Born in Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Judson Wayne Slocum
and Emmarenza (Wood) Slocum
Sister of
Arletta Lucretia (Slocum) Major, Irene Marie Slocum, Melinda Ann Slocum, Caroline Eunice (Slocum) Hensley, Jane Louise (Slocum) Pickens and Mary Francis Slocum
Wife of
John B. Sherman
— married
2 Sep 1866 in Bradford, PA
Descendants 
Mother of
Paul Sherman, John Claude Sherman, Jane Louise Sherman, A Ralph Sherman, Gilbert Sherman and Walter Tecumseh Sherman
Died
at age 60
in Butler County, Kansas
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Nov 2018
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Biography
Floretta was born in 1848. She was the daughter of Judson Slocum and Emmarenza Wood. She passed away in 1908.
Sources
- Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 06 November 2018), memorial page for Floretta M. “Flora” Slocum Sherman (25 Mar 1848–29 Jul 1908), Find A Grave Memorial no. 16981301, citing Sherman Cemetery, Butler County, Kansas, USA ; Maintained by Judy Mayfield (contributor 46636512) .
- "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMT7-74W : accessed 1 February 2020), F M Sherman in household of J B Sherman, Prospect Township, Butler, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 19, sheet 5A, family 81, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,473.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFP2-4FH : 7 September 2017), Flora Shermann in household of John Shermann, Prospect, Butler, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 166, sheet 195D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,375.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Floretta by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Floretta:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Floretta by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Floretta:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
James Kennedy 
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23andMe
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #679413
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~1.56%
Dustin Berg :
23andMe, yourDNAportal DUS901ea72c
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ZB9126854 [compare], yourDNAportal DUSef8d66e9, Ancestry member daberg2
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch TJ3688668 [compare], FTDNA kit #B753066
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