died aged 29y 9m 28ds; married; teacher; diphtheria

son of Edmund Sherman & Sally (Phillips) Sherman

m. Alta Cobb 27 Aug 1872 at Tinmouth, Vermont
Edwin's 1st marriage, aged 26y, teacher, res. Fort Plain, N.Y.
Alta was aged 25y, res. Tinmouth Vt.

Civil War Veteran
Enlisted in Company C, Vermont 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment on 12 Dec 1863. Promoted to Full Corporal on 23 Jun 1864. Promoted to Full Sergeant on 01 Sep 1864. Mustered out on 28 Jun 1865. Pension record states also Co B

listed in Middlebury [Vermont] College Junior Class for the academic year 1870-71
Edwin Miles Sherman, Chippenhook Springs, rooms 9 S.H. [Starr Hall]

listed in Middlebury [Vermont] College Senior Class for academic year 1871-72
Edwin Miles Sherman, Clarendon Springs, rooms 11 S.H. [Starr Hall]

Obituary
Rev. Edwin M. Sherman
Rev. Edwin M. Sherman was born June 30, 1846, at Rutland, Vt. Early in life he was converted to God, and united with the Methodist church in West Clarendon. When 16 years of age he enlisted in Co. C, 11th regiment of Vermont volunteers. At the battle of Winchester, Sept. 19, 1864, he lost a limb and was discharged the following year. Soon after reaching home he commenced attending school at Castleton seminary, and entered college at Middlebury, Vt. in the fall of 1868. Finishing his studies there in 1872, he was married to Miss Alta Cobb of Tinmouth, Vt. and engaged as teacher in the seminary at Fort Plains N.Y. where he remained two years faithfully discharging his duties. At the session of the Troy conference in the spring of 1874, hewas received on trial and allowed to remain at Fort Plain as a teacher. His health, which was never good after returning from the army, so far failed him this year as that he was obliged to abandon teaching, when he came to live in Clarendon, Vt. In the fall of 1875 he went west, thinking that perhaps a change in climate might favor a return of health and so it seemed for a while, and he concluded to return to Vermont to engage in the work of ministry. On his way home he was taken sick and expired on the 27th day of April 1876, at the home of his sister, Mrs. Kelley, in Clarendon.
[The article continues that he was an earnest and devoted Christian...published in The Rutland Daily Globe on Thursday, May 11, 1876]