Joseph Sherman (1844)

Born 1844 in Summerhill, Cayuga, NY, USA

Ancestors

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Biography

Sources

• Reuben Jr in 1850 Summerhill, NY, US Census

((This lists 7 children, 1865 NYS Census says she had 8 children... so there could be another daughter not seen as a Sherman in 1850, 1855 listings... Ann Sherman married David Kellogg c. 1845, so I am going to tentatively make that connection, of course it would change if it was proved wrong in the future... another possible reason for thinking Ann was a daughter of this Reuben is that she could be named after his wife, and she has a son named Dwight, a same name as one of Reuben's sons. - Loren Fay))

((In the 1855 NYS Census, the census is blank for the childrens' birthplaces, but it seems to be implied that blanks were Cayuga County, since all other answers are written in, i.e. Mass. and Otsego, and other places for other people... the clerk saved time by not writing in the obvious Cayuga County answers. This is checked out by the number of years they have lived in the town, same number as their age. The father said he was there 38 years, coming there about 1817, and they were first listed in the Locke 1820 census. Summerhill was organized from Locke in 1831. In 1850 Reuben Jr. had 25 acres of land worth about $600, seen in Nonpopulaton Census listings. He was a farmer and a cooper. - Loren Fay. ))

Name: Reuben Sherman ((Junior or III or 3rd))

Age: 48

Birth Year: abt 1802

Birthplace: Massachusetts

Home in 1850: Summerhill, Cayuga, New York, USA

Gender: Male

Family Number: 128

Household Members: Name Age

Reuben Sherman 48 born 1802 Mass.

Anna Sherman 45 born 1805 (Otsego County, NY in 1855)

Amanda Sherman 22 born 1828 (all children born Cayuga County, NY in 1855)

Hiram Sherman 21 born 1829

Dwight Sherman 19 born 1831

Brice Sherman 15 born 1835

Guerdeon Sherman 13 born 1837 (becomes Gordon later)

Wm Sherman 9 born 1841

Joseph Sherman 6 born 1844

Source Citation

Year: 1850; Census Place: Summerhill, Cayuga, New York; Roll: M432_483; Page: 8A; Image: 22

Source Information

Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

1840 Shermans of Summerhill, Cayuga, NY

The 1840 Census was taken beginning 1 June 1840.

David Sherman

1 male 15-20, 1 male 70-80, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 20-30, 1 female 30-40. Total 5.

Reuben Sherman

1 male 5-10, 1 male 70-80, 1 female 20-30. total 3.

Abraham Sherman (Abram in later censuses)

1 male under 5, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 40-50, 1 female 5-10, 2 females 10-15, 1 female 15-20, 1 female 40-50. total 8.

Reuben Jr. Sherman

1 male under 5, 1 male 5-10, 2 male 10-15, 1 male 30-40, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 30-40.

total 7.

David M. Sherman

1 male under 5, 2 male 5-10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 40-50,

1 female 5-10, 1 female 30-40. total 8.