Harry Francis Sherman (1874 - 1942)

Born 9 Mar 1874 in North Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Jessie Mae (French) Sherman — married 5 Aug 1895 in Stamford, Bennington, Vermont

Descendants

Died 28 Nov 1942 at age 68 in Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts

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Biography

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Burial

Burial:

Place: St. Brigid's Cemetery, Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts

Reference

Reference: 12

User ID

User ID: 6D7F3A9CF4F8304A9494FADC1F169F585213

Note

Note: Family legend holds that Harry and his brother William were actual partakers of an often held childhood dream. They ran away at an early age and joined the circus, performing as a trapeze act. It may have been on a tour with the circus that Harry met his first wife, Jessie French. It is known that her family did not approve of her choice of a mate and that the pair slipped away to an adjoining town for their marriage ceremony. A note here for those who may research this line: Harry's birth name was, in fact, Harry. The clerk in Stamford, Vermont refused to accept that as anything but a nickname and his marriage was recorded under the name Henry Sherman.

After an accident ended his performing days with the circus, Harry and his brother became trained in barbering and worked in shops together in Springfield and Amherst, Massachusetts. Harry also became a chiropodist and included a small foot-doctoring office at the rear of his barber shop in Amherst.

One story told of him is that he once refused to comply with the edict of the local union of barbers. When they called for an increase in the fee for a haircut and pressured him to go along and raise his rates, he removed his union certificate from the wall of the shop and tossed it, frame and all, onto North Pleasant Street in Amherst declaring, "There isn't a haircut in the world that's worth thirty-five cents!".

US Federal Census of 1900, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Vol. 31, Sheet 11, Line 97

Sherman, Harry Color: W, Birth: Mar 1874, Age 26, address: 50 Tenth St., Springfield

Sherman, Jessie, wife, Birth: Oct 1873, Age 26 Birthplace: New York

Sherman, William, son, Birth: Jun 1896, Age 3 Birthplace: Massachusetts

Sherman, Lawrence, son, Birth: May 1898, Age 2, Birthplace: Massachusetts

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Date: 21 Sep 2008

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Sources

• WikiTree profile Sherman-802 created through the import of BDM7-7-11.ged on Jul 8, 2011 by Brian McCullough. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Brian and others.