Jacob Thomas Sherman

27 January 1856–14 December 1937 (Age 81)
Beaver Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States

The Life of Jacob Thomas

When Jacob Thomas Sherman was born on 27 January 1856, in Beaver Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Peter Sherman, was 46 and his mother, Elizabeth Swank, was 38. He married Malinda Elizabeth Swank about 1883, in Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910. He died on 14 December 1937, in Bloomsburg, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jacob Thomas Sherman
1856–1937
Malinda Elizabeth Swank
1864–1937
Marriage: about 1883
Annie Agnes Sherman
1882–1950
Samuel Franklin Sherman
1886–1970
Emma E. Sherman
1887–
Amelia Ellen Sherman
1889–
Lena Edna Sherman
1891–1971
Savilla Mary Sherman
1893–1918
Ida Lucinda Sherman
1896–1896
Malinda Catharine Sherman
1898–1978
Charles Sherman
1902–1963
Ray Sherman
1906–
Roy Sherman
1908–

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
about 1883
Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
children

(11)

    Annie Agnes Sherman

    Female1882–1950Female

    Samuel Franklin Sherman

    Male1886–1970Male

    Emma E. Sherman

    Female1887–Female

    Amelia Ellen Sherman

    Female1889–Female

    Lena Edna Sherman

    Female1891–1971Female

+6 More Children

Parents and Siblings

    Peter Sherman

    Male1809–1884Male

    Elizabeth Swank

    Female1817–1910Female

siblings

(12)

    Louisiana Sherman

    Female1835–1920Female

    Frederick Sherman

    Male1837–1900Male

    Reuben F Sherman

    Male1840–1895Male

    Rachel Sherman

    Female1842–Female

    Matilda Sherman

    Female1845–1919Female

+7 More Children

World Events (8)

1863

Age 7

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg

Age 7

The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Age 25

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

1 English: occupational name for a sheepshearer or someone who used shears to trim the surface of finished cloth and remove excess nap, from Middle English shereman ‘shearer’.2 Americanized spelling of German Schuermann .3 Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a tailor, from Yiddish sher ‘scissors’ + man ‘man’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names

Sources (3)

  • Jacob Sherman, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Jacob Sherman, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Jacob Sherman, "United States Census, 1900"

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