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Submitted: 11/20/09 • Approved: 11/20/09 • Last Updated: 8/14/15 • R31689-G0-S3
Birth: Jun. 19, 1844
Wayland
Middlesex County
Massachusetts, USA
Death: 1916
City of Sherman S Dak named for him. Sherman Park in Sioux Falls named for him. Served as S.Dak. Treasurer of Dakota Territory, 1871-74; Dakota territorial auditor, 1879-81; member of South Dakota state house of representatives, 1911.
Excerpts taken from: http://files.usgwarchives.org/sd/biography/kingsbury/v4/sherman.txt
native of Massachusetts,
born: Wayland, Middlesex county. on the 19th of June, 1844,
Parents: Calvin and Lucy P. (Parmenter) Sherman, of English and French ancestry respectively. The paternal immigrant ancestor was John Sherman, who came to the United States in 1630 and was one of the first professors of Harvard University.
Reared in his native town, Edwin A. Sherman passed through
consecutive grades in the public schools until graduated from the Wayland high school when sixteen years of age.
In June, 1873, he removed to Sioux Falls.
In 1887 he became associated with John M. Spicer, of Willmar, and undertook the building of the Willmar & Sioux Falls Railroad under the direction of James J. Hill, of the Great Northern Railroad Company. Together Mr. Sherman and Mr. Spicer located, named and platted all the towns along the line for a distance of one hundred and forty-nine miles.
Mr. Sherman has been married twice. On the 15th of September, 1873, he wedded Miss Florence L. Cowdrey, of Melrose, Massachusetts,who passed away February 1, 1890, leaving two daughters, Jessie L. and Mabel F., the former a graduate of Wellesley College. On the 9th of June, 1892, Mr. Sherman wedded Katharine Elwell, of London, England, and they have a son, Philip F.
Children:
Jessica L. Sherman (1878 - 1956)
Spouse:
Katharine Elwell Sherman (1862 - 1938)
Contributed on 11/20/09 by jackpotcook2
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