Charles R. and Mary Hoyt Sherman monuments   Save
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Description: The monument on the left reads "This stone marks the grave of Charles R. Sherman who died at Lebanon in the State of Ohio June 24th 1829 in the 41st year of his age. His wife's monument on the right reads" Mary Hoyt wife of Charles R Sherman born at Norwalk Connecticut Dec 28th AD 1787 died at Mansfield, Ohio Sept 28th A. D. 1852 Charles Robert Sherman was born in Norwalk, Connecticut on Sept 26, 1788 to Taylor and Elizabeth (Stoddard) Sherman. He attended Dartmouth College and then studied law with his father. In 1809, he was admitted to the bar and in 1810 he married Mary Hoyt. The couple then moved to Lancaster, Ohio where he set up private practice. In 1823, he became a judge of the Ohio Supreme Court, where he served until his death in 1829. He died in Lebonon on June 24 and was buried there. but his remains were later removed to Lancaster in Elmwood Cemetery. Charles and Mary were the parents of eleven children. Among them were William Tecumseh Sherman of Civil War fame, John Sherman a renown statesman and Elizabeth, who was the wife of William J Reese, a Grand Master of Ohio View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F10_009
Subjects: Monuments--Ohio; Sherman, Charles Robert, 1788-1829; Sherman, Mary Hoyt, 1787-1852; Lancaster (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Lancaster (Ohio); Fairfield County (Ohio)