Civil War veteran
Private, Co. G, 18th Massachusetts Infantry
Hiram was the second of six children born to Nathaniel Sherman, a laborer, and his wife Sarah (Sturtevant).
He married Adaline Hatton, the 17-year-old daughter of William and Rhoda Dean, at Wareham on Jan. 15, 1861, They were the parents of Sarah, born July 1862; Frank, born 1864; and Alice born 1868. Adaline was listed as 22 years, three months, and 2 days of age when she died of Typhoid Fever on Sep. 28, 1868, meaning if this is accurate she would have been 14 when she married. In what would be the second marriage for both, Hiram married Charity J.A. Stevens, a 17-year-old widow and daughter of Alfred and Charity B. Caswell, in Plymouth on Dec. 24, 1869. Charity's date and place of death are unknown.
Hiram was a 24 year-old Sailor from Wareham, MA, when he enlisted in that town on August 3, 1861 and was mustered into the 18th Mass. Infantry on August 24, 1861 as a Private in Co. G. Hiram was engaged with the Regiment in 1862 during the Peninsula Campaign, including the siege of Yorktown He contracted Typhoid Fever in July or August 1862 and was hospitalized in York, PA and later sent to the Convalescent Camp in Virginia until he rejoined the regiment. He suffered a gunshot wound to the right thigh at the battle of Fredericksburg on Dec. 13, 1862. The wound impacted the muscles in the leg leaving him permanently unfit for duty and he was discharged on March 20, 1863 at Boston, MA.
Following his military service Hiram resided in East Wareham, MA until 1871 when he moved to Linwood, MI and then in 1897 to Au Gres, MI where he worked as fisherman. He was 68 when he died at Au Gres. His death certificate states his body was returned to Wareham, MA on March 21, 1915.
Private, Co. G, 18th Massachusetts Infantry
Hiram was the second of six children born to Nathaniel Sherman, a laborer, and his wife Sarah (Sturtevant).
He married Adaline Hatton, the 17-year-old daughter of William and Rhoda Dean, at Wareham on Jan. 15, 1861, They were the parents of Sarah, born July 1862; Frank, born 1864; and Alice born 1868. Adaline was listed as 22 years, three months, and 2 days of age when she died of Typhoid Fever on Sep. 28, 1868, meaning if this is accurate she would have been 14 when she married. In what would be the second marriage for both, Hiram married Charity J.A. Stevens, a 17-year-old widow and daughter of Alfred and Charity B. Caswell, in Plymouth on Dec. 24, 1869. Charity's date and place of death are unknown.
Hiram was a 24 year-old Sailor from Wareham, MA, when he enlisted in that town on August 3, 1861 and was mustered into the 18th Mass. Infantry on August 24, 1861 as a Private in Co. G. Hiram was engaged with the Regiment in 1862 during the Peninsula Campaign, including the siege of Yorktown He contracted Typhoid Fever in July or August 1862 and was hospitalized in York, PA and later sent to the Convalescent Camp in Virginia until he rejoined the regiment. He suffered a gunshot wound to the right thigh at the battle of Fredericksburg on Dec. 13, 1862. The wound impacted the muscles in the leg leaving him permanently unfit for duty and he was discharged on March 20, 1863 at Boston, MA.
Following his military service Hiram resided in East Wareham, MA until 1871 when he moved to Linwood, MI and then in 1897 to Au Gres, MI where he worked as fisherman. He was 68 when he died at Au Gres. His death certificate states his body was returned to Wareham, MA on March 21, 1915.
Civil War veteran
Private, Co. G, 18th Massachusetts Infantry
Hiram was the second of six children born to Nathaniel Sherman, a laborer, and his wife Sarah (Sturtevant).
He married Adaline Hatton, the 17-year-old daughter of William and Rhoda Dean, at Wareham on Jan. 15, 1861, They were the parents of Sarah, born July 1862; Frank, born 1864; and Alice born 1868. Adaline was listed as 22 years, three months, and 2 days of age when she died of Typhoid Fever on Sep. 28, 1868, meaning if this is accurate she would have been 14 when she married. In what would be the second marriage for both, Hiram married Charity J.A. Stevens, a 17-year-old widow and daughter of Alfred and Charity B. Caswell, in Plymouth on Dec. 24, 1869. Charity's date and place of death are unknown.
Hiram was a 24 year-old Sailor from Wareham, MA, when he enlisted in that town on August 3, 1861 and was mustered into the 18th Mass. Infantry on August 24, 1861 as a Private in Co. G. Hiram was engaged with the Regiment in 1862 during the Peninsula Campaign, including the siege of Yorktown He contracted Typhoid Fever in July or August 1862 and was hospitalized in York, PA and later sent to the Convalescent Camp in Virginia until he rejoined the regiment. He suffered a gunshot wound to the right thigh at the battle of Fredericksburg on Dec. 13, 1862. The wound impacted the muscles in the leg leaving him permanently unfit for duty and he was discharged on March 20, 1863 at Boston, MA.
Following his military service Hiram resided in East Wareham, MA until 1871 when he moved to Linwood, MI and then in 1897 to Au Gres, MI where he worked as fisherman. He was 68 when he died at Au Gres. His death certificate states his body was returned to Wareham, MA on March 21, 1915.
Private, Co. G, 18th Massachusetts Infantry
Hiram was the second of six children born to Nathaniel Sherman, a laborer, and his wife Sarah (Sturtevant).
He married Adaline Hatton, the 17-year-old daughter of William and Rhoda Dean, at Wareham on Jan. 15, 1861, They were the parents of Sarah, born July 1862; Frank, born 1864; and Alice born 1868. Adaline was listed as 22 years, three months, and 2 days of age when she died of Typhoid Fever on Sep. 28, 1868, meaning if this is accurate she would have been 14 when she married. In what would be the second marriage for both, Hiram married Charity J.A. Stevens, a 17-year-old widow and daughter of Alfred and Charity B. Caswell, in Plymouth on Dec. 24, 1869. Charity's date and place of death are unknown.
Hiram was a 24 year-old Sailor from Wareham, MA, when he enlisted in that town on August 3, 1861 and was mustered into the 18th Mass. Infantry on August 24, 1861 as a Private in Co. G. Hiram was engaged with the Regiment in 1862 during the Peninsula Campaign, including the siege of Yorktown He contracted Typhoid Fever in July or August 1862 and was hospitalized in York, PA and later sent to the Convalescent Camp in Virginia until he rejoined the regiment. He suffered a gunshot wound to the right thigh at the battle of Fredericksburg on Dec. 13, 1862. The wound impacted the muscles in the leg leaving him permanently unfit for duty and he was discharged on March 20, 1863 at Boston, MA.
Following his military service Hiram resided in East Wareham, MA until 1871 when he moved to Linwood, MI and then in 1897 to Au Gres, MI where he worked as fisherman. He was 68 when he died at Au Gres. His death certificate states his body was returned to Wareham, MA on March 21, 1915.
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