Shoemaker, Henry F
banker, railroad president, born March 28, 1845, in Pennsylvania. In 1887 he was elected president of the Mineral Range railroad, and in 1888 he bought a large interest in the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton railroad, and later, with others, became one of the dominant spirits in the company and was made chairman of its executive committee.
He has been successful in his undertakings and is now president of the Dayton and Union and the Cincinnati, Dayton and Ironton railroads. He was also at one time engaged in the mining of bituminous coal in the Kanawha valley, W. Va.