The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-23

his sad death. I assure you of my profound sym
pathy for you, in which sentiment 1 am joined
by Mrs Grosvenor. c. II. GRoSvENOR.
The following was received from the
Costa Rican Minister:
Mr. and Mrs. James McCallum:
Please accept most sincere expressions of con
dolence upon the death Of the Hon. Mr. Sher
man. j. d. CALyO.
Ohio. Nay 10, 1923. His family was a
distinguished enc.
The Rev. S. A. Bronson in his life of
John Sherman. published in 1850, traces
the descent of MIR. Sherman from Henry
| Sherman, one Of the executors of the will
| of Lord Stanton, Earl of Derby, County
of Lancaster. dated May %. 1921. He says:
John Sherman, son of William Sherman
and Mary Lascelles of Nottinghamshire.
came to America in 1884 and settled at
Watertown, Mass. near his cousin of the
same name, from whom he is disting lish-
ed in history as Capt. John Sherman. This
Capt John Sherman was the ancestor
of Roger Sherman, signer Of the Declar-
alton Of Independence.
John Sherman, in his autobiography.
"Recollections OF Forty Years in the
House. Senate and Cabinet" devotes
several pages to recital Of his descent,
saying in part: THE family name of
Sherman is. no doubt, of Saxon origin.
1t is very common along the Rhine ard
in different parts of the German Empire.
1t is there written Shearman or Schur-
mann. l found it in Frankfort and Ber-
lin. The English Shermans lived chiefly
in Essex and Suffolk counties, near the
east coast, and in London. The name fire.
quently appears in the local records. One
Sherman was executed for taking the
unsuccessful side in civil war. 1t was
not until the beginning of the sixteenth
century that any of the name assumed the
arms. crest. and motto justified by their
pride. property or standing.
THE motto taken, Conquer death by
victory is rather meaningless phrase.
1t is modest enough and indicates reli-
gious turn of mind. Nearly every family of
the name furnished a preacher. A few
members of it attained the dignity of
knighthood. A greater number became
landed property holders and more were
engaged in trade in London. William
Sherman, esq.,. purchased Knightston in
the time OF Henry VIII, and monument
to him is in ottery, st. Mary, dated 1912.
las a rule the family belongs to the
middle class. and were engaged in active
occupation. earning their own bread. with
a strong sense of their rights and liberty
as Englishmen."
John Sherman was the eighth child OF
Charles Robert Sherman and Mary Hoyt,
of Norwalk. Conn. Charles r. Sherman
died June "a, 1929, and his widow died at
Mansfield. Ohio, September 20, 1852. They
had eleven children.
Mr.. Sherman says: MY first distinct
recollection of events is connected with
the scenes and incidents that followed the
death of my father on the oath day of
June, 1929. have dim recollection be-
fore that time of being sent to school
with my elder brothers to keep me out of
mischief, and OF my father praising me
for learning the alphabet. but all other
impressions of my infancy were absorbed
in the great family tragedy. We were
warned to keep quiet and to remain out of
doors, so as not to disturb mother, who was
critically ill. and as our grandmother was
then supreme in the household, we knew
that her word was law and that punish
ment invariably followed an offence. Dur
ing these enforced absences many were
the wise resolves. or rather the conceits
that the boys discussed for helping
mother
But time. which mellows every mis-
fortune, brought us many changes My
sister Elizabeth was soon married to
Cen William J. Reese. My brother
Charles came NOME d graduate.
and, as we thought. very learned Every
body was kind. The affairs of my father
were settled. The homestead and garden
were secured to my mother and she had
in addition settled income from my
fathers estate of $500 n year. while grand
mother had her 'firelands' and an assured
but small income besides. In those days
little money went a great way
His Entrance Into Politics.
Young John Sherman was sent to live
with cousin, also named John Sherman,
residing at Mount Vernon. Ohio. where he
was sent to school. At the age of twelve
he returned to Lancaster and entered the
academy to prepare himself for college.
In two years he was sufficiently advanced
to enter the sophomore class, but de-
sire TO be self-supporting led to his be-
coming junior rodman in the corps of
engineers engaged on the Muskingum.
He was placed in charge Of the Gection
of the work in Beverly early in 1898. and
SO continued until the summer of 1899,
when, he says, he was removed because
he was a Wing. The responsibilities at
tending the measurements of excavations
and embankments, and the leveling for
lock to a canal proved better education,
he says. than could have been procured
elsewhere in the same time.
He began the study of law in the office