The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-04-12

The Sherman family, Of which the sub
feet was a member, is we'll worth a moments
consideration. We find that Daniel Sher-
man Of Woodbury., Conn, brother Of Taylor
Sherman. the grandfather Of John Sherman,
was Justice Of the Quorum for twenty-five
years and Judge Of the Litchfeld County
Court for five years, He represented his
native town in the General Assembly for
something like sixty years. He was born
In August. 1921, and died in July, 1899.
The Rev, Anthony S%toddard, the grand
father Of Elizabeth Stoddard Sherman, the
wife Of Taylor Sherman and the grand
mother OF John Sherman. was pastor, doc
Tor, lawyer and Indian fighter, With him
religion was the first duty; after that any
service that would contribute TO the good
Of his fellow men. In 1887 Taylor Sherman
married Elizabeth ~Stoddard, and the first
son born Of the marriage was Charles
Robert Sherman, father Of John Sherman.
This son was bred to the law, and after
being admitted 10 the bar and marrying
Mary Hoyt Of Norwalk, Conn, he settled
at Lancaster, Ohio, in 1911. Isaac Hoyt,
the father Of Mrs. Charles Sherman, was
q man Of means. Immediately upon his
arrival in Ohio Charles Sherman began
the practice Of law, He was elected a
Major Of a regiment in the Ohio militia
which was called upon for service in the
War Of 1912. In 1918 President Madison
appointed him Collector Of Internal Revenue
for the third district Of Ohio. Suisse
uuently, by the depreciation Of State bank
money and the defalcation Of one Of his
deputies Mr.. Sherman suffered large
losses, but made good the last penny 10
saa G-GgCTGM5a:, thereby irrcvershinR
himself and leaving a heritage Of poverty
20 his family. As a lawyer he rose rapidly,
and in 1925 wa appointed by the Legisla-
ture a member Of the Ohio Supreme Court.
As a Judge he was respected and honored
for the fairness and ability with which be
Investigated and decided causes. In 1929
he died suddenly at the age Of II.
Charles Sherman and Mary Hoyt had
eleven children. John, the eighth child,
was born Nay 10, 1923, and was Just past
at the death Of his father. The widow
was left, as we have intimated, with in
sufficient means to bring up her large
family, which consequently had TO he
separated. John Sherman's school edu-
cation was finished when he was "A
years old, and probably at that time he
was not 80 far advanced as a pupil Of the
same age would be in the common schools
Of the present day. The instruction which
he had received equipped him but meagrely
FOL, the great duties which he was to per-
form, but the deficiency in tutorship was
largely supplied by his indefatigable in
dustry. On leaving school he was ap-
pointed rodman under the engineer super
vising the Muskingum River improvements.
After spending two years in this employ
ment, during which all Of his leisure time
was devoted TO general reading, he en-
barked in a business venture, which proved
q failure AL early in the spring OF 1870
he began the study Of law at Mansfield.
When he was admitted TO practice on his
twenty-frst birthday GS4O he was better
equipped for contests at the bar than is
the average young man. Even at that
time he was possessed Of an imposing per-
sonality, He was upward Of six feet
in height, slender, but strongly made,
straight as an arrow, with a walk quick
but OF great dignity; a smooth face and
abundant dark hair, worn long, as was
then the fashion; a speech somewhat rapid
and nervous, but always clear, plain and
free from confusion; a manner somewhat
cold and difident, but not at all repellant;
upon the whole, il may be said that he had
a personality inspiring and inviting trust,
Although the great majority Of lawyers
do not do more than earn a living in the
first ten years Of practice, John Sherman,
who was made forthwith a FIN partner Of
an elder brother, had a large and rela-
lively lucrative business from the time Of
his admission TO the bar. That he made a
deep impression on the community in which
he lived is evident from the fact that he
was sent 10 the House Of Representative O
In 1854, at the age Of 81, from the
Thirteenth district Of Ohio. It is well
known that in the year named the old party
lines were broken up. Sherman was re-
turned by the opponents Of the Nebraska
hll, and naturally became a Republican
90 the foundation Of that party. He had