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Sherman, Jason H.

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10 Nov. 1816

Gilead, Oxford Co., ME, Vital Records, 1805–1904, p. 34, microfilm 10,931, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

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U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

–16 Feb. 1892.

Forbes, Hope Cemetery, 14.

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Forbes, Jean, comp. Hope Cemetery: Galesburg Township—Book II, Knox County, Illinois, Tombstone Inscriptions. Galesburg, IL: Knox County Genealogical Society, 1987.

Lawyer, newspaper editor, commission merchant, real estate agent, collector.

Strunck, Officers of Berks County, 122; 1870 U.S. Census, Galesburg, Knox Co., IL, 172[A]; Chapman, History of Knox County, Illinois, 535; Chew’s Camden Directory [1876], 223; Chew’s Camden Directory [1877], 264; Chew’s Camden Directory [1878], 312.

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Strunck, Amos K. Officers of Berks County, for Each Year, from 1752 to 1860. Also the Vote of the County at the Presidential and Governors’ Elections. Reading, PA: J. Lawrence Getz, 1859.

Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.

Chapman, Charles C. History of Knox County, Illinois; Together with Sketches of the Cities, Villages, and Townships; Records of Its Volunteers in the Late War; Educational, Religious, Civil, and Political History. . . . Chicago: Blakely, Brown, and Marsh, 1878.

Chew’s Camden Directory for the Year 1876–7. Containing the Names of the Inhabitants, the Places of Business and Dwelling Houses, with a List of Officers and Public Institutions. Camden, NJ: Sinnickson Chew, 1876.

Chew’s Camden Directory for 1877–78. A List of the Inhabitants of Camden, Their Occupations and Places of Residence, together with a Complete Business Directory. Camden, NJ: S. Chew, 1877.

Chew’s Camden Directory for 1878–79. A List of the Inhabitants of Camden, Their Occupations and Places of Residence, together with a Complete Business Directory and a Map of the City. Camden, NJ: S. Chew, 1878.

Born in Gilead, Oxford Co., Maine.

Gilead, Oxford Co., ME, Vital Records, 1805–1904, p. 34, microfilm 10,931, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

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U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Son of Jason Sherman and Mary (Polly) Stow.

Gilead, Oxford Co., ME, Vital Records, 1805–1904, p. 34, microfilm 10,931, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Forbes, Hope Cemetery, 14; Lori Brown, “Jason H. Sherman,” accessed 8 Apr. 2014, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3366684&id=I32178.

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U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Forbes, Jean, comp. Hope Cemetery: Galesburg Township—Book II, Knox County, Illinois, Tombstone Inscriptions. Galesburg, IL: Knox County Genealogical Society, 1987.

Ancestry.com. http://ancestry.com.

Moved to Guildhall, Essex Co., Vermont, by June 1830.

1830 U.S. Census, Guildhall, Essex Co., VT, 19.

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Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.

Attended University of Vermont in Burlington, Chittenden Co., Vermont, 1832–1834.

General Catalogue of the University of Vermont, 60.

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General Catalogue of the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College. Burlington, VT: Burlington Free Press Association, 1901.

Moved to Reading, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, where he was admitted to bar, 7 Aug. 1839.

Strunck, Officers of Berks County, 122.

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Strunck, Amos K. Officers of Berks County, for Each Year, from 1752 to 1860. Also the Vote of the County at the Presidential and Governors’ Elections. Reading, PA: J. Lawrence Getz, 1859.

Moved to Carthage, Hancock Co., Illinois, by June 1844.

JS History, vol. F-1, 96–97.

Married Rebecca S. Kendall, 18 Aug. 1847, in Phillipston, Worchester Co., Massachusetts.

Phillipston, Worchester Co., MA, Vital Records, 1844–1910, Marriages, 1844–1864, p. 1, microfilm 2,313,867, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

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U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Moved to Galesburg, Knox Co., Illinois, by Aug. 1856, where he purchased Galesburg Free Democrat.

Chapman, History of Knox County, Illinois, 535; Scott, Newspapers and Periodicals of Illinois, 1814–1879, 185.

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Scott, Franklin William. Newspapers and Periodicals of Illinois, 1814–1879. Springfield, IL: Illinois State Historical Library, 1910.Taylor, John. A Short Account of the Murders, Roberies, Burnings, Thefts, and Other Outrages Committed by the Mob and Militia of the State of Missouri, Upon the Latter Day Saints. Springfield, IL: By the author, 1839.

Elected Galesburg First Ward alderman, 6 Apr. 1857.

Sellon, Review of the Commerce, Manufactures, and the Public and Private Improvements of Galesburg, 48.

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Sellon, C. J., comp. A Review of the Commerce, Manufactures, and the Public and Private Improvements of Galesburg; Containing a Brief History of Knox College, and Sketches of the First Settlement of the Town. Galesburg, IL: J. H. Sherman, 1857.

Moved to Camden, Camden Co., New Jersey, by 1876.

Chew’s Camden Directory [1876], 223.

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Possibly returned to Galesburg, after 1881.

Chew’s Camden Directory [1881], 244; Forbes, Hope Cemetery, 14.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Chew’s Camden Directory for 1881–82. A List of the Inhabitants of Camden, Their Occupations and Places of Residence, together with a Complete Business Directory and a Map of the City. Camden, NJ: S. Chew, 1881.

Forbes, Jean, comp. Hope Cemetery: Galesburg Township—Book II, Knox County, Illinois, Tombstone Inscriptions. Galesburg, IL: Knox County Genealogical Society, 1987.

Buried in Galesburg.

Forbes, Hope Cemetery, 14.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Forbes, Jean, comp. Hope Cemetery: Galesburg Township—Book II, Knox County, Illinois, Tombstone Inscriptions. Galesburg, IL: Knox County Genealogical Society, 1987.

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