Baltimore County, which were owned by William H. Hoffman. He remained
  in the mills forty-four years, during which time he was promoted several times,
  in 1858 being made manager of the entire plant, which consisted of four mills,
  Gunpowder, Marble Vale, Clipper, and Rockdale, all of which are located in
  Baltimore County. Later he removed to Bloomsburg and purchased a half interest
  in the Trench Paper Mills of Fishing Creek township, the firm being known as
  Trench & Shew; two years later he returned to his former employers and again
  managed the Baltimore mills for three and one-half years. He is now a resident
  of Light street. He is owner of the Bloomsburg Paper Mills, and also conducts a
  blacksmith and repair shop. Politically he is an unwavering Republican and
  firmly upholds the principles of his party. On February 6, 1852, he was wedded
  to Anna Mary Fisher, a daughter of Lewis Fisher of York County, Pa., and a
  family of eleven children blessed their happy home, namely: Sarah, deceased';
  Margaret J.; Lydia, who wedded Robert J. Ruhl; Rebecca, the wife of John B. Kidd
  of Baltimore, Md.; Mary, united in marriage to D. S. Richards of Baltimore, Md.;
  James U. M., the subject of this review; Josephine, wife of George B. Smith of
  Scott township, Columbia County; Irene, who married W. M. Ent of Light Street,
  Columbia County; Phoebe; and John W., a paper manufacturer of Bloomsburg. The
  father of our subject is a member of Washington Lodge, No. 265, F. & A. M., of
  Bloomsburg; Blooms-burg Chapter No. 218, R. A. M.; Mt. Moriah Council No. 10, R.
  & S. M.; Crusade Commandery No. 12, K. T.; Orient Conclave, No. 2, Red Cross of
  Constantine; and Caldwell Consistory, S. P. R. S., 32nd degree, N. M. J.
  
    James U. M. Shew received his intellectual training in the public schools of
  his native town and at the age of eighteen years began working in the paper
  mills of Bloomsburg, which were owned by his father. Since 1894 our subject has
  been general superintendent of the mills and is one of the most popular workmen
  in the plant. He is also recognized as one of the most valued citizens of
  Bloomsburg and is held in high esteem for his many excellent traits of character.
  
    Mr. Shew is a member of Washington Lodge, No. 265, F. & A. M. of Bloomsburg.
  Politically he is an ardent Republican. On May 23, 1888, our subject was united
  in the bonds of matrimony with Permelia A. Brown, a daughter of the late Charles
  Brown, and they are the parents of two children: Guy, and Helen Martha. Dr.
  Fredrica, the maternal great-grandfather of our subject's wife, was a native of
  France and was a physician in the American Army during the Revolutionary War.
  Joseph Brown, the paternal grandfather of our subject's wife, was a resident of
  Bloomsburg and was the progenitor of a family of sons, namely: William H.,
  bookkeeper and paymaster on the Lehigh Valley R. R. and a resident of
  Cunningham, Pa.; Hiram, a resident of Beech Haven, Pa.; George, proprietor of
  the Central House of Bloomsburg; Clark, died at Hamburg, Pa.; and Dr. Robert,
  deceased, who was a well-to-do physician residing at Tower Hill, Pa.
  
    Charles Brown, the father of Mrs. Shew, was born in Bloomsburg and during his
  younger days learned the trade of a tailor which he followed a number of years.
  He was for some time foreman in the tailor-shop owned by George Burch of
  Manayunk, Pa. He passed from this life February 29, 1887, at the age of
  fifty-nine years. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity and was well versed
  in Masonry. Religiously he was a member of the Methodist Church. He was united
  in wedlock with Lydia Fredrica, a daughter of Henry Fredrica, formerly a
  resident of Mifflinville, Columbia County, Pa. Five sons and two daughters
  blessed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Brown, namely: Clark W.; Joseph, deceased; E.
  Reed; Albert C; Daniel L.; Martha J., wife of William Newman; and Permelia A.,
  wife of our subject.
  
  
  
  Additional Comments:
  Extracted from:
    
    Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District
    Published by 
    Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)
  
  
  
  
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