Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-02-15
The ahsrman Family.

The Cincinnati Commercial furnishes
the following account Of the Sherman
family:
When 8 man becomes famous, there is
disposition on the part Of the human
race in general TO look after his ancestors.
So we find, in our exchanges, good deal
said of the stock from which General Sher-
man Lprung; and the fact that the Ger
man papers have claimed him IS q native
of Amsterdam I'VE peheve), illustrates the
insccuracy Of the statements printed. We
suppose it to be of but little importance to
General Sherman, or to any one else, who
his ancestors were, but If it is worth while
to say anything about them, it l. proper
to be accurate, and 1t is only fair that the
errors Ahoat should be corrected. The fol.
lowing statement is authentic:
The local records Of Connecticut which
are the best in the world, furnish ample
and accurate material. A book Of some
local note, Cothren's " History of Ancient
Woodbury." gives complete genOslogy
Of the Sherman family, from the arrival, in
1885, Of Samuel Sherman, the common
ancestor, in Stafford, Connecticut. He was
8 man Of somq note in his time-a puritan
Of the Cromwell school, and one Of the
original proprietors of Woodbury., Con-
necticut, where the family settled. His
descendant, Daniel Sherman, was cotem.
poraneous with Roger Sherman, but the re-
lation between them was several degrees
removed. Daniel Sherman was evidently
man of considerable ability and great
influence. BE was 8 member of the COM
mittee of Safety, in Connecticut during
the entire revolution, and served for sixty
five consecutive sessions, or thirty-two and
half years, as the Representative of his
native town, in the General Assembly Of
Connecticut. A good many anecdotes are
told of him, which prove him to have been
full Of humor and, Is well as full of sense.
he died shortly after the adoption Of the
Constitution. His son, Taylor Sherman,
was General Sherman's grandfather. Tay-
lor was 3 lawyer in Norwalk, Connecticut,
and became Judge. He was one Of the
commissioners sent by the State of Con-
nectieut 70 designate the "Fire Lands" in
Ohio, now comprising the counties of Erie
and Huron. These lands were ceded BY
Connecticut to the sufferers by the fire OF
the British and tories Of the war of the
Revolution, and were afterwards subdivid-
cd among the 'suferers." This duty,
with the ownership Of some of those
lands, probably directed the attention Of
the oldest son of Taylor Sherman-Char-
les B. Shermsn-to Ohio.
In 1910, when Just Of age, he emigrated
to. Ohio, starting for Cincinnati, but was
detained BY the high waters of The Hook
ing, ct the town Of Lancaster, then .
mere hamlet Hesettled at Lancaster sS
8 lawyer, and soon attained eminence, and
became Judge Of the Supreme Court Of
Ohio in 1928. He died in 1929, while on
the bench, st Lebanon, Ohio. By the con.
curing testimony Of all the old lawyers Of
Ohio, he had rare abilities as an Ad7ocate,
and was genial, liberal, and very popu-
lar citizen. BE left six sons Of whom I've
are now living. General Sherman was
born in 1920. Charles 7. Sherman, who
has been Published as his uncle, Is his
eldest brother. Senator Sherman d thee
years his junior. t'@