William Sherman

Brief Life History of William

When William Sherman was born on 7 October 1829, in North Carolina, United States, his father, William Dallas Sherman, was 45 and his mother, Margaret Ann Watson, was 23. He married Elizabeth Ann R Barnhill on 25 March 1852, in New Hanover, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Frenchs Creek Township, Bladen, North Carolina, United States in 1870 and Bladen, North Carolina, United States in 1900. He died on 16 December 1908, in North Carolina, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Sheman Cemetery, Pender, North Carolina, United States.

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William Sherman
1829–1908
Elizabeth Ann R Barnhill
1830–1903
Marriage: 25 March 1852
Lenora Caroline Sherman
1854–1894
Almira or Alma Jane Sherman
1854–1922

Sources (11)

  • William Spearman, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Legacy NFS Source: William Sherman - Published information: birth-name: William Sherman
  • William Sherman, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1830 · Trail of Tears

In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.

1853 · First State Fair

The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.

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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