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((Short description|American seed company, and founder information))
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'''Roland H. Shumway''' was the founder of the mail-order [[seed]] company R. H. Shumway, at one time the largest seed company in the world. He has been called "The Pioneer Seedsman".

==Early life==
Shumway was born July 26, 1842, at his family farm in Kishwaukee, [[Illinois]]. At the age of 19, he was enlisted and served in Illinois forces (there being no national standing army until [[World War I]]) during the [[American Civil War]]. Two years later, he re-enlisted in the 50th Illinois Volunteer. Between enlistments, he married Emma Davis in 1864, and together they had four sons and two daughters. He was discharged in 1865.<ref name="Obituary, Rockford 1926">Obituary, Rockford (Illinois) Daily Republic, January 2, 1926.</ref>

==Seed company==
In 1870, he founded the R. H. Shumway seed company on his farm in [[Rockford, Illinois]].<ref name=about>((Cite web|url=https://www.rhshumway.com/aboutus|title=About Us - The History of the R.H. Shumway's Seed Company|website=RH Shumway))</ref>  By 1881 his company was expanding, so the company relocated to South First street in order to accommodate larger facilities.<ref>Rockford Seed Sellers Carry Name To World", Rockford (Illinois) Morning Star, July 15, 1928.</ref> By his death in 1925, it was the largest in the world, shipping 200,000 catalogues per year.<ref>Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois,  Ed. by Newton Bateman, L.L.D. and Paul Selby, A.M., Vol. II Winnebago County, ed. by Charles A. Church, Chicago, Munsen Publishing Co., 1916</ref>

==Death and legacy==
Shumway died in Rockford on the evening of December 30, 1925 from injuries suffered after being hit by an automobile three days prior.<ref name="Obituary, Rockford 1926"/> After his death, his son Myron Shumway assumed responsibilities of the company. M. Raymond "Ray" Shumway ran the large mail-order business until he died of heart disease on March 16, 1933.<ref>"M. R. Shumway, Prominent as Seedsman, Dies", Rockford Register-Republic, March 16, 1933.</ref>

In the 1980s the rights to the name were purchased and, after some effort to publicly rediscover the lines of seeds once carried, began operation, continuing to this day. Today the R.H. Seed Company name (along with [https://archive.today/20080509170635/http://www.seymourseedusa.com/ Seymour's Select Seeds], [http://www.totallytomato.com/ Totally Tomatoes], [http://www.vermontbean.com/ Vermont Bean Seed Company], and [http://www.hpsseed.com/ HPS]) belongs to the [[J.W. Jung Seed Company]].

==References==
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==External links==
* ((Official website|http://www.rhshumway.com))
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