John was born in 1861 to Henry and Barbara (Kniekamp) Sherman. On 17 Oct 1888, he married Elizabeth Niekamp. He worked as a laborer and a machinist, and they lived in Sidney Ohio, where they raised their family. He passed away in 1950.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9M1-Q4N2?cc=2000219&wc=QZXY-LPB%3A790106001%2C799218201%2C803824801%2C953767301 : accessed 13 June 2022), Ohio > Shelby > Clinton Township, Sidney City, Ward 1 > 75-2 Clinton Township, Sidney City Ward 1 bounded by (N) Poplar; (E) Great Miami River, city limits; (S) city limits; (W) Main Av, Ohio Av; also Shelby County Jail, Sidney Emergency Hospital > image 25 of 44; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.
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