Taylor Sherman
Taylor Sherman (September 5, 1758 – May 14, 1815) was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk in the sessions of May 1794, May 1795, and May 1796.
Taylor Sherman | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk | |
| In office May 1794 – October 1794[1][2] | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Belden, Samuel Comstock |
| Succeeded by | Eliphalet Lockwood, Samuel Cook Silliman |
| In office May 1795 – October 1795[1][2] | |
| Preceded by | Eliphalet Lockwood, Samuel Cook Silliman |
| Succeeded by | Eliphalet Lockwood, Samuel Comstock |
| In office May 1796 – October 1796[1][2] | |
| Preceded by | Eliphalet Lockwood, Samuel Comstock |
| Succeeded by | Eliphalet Lockwood, Matthew Marvin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 5, 1758[3][4] Woodbury, Connecticut[4] |
| Died | May 14, 1815 (aged 56)[4] Norwalk, Connecticut |
| Resting place | Mill Hill Burying Ground, Norwalk, Connecticut[3] |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Stoddard (m. 1787)[3][4] |
| Children | Charles Robert Sherman, Daniel, Elizabeth[3] |
| Residence(s) | 89 Main Street, Norwalk, Connecticut |
| Occupation | lawyer, judge |
Sherman was born in Woodbury, Connecticut[4] on September 5, 1758.[3] He was the son of Judge Daniel Sherman.[4] and Mindwell Taylor Sherman.
He married Elizabeth Stoddard of Woodbury in 1787.[4] After he was admitted to the bar, he moved to Norwalk, where he practiced law.[4]
He was a judge of Probate for the District of Norwalk from the creation of the district in 1802 until his death.[4]
He was appointed collector of Internal Revenue for the Second District of Connecticut by James Madison.[4]
He was appointed Agent to survey land in the Connecticut Western Reserve consisting of a half million acres which was granted to those who suffered losses from the Battle of Norwalk.[4] He acquired a large tract of this land in Sherman township, Huron County, Ohio, which bears his name.[4][5]
He was the father of Charles Robert Sherman, justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio, and grandfather of General William Tecumseh Sherman.[4]
The Taylor Sherman House was located at 89 Main Street in Norwalk, and the house's design was studied for the Historic American Buildings Survey by the Library of Congress.
References
- Roll of General Assembly Members
- An historical discourse in commemoration of the two-hundredth anniversary of the Settlement of Norwalk
- "Judge Taylor Sherman (1760-1815) - Find a Grave". Find a Grave.
- Taylor Sherman
- Baughman, Abraham J. (1909). History of Huron County, Ohio: Its Progress and Development, with Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens of the County, Volume 1. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 268.
