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Jacob Samuel Sherman 1847–1908 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 Oct 1847

Birth Location: Mathias, Hardy County, West Virginia, USA

Death Date: 3 Sep 1908

Death Location: Saint David, Cochise County, Arizona, USA

Father: Conrad Shireman

Mother: Frances Hall

Spouse(s): Melvina Harrison

Children(s): Walter Sherman

Jacob Samuel Sherman was born in 1847 in Mathias, Hardy County, West Virginia, USA, the child of Conrad Sr Shireman And Frances Margaret Hall. Jacob Samuel Sherman married Melvina Frances Harrison, and had children including Walter Branson Sherman. Jacob Samuel Sherman passed away in 1908 in Saint David, Cochise County, Arizona, USA.

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Biography

  • Jacob Samuel Sherman was born in 1847 in Mathias, Hardy County, West Virginia, USA, the child of Conrad Sr Shireman And Frances Margaret Hall.
  • Jacob Samuel Sherman married Melvina Frances Harrison, and had children including Walter Branson Sherman.
  • Jacob Samuel Sherman passed away in 1908 in Saint David, Cochise County, Arizona, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Conrad Shireman
1808–1881
Birth Location: , Hardy, Virginia, United States
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Frances Hall
1809–1882
Birth Location: Hardy , Virginia, USA
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Spouses(s)

Melvina Harrison
1851–1922
Birth Location: Hardy, Virginia, United States
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Children(s)

Walter Sherman
1880–1934
Birth Location: Lost River, Hardy, West Virginia, United States
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Jacob Sherman's Ancestors

Self
Jacob Sherman
1847–1908
Birth Place: Mathias, Hardy County, West Virginia, USA
Parents
Conrad Sr Shireman
1808–1881
, Hardy, Virginia, United States
Frances (Margaret) Hall
1809–1882
Hardy , Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Jacob Sherman's Descendants

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Jacob (Samuel) Sherman (15 Oct 1847–3 Sep 1908) m. Melvina (Frances) Harrison (22 Nov 1851–10 Mar 1922)
  1. 1. Walter (Branson) Sherman 1880–1934 m. Bertha (Septema) Coons 1889–1965
    1. 1. Lydia (May) Sherman 1917–1996 m. Robert (Henry) Sabin 1903–1953
      1. 1. Lawrence (Dean) Sabin 1932–2011 m. Mildred (Ann) Cooksley 1944–2021
      2. 2. Robert (Maurice) Sabin 1939–2013
      3. 3. Gilbert (H) Sabin 1941–2013 m. Elaine (Linnea) Slade 1940–2001
      4. 4. Bertha (Shirlene) Sabin 1946–2014 m. Richard (Calvin) Huffman 1935–2017
    2. 2. Alice (Bertha) Sherman 1914–1998 m. Clifford Coons 1913–1985
      1. 1. William (Eugene) Coons 1931–2019 m. Shirley (Eleanor) Bennett 1924–1999
      2. 2. Clifford (Kent) Coons 1945–1967
      3. 3. Infant Coons 1947–1947
    3. 3. Delia (Francis) Sherman 1909–1984 m. Lester (Ambrose) Sabin 1909–1976
      1. 1. Walter (Andy) Sabin 1932–2011
      2. 2. Helen (Ann) Sabin 1939–2023 m. Lloyd (Earl) Heder 1917–1974

Jacob Sherman's Timeline

2 Records

1847
15 Oct 1847
Birth of Jacob Samuel Sherman in Mathias, Hardy County, West Virginia, USA
Mathias, Hardy County, West Virginia, USA
1908
3 Sep 1908
Age 61
Death of Jacob Samuel Sherman in Curtis Flat, Cochise, Arizona, United States
Curtis Flat, Cochise, Arizona, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 Oct 1847
    Event Place: Mathias, Hardy County, West Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 Sep 1908
    Event Place: Curtis Flat, Cochise, Arizona, United States

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Saint David, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
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