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Zeruah Mariah <I>Sherman</I> Whiting

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Zeruah Mariah Sherman Whiting

Birth
Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, USA
Death
28 Apr 1900 (aged 55)
Otter Tail County, Minnesota, USA
Burial
Clitherall, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, USA GPS-Latitude: 46.2690838, Longitude: -95.6564582
Plot
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Daughter of Almon Worthy and Lois Huntington (Cutler) Sherman.
Married Warren Whiting on 29 September 1869 in Clitherall.

Children:

Ora Alma
Birch Warren
Delbert
Grace
Fannie
Bio: Otter Tail County's first school teacher 1866-1867, $16 per month, 30-40 students Cutlerite, teaching in (Old) Clitherall included Anishinabe students.
Clitherall was the first township organized in the county Oct. 24, 1868. The township had the first school in the county. First teacher in the winter of 1867 was Zeruah Sherman. A daughter of one of the settlers, she had attended college in Iowa. Her salary was $16 a month paid by subscription and she had 30 pupils.
From Otter Tail Record Vol.12 No. 3
Daughter of Almon Worthy and Lois Huntington (Cutler) Sherman.
Married Warren Whiting on 29 September 1869 in Clitherall.

Children:

Ora Alma
Birch Warren
Delbert
Grace
Fannie
Bio: Otter Tail County's first school teacher 1866-1867, $16 per month, 30-40 students Cutlerite, teaching in (Old) Clitherall included Anishinabe students.
Clitherall was the first township organized in the county Oct. 24, 1868. The township had the first school in the county. First teacher in the winter of 1867 was Zeruah Sherman. A daughter of one of the settlers, she had attended college in Iowa. Her salary was $16 a month paid by subscription and she had 30 pupils.
From Otter Tail Record Vol.12 No. 3


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