Sherman, George Washington

Sherman, George Washington

Male 1834 - 1920  (86 years)

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  • Name Sherman, George Washington  [1, 2
    Born 8 Feb 1834  Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 14 Dec 1920  [2
    Buried Oakland Cemetery, Waukon, Allamakee County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I35939  Sackett | Descendants of Capt. Richard Sackett
    Last Modified 5 May 2013 

    Father Sherman, John Sackett,   b. 3 Oct 1798, Georgia Center, Franklin County, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Aug 1877  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother DeWolf, Polly,   b. 19 Apr 1802, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Aug 1888, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married Y  [3
    Children 12 children 
     1. Sherman, Zerr L.,   b. 25 Jan 1819, Lake Luzerne, Warren County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Apr 1901  (Age 82 years)
    +2. Sherman, Anner,   b. 9 Aug 1821, Conneaut Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Feb 1886, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
     3. Sherman, Stephen D.,   b. 1822,   d. 1828  (Age 6 years)
    +4. Sherman, Sally D.,   b. 1827, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1866, Kingston, DeKalb County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years)
     5. Sherman, Delos S.,   b. Apr 1830, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Unknown
     6. Sherman, Betsey,   b. 1831, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Unkown
     7. Sherman, Julia Morgan,   b. 19 Nov 1832, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Nov 1922, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     8. Sherman, George Washington,   b. 8 Feb 1834, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Dec 1920  (Age 86 years)
     9. Sherman, Lovisa A.,   b. Jul 1835, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1921  (Age ~ 85 years)
    +10. Sherman, Israel,   b. 1837, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Unknown
     11. Sherman, Deborah,   b. 1840,   d. Unknown
     12. Sherman, Jesse C.,   b. 9 Mar 1842, Springfield Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Dec 1919  (Age 77 years)
     
    Family ID F22547  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Round, Katherine,   b. 1841,   d. 1873  (Age 32 years) 
    Children 
     1. Sherman, Jesse Dewight,   b. 5 Sep 1857, Rossville, Allamakee County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1929, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     2. Sherman, Lena Louisa,   b. Feb 1859, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Unknown
     3. Sherman, Mary E.,   b. Apr 1861, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Unknown
     4. Sherman, Lela L.,   b. 30 Dec 1868, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Apr 1944, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2013 
    Family ID F12913  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 8 Feb 1834 - Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Sherman, Jesse Dewight - 5 Sep 1857 - Rossville, Allamakee County, Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Sherman, Lena Louisa - Feb 1859 - Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Sherman, Mary E. - Apr 1861 - Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Sherman, Lela L. - 30 Dec 1868 - Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Oakland Cemetery, Waukon, Allamakee County, Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • WorldConnect db: artcohan
      «i»ID:«/i» I68075
      «i»Name:«/i» George W. Sherman
      «i»Sex:«/i» M
      «i»Birth:«/i» 8 Feb 1834 in Erie, PA «u»«sup»1«/u»«/sup»
      «i»Death:«/i» AFT. 1913 «u»«sup»1«/u»«/sup»
      «i»Fact 1:«/i» see notes.
      «i»Fact 2:«/i» 1850 NOT found in PA census
      «i»Fact 3:«/i» 1860 bio says he was in Allamakee Co., but NOT found in IA census
      «i»Fact 4:«/i» 1870 HOF in Jefferson Twp., Allamakee Co., IA - farmer «u»«sup»2«/u»«/sup»
      «i»Fact 5:«/i» 1880 HOF in Jefferson, Allamakee Co., IA - farmer «u»«sup»3«/u»«/sup»
      «i»Fact 6:«/i» 1900 HOF in Waukon, Allamakee Co., IA «u»«sup»4«/u»«/sup»
      «i»Fact 7:«/i» 1910 «i»Fact 8:«/i» 1920 HOF in Waukon, Allamakee Co., IA «u»«sup»5«/u»«/sup» «i»Note:«/i»
      "Past & Present of Allamakee County [Iowa]"
      by Ellery M. Hancock; S. J. Clarke Pub. Co.; 1913; pg. 8 & 9

