Charles Robert Sherman
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Charles Robert Sherman (September 26, 1788–June 24, 1829) was an American lawyer and public servant.
Sherman was born in Norwalk, Connecticut and educated at the local school. He later studied law in the office of a Mr. Chapman in Newtown and was admitted to the bar in 1809. He married Mary Hoyt in 1810 and then moved to Lancaster, Ohio, where he was successful as a lawyer in private practice. In 1823 he became a judge in the Ohio Supreme Court, where he continued to serve until his sudden death in 1829.
Judge Sherman left his widow with no means of support and eleven children, the oldest eighteen years of age, the youngest an infant. Among them were US Judge Charles Taylor Sherman and William Tecumseh Sherman, who was sent to live with Judge Sherman's friend Thomas Ewing and his wife Maria, and who would famously serve as a General in the U.S. Army during the American Civil War. Another son was John Sherman, who would become a successful Republican Party politician, U.S. Senator, and Cabinet Secretary. His youngest son, Hoyt Sherman, would also become notable as a military officer, politician, and businessman.
[edit] References
- Hirshson, Stanley P., The White Tecumseh: A Biography of General William T. Sherman, John Wiley & Sons, 1997, ISBN 0-471-17578-1.
- William J. Reese, “Sketch of the Life of Judge Charles R. Sherman,” William T. Sherman Pamphlets, Ohio Historical Society. (Reese married one of Charles Sherman's daughters.)
[edit] External links
- The Sherman-Ewing family of Ohio
- Biography of son John Sherman
- Sherman Genealogy Including Families of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, England By Thomas Townsend Sherman
| Preceded by John McLean |
Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court 1823 – 1829 |
Succeeded by Elijah Hayward |
