SHERMAN. Franklin B. Sherman, one of Ottertail County's most respected citizens, died at his home on Vine Street North, Fergus Falls, December 15. Mr. Sherman was born in Lewis County, New York, January 1, 1835; married in April 1861, to Miss Ann Mathews, and the next fall settled in Fillmore County, and in Ottertail County in 1871, homesteading in the town of Maine, where he remained for thirty-two years, coming to this city last April on account of failing health.
His wife and five children survive him. His children are A. Frank Sherman and Winfield Sherman, of this city, Ira Sherman, of Ymir, British Columbia, Mrs. R. B. Anderson, of Bemidji, and Mrs. Edward Nunn, of Detroit, Minnesota.
He was a man of worth and integrity and enjoyed universal respect. The funeral was held at Fergus Falls, December 16, by Elder T. J. Martin, of Detroit, chaplain of the Grand Army Post, remains being buried at Maine. Bro. Sherman was baptized October 25, 1885, and ordained a teacher December 24, 1855, by H. L. Holt, and was a consistent Saint.
The Saints' Herald - Lamoni, Iowa, volume 50 (1903) p. 1232 [Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]
FURTHER INFORMATION:
Son of Jacob and Rhoda (Stearns) Sherman.
Married Ann Matthews in April 1861 in Litchfield, New York.
Left New York and moved to Pilot Mound, Fillmore County, Minnesota in 1861.
Enlisted in Co. I 3rd Minnesota Infantry on 15 June 1864. Mustered out on 2 September 1865.
After the war he moved to Maine, Otter Tail County where he lived the remainder of his life.
SHERMAN. Franklin B. Sherman, one of Ottertail County's most respected citizens, died at his home on Vine Street North, Fergus Falls, December 15. Mr. Sherman was born in Lewis County, New York, January 1, 1835; married in April 1861, to Miss Ann Mathews, and the next fall settled in Fillmore County, and in Ottertail County in 1871, homesteading in the town of Maine, where he remained for thirty-two years, coming to this city last April on account of failing health.
His wife and five children survive him. His children are A. Frank Sherman and Winfield Sherman, of this city, Ira Sherman, of Ymir, British Columbia, Mrs. R. B. Anderson, of Bemidji, and Mrs. Edward Nunn, of Detroit, Minnesota.
He was a man of worth and integrity and enjoyed universal respect. The funeral was held at Fergus Falls, December 16, by Elder T. J. Martin, of Detroit, chaplain of the Grand Army Post, remains being buried at Maine. Bro. Sherman was baptized October 25, 1885, and ordained a teacher December 24, 1855, by H. L. Holt, and was a consistent Saint.
The Saints' Herald - Lamoni, Iowa, volume 50 (1903) p. 1232 [Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]
FURTHER INFORMATION:
Son of Jacob and Rhoda (Stearns) Sherman.
Married Ann Matthews in April 1861 in Litchfield, New York.
Left New York and moved to Pilot Mound, Fillmore County, Minnesota in 1861.
Enlisted in Co. I 3rd Minnesota Infantry on 15 June 1864. Mustered out on 2 September 1865.
After the war he moved to Maine, Otter Tail County where he lived the remainder of his life.
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