1880 Federal Census: Murphy, Cherokee, North Carolina, USA [1]
Notes
Sherman was married 4, possibly 5 times.
His first wife Cordelia HEDRICK died 1899. So on the 1900 census with 5 children and no wife.
He married his second wife Georgia HUMPHRIES 1901. This marriage was over whether by death or divorce by the 1910 census. He is once again a single father, this time living in the household of a David TAYLOR.
The thing is, he is listed a son-in-law in the household of David TAYLOR. So, was there another wife with surname TAYLOR between numbers 2 and 3? Why was he a son-in-law in David TAYLOR's household? He has 2 children with him who as listed as grandsons of David TAYLOR
His third wife was Margaret WHITNER and he married her in 1901. This too was a short marriage because by 1920 he is living along and boarding with William R GRAVES
1880 thru 1920 Cherokee County NC census returns; Cherokee county marriages 1860-1905 for 3 of his marriages; NC deaths 1931-1994 extracts of death certificates for Gillie Mae CARROLL and Hattie Carroll GRAVES
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC6N-PP8 : 20 August 2017), Sherman Carrol in household of Absolom Carrol, Murphy, Cherokee, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 76, sheet 262B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,958.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65456654/sherman-a-carroll: accessed 25 July 2022), memorial page for Sherman A Carroll (May 1865–10 Dec 1948), Find a Grave Memorial ID 65456654, citing Riverside Baptist Church Cemetery, Maysville, Jackson County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by D. Bagwell (contributor 46902643).
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