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Elkanah Sherman 1790–1860 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11 Apr 1790

Birth Location: Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 1860

Death Location: Iowa City, Wright, Iowa, USA

Father: William Jr

Mother: Hannah Stewart

Spouse(s): Susan Parlow

Children(s): William Sherman

The story of Elkanah Sherman began in 1790 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Elkanah Sherman married Susan Parlow, and had children including William R Sherman. Elkanah Sherman passed away in 1860 in Iowa City, Wright, Iowa, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Elkanah Sherman began in 1790 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Elkanah Sherman married Susan Parlow, and had children including William R Sherman.
  • Elkanah Sherman passed away in 1860 in Iowa City, Wright, Iowa, USA.

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Elkanah Sherman's Ancestors

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Elkanah Sherman
1790–1860
Birth Place: Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
William Ernest Sherman Jr
1738–1822
Rochester, Plymouth, MA
Hannah Stewart
1747–1825
Hardwick, Worchester, Massachusetts
Grandparents
Prudence Parker
1705–1747
Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Great-Grandparents
Samuel Parker
1660–1717
Hannah Bumpas
1680–1711
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Parker
1637–1684
Sarah (DNA)
1634–1664
Thomas Bumpas
1650–1724
Phebe Lovell
1655–1729

Elkanah Sherman's Descendants

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Elkanah Sherman (11 Apr 1790–1860) m. Susan Parlow (18 Apr 1789–after 1845?)
  1. 1. William (R.) Sherman 1829–1903 m. Josephine (P.) Finuff 1841–1912
    1. 1. Etta (Addie) Sherman 1861–1946 m. Abram (W.) Sovereign 1854–1931
      1. 1. Roy (Abraham) Sovereign 1883–1917 m. Pearl (Margaret) Varley 1888–1922
        1. 1. Edith (Twinkle) Sovereign 1906–1988 m. Joseph (Benjamin) Bunnell 1901–1936 m. Ira (Everett) Farley 1913–1967 m. Donald (Fredrick) Long 1913–1976
        2. 2. Guy (Andrew) Sovereign 1908–1973 m. Helen (Marie) Bigley 1909–1968
        3. 3. Clinton (Leroy) Sovereign 1910–1975 m. Mary (Madeline) Bennett 1910–1992 m. Margaret (Marie) Hardesty 1911–1979
        4. 4. Joy (Leotta) Sovereign 1913–2003 m. Edmund (Wallace) Shead 1909–1944 m. William (Martiner Fish) Sr 1911–1979
        5. 5. Orville (Lee) Sovereign 1914–1987 m. Doris (Bernice) Cole 1918–1990 m. Katherine (Monique) Hernandez 1924–1980
        6. 6. Margaret (L) Sovereign 1917–1999 m. Rudolph (Anton "Rudy") Holub 1913–1995
      2. 2. Cecil (Oattis) Sovereign 1899–1965
      3. 3. Elsie (Belle) Sovereign 1902–1987 m. Orville (Augustus) Roach 1894–1964
        1. 1. Roy (John Roach) Sr 1933–2013
      4. 4. Ida (M) Sovereign 1887–1983
        1. 1. Dorothy (E) McKenzie 1919–1976
      5. 5. Myrtle (Evada) Sovereign 1882–1979
      6. 6. Blanche (Ethel) Thomsen 1891–1976
      7. 7. Earl (V) Sovereign 1894–1963
      8. 8. Alva (N) Sovereign 1886–
      9. 9. Little (Guy) Sovereign 1892–1897
    2. 2. Clinton (J.) Sherman 1864–
    3. 3. Sylva (Lorain) Sherman 1866–1938
      1. 1. Sylvia (Belle) Kibbee 1885–1947
        1. 1. Wilbur (Woodrow) Walton 1916–1999
      2. 2. Lillian (Grace) Kibbee 1890–1967
        1. 1. Clarence (John) Scott 1913–2008
      3. 3. Cush (Miller) Ward 1892–1950
      4. 4. Curtis (Harold) Ward 1898–1971
      5. 5. Garnette (Lee) Ward 1906–1970
    4. 4. Susan (Isadore) Sherman 1869–1955
    5. 5. Happy (Josephine) Sherman 1871–1958
    6. 6. Mary (L) Sherman 1873–1874

Elkanah Sherman's Timeline

2 Records

1790
11 Apr 1790
Birth of Elkanah Sherman in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
1860
1860
Age 70
Death of Elkanah Sherman in Iowa City, Wright, Iowa, USA
Iowa City, Wright, Iowa, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 Apr 1790
    Event Place: Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: Iowa City, Wright, Iowa, USA

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