Sherman was probably not her last name at birth.
A Mary Sherman is found as the wife of Thomas Sherman in the 1870 Census for Jonathan's Creek, Moultrie, Illinois. She was born 1845 in North Carolina. Thomas Sherman was b 1830 in Indiana. They had children: William Sherman age 10 b Illinois; Sarah Sherman age 3 b Illinois and infant Cessy Sherman b Illinois.[1]
Mary was born about 1845. Mary Sherman ... She passed away after 1877. [2]
Reference to the marriage of Jacob Senteney and Mary J. Sherman on 1 Jul 1877 is found at the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, referencing vol. A, page 64, license no. 2550, Moultrie County.[3]
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