John Brill Sherman (1825 - 1902)

Born 22 Jan 1825 in Dutchess county, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Ophelia (Graham) Sherman — married 17 Nov 1847 in First Presbyterian Or Wappingers Creek Presbyterian, New Hamburg, Dutchess, New York

Descendants

Died 25 Feb 1902 at age 77 in Cook county, Illinois

Biography

John Sherman is Notable.

"(Samuel W.) Allerton lobbied heavily for founding a Union stockyards facility in Chicago. Working his connections in the railroad industry and the public through letters published in the Chicago press, he was successful. Installed as the first manager of the new stockyards was Allerton's cousin, John Brill Sherman. As his livestock empire grew in the 1860s in Chicago and Pittsburgh, Allerton's focus remained centered on shipping meat animals to New York City." ^[1]

"In 1849 the gold excitement took him to California; in 1850 he returned eastward and located on a farm in Kendall Co., Ill., later he removed to Chicago where he became a member of the commission firm of Black and Sherman. In 1855 he operated the Bull's Head Stock Yards, and in 1856 the Myrick Yards. At that time there were four different stockyard markets in Chicago, and he it was who conceived the idea of consolidation which resulted in 1865 in the organization of the great Union Stock Yard and Transit Co. of Chicago. He early became General Superintendent of the company and continued to be for many years; later was Vice President and General Manager, and then President."^[2]

Burial

Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Cook, Illinois

Find A Grave Memorial# 11290

Sources

1. ↑ Samuel W. Allerton. - The Hudson River Valley Institutehttp://www.hudsonrivervalley.org/review/pdfs/hvrr_19pt1_rotenstein.pdf
2. ↑ Van Benschoten Family in America, p. 68

• Concerning the Van Bunschoten or Van Benschoten Family in America: A Genealogy and Brief History, Second Edition, by William Henry Van Benschoten (West Park on Hudson, New York, 1907) p. 68.
• "New York Marriages, 1686-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6HP-BNG : accessed 23 April 2016), John B. Sherman and Ophelia Graham, 17 Nov 1847; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 908,503.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXNN-SF8 : accessed 23 April 2016), John B Sherman, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 18, sheet 488B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0185; FHL microfilm 1,254,185.
• "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7KW-Y3B : accessed 23 April 2016), John Brill Sherman, 25 Feb 1902; citing , Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference cn 17649, record number 59, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 1,239,677.