Born about in Mathias, Hardy, West Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Benjamin Harrison
and Lydia (Delawder) Mathias
Sister of
William Harrison Mathias [half]
Wife of
Jacob Samuel (Shireman) Sherman
— married
24 Oct 1872 in Lost River, Hardy, West Virginia, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Ida Alice (Sherman) Lofgreen and Walter Branson Sherman
Died about
at about age 69
in Graham, Arizona, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Dec 2010
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Biography
Melvina Frances (Harrison) Sherman aka Shireman was born in 1851. She was the daughter of Benjamin Harrison and Lydia Delawder. (Melvina sometimes went by her mom's Maiden Name Delawder, although many documents have Harrison.) She married Jacob Samuel Sherman on October 24, 1872 in Lost River, Hardy, West Virginia.[1] She passed away in 1921.[2]
Sources
- ↑ "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZX-LS2J : 29 September 2021), Jacob Samuel Sherman and Melvina Frances Delawder, 1872.
- ↑ "Arizona Deaths, 1870-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLKX-GF8 : 6 April 2020), Melvina Sherman, 1922; citing Benson, Cochise, Arizona, reference , Department of Library and Archives, Phoenix, Arizona; FHL microfilm 2,114,518.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 July 2020), memorial page for Melvina Frances Harrison Sherman (22 Nov 1851–8 Mar 1921), Find a Grave Memorial no. 22268767, citing Saint David Cemetery, Saint David, Cochise County, Arizona, USA ; Maintained by Gathering Roots (contributor 47213048) Find A Grave: Memorial #22268767.
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