The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-02-23
The sherman FlnlIy.

When a man becomes famous. there
is a disposition on The part ot the hu-
man race in general 10 look after his
ancestors. SO we find, in our ex.
changes, good deal said Of the stock
| from which General Sherman sprung;
and the fact that the German papers
have claimed him as anatve Of Am.
sterdaih 1--WE believe), illustrates the
iDaccuracy Of the statements pr nted
We suppose it 10 be Of bnt little con :
sequence TO General Sherman. or any.
one else, who his anceslors were, but
| 1t it il worth while TO say something
IaDOut them, il is proper 10 he accd-
rate and it is only air that the errors
already afnat should bc corrected
! The following statement is authentic .
/ Tho local records of CONNECTICUT,
which are the best IN the world fur
nisb ample and accurate material A
book Of some local note. COthern's
d" History Of Ancient Woodbury." !"
gives the complete gcneaIogy Of the
Sherman family. from the arrival, in
lG35, Of SamueI Sherman, the common
ancestor, IN Stratiord, Connectjcpt.
lie was man Of some note in lis
time--a Puritan Of the Cromwell
J school. and one of the original propri.
elurs Of Woodbury.. Connecticut where
the family settled. His descendant.
Daniel Sherman, was cOtemporancous
With Roger Sherman. but tile relation
between them was several degrees re-
moved. Daniel Sherman was evi.
dently lnan Of considerable ability,
and great influence. He was a mem
ber OF the Committee Of Safety in Con
necticUt. during tie entire revolution,
and served for sixty five consecutive
sessions, or thirty two and half
Years, as the Representative of his ma
tive town, in the General Assembly
Of Connecticut. A good many anec-
dotrs are told of him. which prove
phim to have been full Of hnmor az
! well as full of sense. He died shortly
after the adoption Of the Constitution.
His son, Tay lor Sherman, was Gene
raj Sherman grandfather Taylor
wasa lawyer in Norwalk, Connect.
cut, and Lecamc a Judge He was
one oil the commissioners sent by the
State Of Connecticut 10 designate the
Fire Lands" in Ohio, now compri-
sing the counties of Huron and Erie.
These lands were ceded BY Connect.
cut to the sufferers BY the fire Of
the British and tories Of the war
of the Revolution, and were after
ward sub.d;vided among the "suf.
ferers." This duty, with the own.
erShip of sbme Of those lands, prob
ably directed the attention OF the old
est son of Taylor Sherman-Charlcs
r Sherman to Onio.
in 1910. when just Of age, he cni-
grated to Ohio, starting for Cincinnati,
but was detained by the high waters
at the Hockhocking, at the town of
Lancaster. then mere hamlet, lie
settled at Lancaster as lawyer, and
soon attained cminence and became
Judge OF the Supreme Court of Ohio
in 1923 He died in 1929. while on
the bench at Lebanon. Ohio. By
the concurring testimony OF all old
lawyers of Ohio. he had rare abilities
as an advorattand was genial, libe-
rdland very popular citizen. He left
six sohs. of whom five are now living.
Gen Sherman was bbrp in 1890
Charles I. Sherman, who has been
| published as his un lie, is his eldest
brother. Senator Sherman is tlrec
years his juhior,-sCm, Com. a.;...