Sherman was a lumberer. According to his grandson, Roy Pauley, he slept with his axe under his bed. He also treasured his pocket watch.
Sources
"West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F1BG-GFS : 10 March 2018), Sherman U. Pauley, 07 Feb 1933; citing Lincoln, West Virginia, County Records, 2098, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,953,772.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9C5-1YB : accessed 6 October 2019), Sherman N Pauley, Duval district, Lincoln, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 42, sheet 23A, family 408, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,763.
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