Revolutionary War soldier
from: Onondaga's Centennial by Dwight H. Bruce. Boston History Co., 1896, Vol. II, pp. 961-976.
In 1793 James Sherman located in and gave his name to Sherman Hollow, in the east part of the town; he kept a tavern in his house and soon afterward built the first saw mill in La Fayette on Butternut Creek. From the time of his arrival the itinerant M. E. preachers found a welcome and a shelter at his home and a willing helper in the person of his wife, Lucina Sherman (note: error, Lucina was his daughter-in-law, married to James Jr.). They were the parents of Dr. J. De B. Sherman (note: Isaac deBlois Sherman, who was murdered in Arkansas in 1863), a prominent physician of Pompey Hill, and of Joseph Sherman, who served as justice of the peace from 1830 to 1840.
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He served in the Continental Army (April 19, 1775, Lexington Alarm) in his father's co., Col. Pyncheon's Regiment. In May 1779 he was a Corporal in Capt. Shaw's Co., Col. Porter.
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married to Hannah Gleason (children: James Jr., Asa, Joseph Gleason, Bezaleel & William) & then Nancy Carroll (children: Hannah, Martha, Isaac & Nancy).
from: Onondaga's Centennial by Dwight H. Bruce. Boston History Co., 1896, Vol. II, pp. 961-976.
In 1793 James Sherman located in and gave his name to Sherman Hollow, in the east part of the town; he kept a tavern in his house and soon afterward built the first saw mill in La Fayette on Butternut Creek. From the time of his arrival the itinerant M. E. preachers found a welcome and a shelter at his home and a willing helper in the person of his wife, Lucina Sherman (note: error, Lucina was his daughter-in-law, married to James Jr.). They were the parents of Dr. J. De B. Sherman (note: Isaac deBlois Sherman, who was murdered in Arkansas in 1863), a prominent physician of Pompey Hill, and of Joseph Sherman, who served as justice of the peace from 1830 to 1840.
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He served in the Continental Army (April 19, 1775, Lexington Alarm) in his father's co., Col. Pyncheon's Regiment. In May 1779 he was a Corporal in Capt. Shaw's Co., Col. Porter.
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married to Hannah Gleason (children: James Jr., Asa, Joseph Gleason, Bezaleel & William) & then Nancy Carroll (children: Hannah, Martha, Isaac & Nancy).
Revolutionary War soldier
from: Onondaga's Centennial by Dwight H. Bruce. Boston History Co., 1896, Vol. II, pp. 961-976.
In 1793 James Sherman located in and gave his name to Sherman Hollow, in the east part of the town; he kept a tavern in his house and soon afterward built the first saw mill in La Fayette on Butternut Creek. From the time of his arrival the itinerant M. E. preachers found a welcome and a shelter at his home and a willing helper in the person of his wife, Lucina Sherman (note: error, Lucina was his daughter-in-law, married to James Jr.). They were the parents of Dr. J. De B. Sherman (note: Isaac deBlois Sherman, who was murdered in Arkansas in 1863), a prominent physician of Pompey Hill, and of Joseph Sherman, who served as justice of the peace from 1830 to 1840.
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He served in the Continental Army (April 19, 1775, Lexington Alarm) in his father's co., Col. Pyncheon's Regiment. In May 1779 he was a Corporal in Capt. Shaw's Co., Col. Porter.
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married to Hannah Gleason (children: James Jr., Asa, Joseph Gleason, Bezaleel & William) & then Nancy Carroll (children: Hannah, Martha, Isaac & Nancy).
from: Onondaga's Centennial by Dwight H. Bruce. Boston History Co., 1896, Vol. II, pp. 961-976.
In 1793 James Sherman located in and gave his name to Sherman Hollow, in the east part of the town; he kept a tavern in his house and soon afterward built the first saw mill in La Fayette on Butternut Creek. From the time of his arrival the itinerant M. E. preachers found a welcome and a shelter at his home and a willing helper in the person of his wife, Lucina Sherman (note: error, Lucina was his daughter-in-law, married to James Jr.). They were the parents of Dr. J. De B. Sherman (note: Isaac deBlois Sherman, who was murdered in Arkansas in 1863), a prominent physician of Pompey Hill, and of Joseph Sherman, who served as justice of the peace from 1830 to 1840.
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He served in the Continental Army (April 19, 1775, Lexington Alarm) in his father's co., Col. Pyncheon's Regiment. In May 1779 he was a Corporal in Capt. Shaw's Co., Col. Porter.
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married to Hannah Gleason (children: James Jr., Asa, Joseph Gleason, Bezaleel & William) & then Nancy Carroll (children: Hannah, Martha, Isaac & Nancy).
Inscription
In Memory of James Sherman who died July 14, 1813 aged 63 years.
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