He was the son of Joseph Shriver (1806-1886), and the third Shriver to become president of the First National Bank of Cumberland, assuming that position in 1886 upon the death of his father.
(First National was originally chartered in 1811 as the Cumberland Bank of Allegany County. The bank was reorganized in 1833, and upon the National Bank Act of 1864, the state charter was surrendered, the bank nationalized and the name changed to First National Bank of Cumberland. First National was the second national bank charter granted in the State of Maryland.)
Robert had begun his banking career at the age of 16 in 1853 as a clerk in his father's bank. With the granting of the national charter in 1864, Robert became a bank director, and in 1886 he became president, serving until his death in 1912.
Robert Shriver served as the first Allegany County Treasurer (1872-1878) and was appointed by the judges of the Circuit Court as a member of the Allegany County Board of School Commissioners, where he served eight consecutive terms (1883-1891), four of which as president. Beginning in 1896, he was elected to three two-year terms as a member of the Cumberland City Council and served as Council President for five of those years. He helped organize the Maryland Bankers' Association in 1896 and served as its president in 1900. Robert founded and served as president of the Twentieth Century Club (a literary discussion group in Cumberland), helped found and served as president of the Shawnee Canoe Club, and was a trustee of Riverside Park. He also served two terms on the Board of Trustees of the Allegany County Academy (founded 1798) from 1905 to 1907.
Shriver was also an avid photographer and a good friend of fellow First National Bank officer and photographer, Joel Griffith (1850-1921).
Robert Shriver never married.
[Albert L. Feldstein, "Gone But Not Forgotten," Vol. II (Cumberland, Maryland: Commercial Press Printing Company, 1989), page 49.]
(First National was originally chartered in 1811 as the Cumberland Bank of Allegany County. The bank was reorganized in 1833, and upon the National Bank Act of 1864, the state charter was surrendered, the bank nationalized and the name changed to First National Bank of Cumberland. First National was the second national bank charter granted in the State of Maryland.)
Robert had begun his banking career at the age of 16 in 1853 as a clerk in his father's bank. With the granting of the national charter in 1864, Robert became a bank director, and in 1886 he became president, serving until his death in 1912.
Robert Shriver served as the first Allegany County Treasurer (1872-1878) and was appointed by the judges of the Circuit Court as a member of the Allegany County Board of School Commissioners, where he served eight consecutive terms (1883-1891), four of which as president. Beginning in 1896, he was elected to three two-year terms as a member of the Cumberland City Council and served as Council President for five of those years. He helped organize the Maryland Bankers' Association in 1896 and served as its president in 1900. Robert founded and served as president of the Twentieth Century Club (a literary discussion group in Cumberland), helped found and served as president of the Shawnee Canoe Club, and was a trustee of Riverside Park. He also served two terms on the Board of Trustees of the Allegany County Academy (founded 1798) from 1905 to 1907.
Shriver was also an avid photographer and a good friend of fellow First National Bank officer and photographer, Joel Griffith (1850-1921).
Robert Shriver never married.
[Albert L. Feldstein, "Gone But Not Forgotten," Vol. II (Cumberland, Maryland: Commercial Press Printing Company, 1989), page 49.]
He was the son of Joseph Shriver (1806-1886), and the third Shriver to become president of the First National Bank of Cumberland, assuming that position in 1886 upon the death of his father.
(First National was originally chartered in 1811 as the Cumberland Bank of Allegany County. The bank was reorganized in 1833, and upon the National Bank Act of 1864, the state charter was surrendered, the bank nationalized and the name changed to First National Bank of Cumberland. First National was the second national bank charter granted in the State of Maryland.)
Robert had begun his banking career at the age of 16 in 1853 as a clerk in his father's bank. With the granting of the national charter in 1864, Robert became a bank director, and in 1886 he became president, serving until his death in 1912.
Robert Shriver served as the first Allegany County Treasurer (1872-1878) and was appointed by the judges of the Circuit Court as a member of the Allegany County Board of School Commissioners, where he served eight consecutive terms (1883-1891), four of which as president. Beginning in 1896, he was elected to three two-year terms as a member of the Cumberland City Council and served as Council President for five of those years. He helped organize the Maryland Bankers' Association in 1896 and served as its president in 1900. Robert founded and served as president of the Twentieth Century Club (a literary discussion group in Cumberland), helped found and served as president of the Shawnee Canoe Club, and was a trustee of Riverside Park. He also served two terms on the Board of Trustees of the Allegany County Academy (founded 1798) from 1905 to 1907.
Shriver was also an avid photographer and a good friend of fellow First National Bank officer and photographer, Joel Griffith (1850-1921).
Robert Shriver never married.
[Albert L. Feldstein, "Gone But Not Forgotten," Vol. II (Cumberland, Maryland: Commercial Press Printing Company, 1989), page 49.]
(First National was originally chartered in 1811 as the Cumberland Bank of Allegany County. The bank was reorganized in 1833, and upon the National Bank Act of 1864, the state charter was surrendered, the bank nationalized and the name changed to First National Bank of Cumberland. First National was the second national bank charter granted in the State of Maryland.)
Robert had begun his banking career at the age of 16 in 1853 as a clerk in his father's bank. With the granting of the national charter in 1864, Robert became a bank director, and in 1886 he became president, serving until his death in 1912.
Robert Shriver served as the first Allegany County Treasurer (1872-1878) and was appointed by the judges of the Circuit Court as a member of the Allegany County Board of School Commissioners, where he served eight consecutive terms (1883-1891), four of which as president. Beginning in 1896, he was elected to three two-year terms as a member of the Cumberland City Council and served as Council President for five of those years. He helped organize the Maryland Bankers' Association in 1896 and served as its president in 1900. Robert founded and served as president of the Twentieth Century Club (a literary discussion group in Cumberland), helped found and served as president of the Shawnee Canoe Club, and was a trustee of Riverside Park. He also served two terms on the Board of Trustees of the Allegany County Academy (founded 1798) from 1905 to 1907.
Shriver was also an avid photographer and a good friend of fellow First National Bank officer and photographer, Joel Griffith (1850-1921).
Robert Shriver never married.
[Albert L. Feldstein, "Gone But Not Forgotten," Vol. II (Cumberland, Maryland: Commercial Press Printing Company, 1989), page 49.]
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