Taylor Sherman
Taylor Sherman | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk | |
| In office May 1794 – October 1794[1][2] Serving with Samuel Cook Silliman | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Belden, Samuel Comstock |
| Succeeded by | Eliphalet Lockwood, Samuel Cook Silliman |
| In office May 1795 – October 1795[1][2] Serving with Eliphalet Lockwood | |
| Preceded by | Eliphalet Lockwood, Samuel Cook Silliman |
| Succeeded by | Eliphalet Lockwood, Samuel Comstock |
| In office May 1796 – October 1796[1][2] Serving with Eliphalet Lockwood | |
| Preceded by | Eliphalet Lockwood, Samuel Comstock |
| Succeeded by | Eliphalet Lockwood, Matthew Marvin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 5, 1758[3] Woodbury, Connecticut, US[3] |
| Died | May 14, 1815 (aged 56)[3] Norwalk, Connecticut, US |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Stoddard (m. 1787)[3] |
| Children | Charles Robert Sherman, Daniel, Elizabeth |
| Occupation | lawyer, judge |
Taylor Sherman (September 5, 1758 – May 14, 1815) was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk in the sessions of May 1794, May 1795, and May 1796.
Sherman was born in Woodbury, Connecticut[3] on September 5, 1758. He was the son of Judge Daniel Sherman.[3] and Mindwell Taylor Sherman.
He married Elizabeth Stoddard of Woodbury in 1787.[3] After he was admitted to the bar, he moved to Norwalk, where he practiced law.[3]
He was a judge of Probate for the District of Norwalk from the creation of the district in 1802 until his death.[3]
He was appointed collector of Internal Revenue for the Second District of Connecticut by James Madison.[3]
He was appointed Agent to survey land in the Connecticut Western Reserve consisting of a half million acres which was granted to those who suffered losses from the Battle of Norwalk.[3] He acquired a large tract of this land in Sherman township, Huron County, Ohio, which bears his name.[3][4]
He was the father of Charles Robert Sherman, justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio, and grandfather of General William Tecumseh Sherman.[3]
The Taylor Sherman House was located at 89 Main Street in Norwalk, and the house's design was studied for the Historic American Buildings Survey by the Library of Congress.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Roll of General Assembly Members
- ^ a b c An historical discourse in commemoration of the two-hundredth anniversary of the Settlement of Norwalk
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Taylor Sherman
- ^ Baughman, Abraham J. (1909). History of Huron County, Ohio: Its Progress and Development, with Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens of the County, Volume 1. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 268.
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- 1758 births
- 1815 deaths
- Burials in Mill Hill Burying Ground
- Connecticut lawyers
- Connecticut state court judges
- Members of the Connecticut House of Representatives
- Politicians from Norwalk, Connecticut
- People from Woodbury, Connecticut
- Probate court judges in the United States
- Tax collectors
- 19th-century American lawyers
- 18th-century members of the Connecticut General Assembly