Daniel Sherman (judge)

Judge Daniel Sherman (born 1721 in Connecticut)^[1] was an American state legislator and judge from Connecticut. He sat in the Connecticut General Assembly for 30 years.^[1]

Personal life

Sherman married Mindwell Taylor 14 Feb 1744 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut.^[2] Born in 1758,^[1] their son was the Judge Taylor Sherman, who was a lawyer and judge in Norwalk, Connecticut.^[1]

Legacy

Sherman had many prominent descendents, including:

his son, judge Taylor Sherman;
Ohio Supreme Court judge Charles Robert Sherman, who was his grandson;
United States Senator John Sherman, United States Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman, Federal judge Charles Taylor Sherman, and businessman Hoyt Sherman, all of whom were his great-grandsons;
Jesuit priest Thomas Ewing Sherman, a great-great-grandson.

References

1 2 3 4 "Vol IV File 2: The Maternal Ancestry of Homer Beers James". Homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
↑ Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

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