Asa Parker Sherman

Male27 May 1813–30 June 1889

Brief Life History of Asa Parker

When Asa Parker Sherman was born on 27 May 1813, in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Ephraim Sherman, was 32 and his mother, Lydia Elvira Parker, was 27. He married Emily Celia Ann Boutelle on 6 April 1840, in Hancock, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Blue Earth, Minnesota, United States in 1857 and Verona Township, Faribault, Minnesota, United States for about 5 years. He died on 30 June 1889, in Winnebago, Faribault, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Winnebago, Faribault, Minnesota, United States.

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Family Time Line

Asa Parker Sherman
1813–1889
Emily Celia Ann Boutelle
1819–1882
Marriage: 6 April 1840
Asa P. Sherman
1842–1842
Caroline Boutelle Sherman
1844–1903
Carolous Boutelle Sherman
1844–1903
Edward Parker Sherman
1847–1852
Myron Lawrence Sherman
1850–1851
Frank Edward Boutelle
1853–1938
William Parker Sherman
1856–1921

Sources (27)

  • Asa P. Sherman in entry for Carolous Boutell Sherman, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • A P Sherman, "Minnesota State Census, 1875"
  • Asa P. Sherman, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    6 April 1840Hancock, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States
  • Children (7)

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    Siblings (9)

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    World Events (8)

    1819 · Panic! of 1819

    Age 6

    With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

    1820 · Making States Equal

    Age 7

    The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

    1836 · Remember the Alamo

    Age 23

    Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

    Name Meaning

    English (London): occupational name denoting someone who used shears to trim the surface of finished cloth and remove excessive nap, from Middle English sherman, shirman, sharman ‘shearman’.

    Americanized form of North German Schürmann (see Schuermann ) and of German or Jewish (Ashkenazic) Schermann .

    Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a tailor, from Yiddish sher ‘scissors’ + man ‘man’.

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

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