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Maj Hoyt Sherman

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Maj Hoyt Sherman

Birth
Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, USA
Death
26 Jan 1904 (aged 76)
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
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Block: 9 Section: Lot: 00008
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First Postmaster of Des Moines as well as Mayor of Des Moines. He was the brother of Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman. His Victorian home in the Sherman Hills section of Des Moines was used as Des Moines' first art gallery. It is now the home of the Des Moines Women's Club.
First Postmaster of Des Moines as well as Mayor of Des Moines. He was the brother of Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman. His Victorian home in the Sherman Hills section of Des Moines was used as Des Moines' first art gallery. It is now the home of the Des Moines Women's Club.

Bio by: Gary Thelen

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1st Postmaster, one of the organizing members of Equitable Life Insurance Company of Iowa, Builder of Hoyt Sheman Place, Brother of William T. Sherman (Civil War General)

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