      George W. Sherman is numbered among the pioneers in Allamakee county, his residence here dating from 1857. From that time until his retirement he was a force in agricultural development, His individual prosperity constituting an element in the general advancement. He is honored as a veteran of the Civil war, having served three years in that conflict, and in all the relations of life has proved loyal, courageous and straightforward.
      Mr. Sherman is a native of Pennsylvania, born in Erie county, February 8, 1834. He grew to manhood on a farm in that section and acquired his primary education in the public schools, supplementing this by a course in Albion Academy. He fitted himself for teaching and after laying aside his books followed that occupation for three terms before he was twenty-one years of age.
      In the spring of 1855 he left Pennsylvania and came west, settling first in Monroe county, Wisconsin, where he taught in the public schools for two years. He there married and came with his wife to Iowa, making a permanent location in Allamakee county in 1857.
      He was one of the pioneer teachers in this section of the state and for several years after his arrival followed his profession during the winter months, engaging in farming during the summers. He purchased forty acres of land near Rossville and this he improved and developed until August 11, 1862, when he enlisted in the Union army, joining Company A, Twenty-seventh Iowa Volunteer Infantry. His regiment was sent to Dubuque, where it drilled for two or three months, and at the end of that time was transferred to Fort Snelling to assist in driving off the Indians at that point. It was later ordered to Memphis, Tennessee, and took part in many skirmishes, battles and forced marches, participating in the Red River expedition and the battles at Pleasant Hill, Fair Oaks, Fort DeRussy, Little Rock and Nashville.
      During all of this time, however, Mr. Sherman never carried a gun, having been detailed to hospital duty, serving for the first two years as nurse and for the remainder of his term of enlistment as acting hospital steward. With the exception of a thirty-day furlough he was continuously in the service from the time of his enlistment until his discharge at the close of the war, having never lost a day's time, through sickness or from any other cause.
      After the close of hostilities Mr. Sherman returned to his old home in Erie county, Pennsylvania, and spent a few months visiting his old friends and neighbors. However, in November of the same year he returned to Iowa and in 1866 resumed farming, engaging also in drilling and sinking wells. He has the reputation of having constructed the first drilled well in Allamakee county. After a time he sold his farm near Rossville and purchased one hundred and sixty acres just adjoining the corporate limits of Waukon and this property he developed and improved for many years, his practical methods, his knowledge of farming, his industry, energy and success winning him a place among the substantial and representative agriculturists of the county. Eventually, however, he sold his farm, disposing of it in five acre tracts, and retired from active life, moving into Waukon, where he purchased the home in which he and his daughter now reside.
      In Monroe county, Wisconsin, Mr. Sherman married Miss Katherine Round, who was born and reared in that section. She was a daughter of Zina Rund, a pioneer in Wisconsin, having come to that state in early times from Vermont. Mrs. Sherman passed away in 1873, leaving four children: J.D., who is engaged in farming near Waukon; Lida L., who makes her home with her father; Mrs. Maggie E. Roberts, of Mason City, Iowa; and Lela, the wife of E.W. Goodykoontz, who is engaged in business in Waukon.
      Mr. Sherman keeps in touch with his comrades of the Civil war through his membership in John J. Stillman Post, No. 194, G.A.R., of which he has served as quartermaster for eighteen years. During the period of his residence in Allamakee county he has taken an active part in local politics, having served as assessor and tax collector, as census enumerator and in various other positions of public trust and honor. He and his daughter are members of the Baptist church and the latter is active in church and Sunday School work. A resident of this section for 56 years and continuously identified with its growth and developement, Mr. Sherman has become widely and favorably known in the locality as a man enterprising in business, progressive in citizenship and faithful to all ties and obligations of life -- one of Allamakee county's most honored pioneers.
      «b»
      «/b»«i»Father:«/i» John Sackett Sherman b: 3 Oct 1798 in VT - prob: Arlington, Bennington Co.
      «i»Mother:«/i» Polly DeWolf b: 1800-1802 in VT or CT

      «i»Marriage«/i» 1Katherine Round b: 1841 in Monroe Co., WI or IA (guessing date)
      «tab»«i»Married:«/i» 1855-1857 in Monroe Co., WI «sup»6«/sup»
      Children
      Jesse Dewight Sherman b: Sep 1857 in IA
      Lena Louisa Sherman b: Feb 1859 in IA
      Mary "Maggie" E. Sherman b: 1861 in IA
      Lela L. Sherman b: 1869 in IA

      «i»Sources:«/i»
      1. Title: see bio at notes.
      2. Title: 1870 IA census
      3. Title: 1880 IA census
      4. Title: 1900 IA census
      5. Title: 1920 IA census
      6. Title: bio at his notes.
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      Find A Grave Memorial
      George Washington Sherman
      Birth: 1833
      Death: Dec. 14, 1920
      Co A 27th IOWA INF
      Burial:
      Oakland Cemetery
      Waukon
      Allamakee County
      Iowa, USA
      Created by: Jim Childers
      Record added: Oct 28, 2011
      Find A Grave Memorial# 79477842

  • Sources 
    1. [S258] World Connect Database, db=artcohan (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S543] Find A Grave (www.findagrave.com), Find A Grave Memorial# 79477842 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S725] rootsweb.ancestry.com, (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/), RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: Main SHERMAN (Reliability: 3).


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