Meeker County MN Archives Biographies.....Sherman, Job B. 1823 - 
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   JOB B. SHERMAN, a prominent resident of Litchfield, is a native of Erie county,
N. Y., born in 1840. His parents were Joseph and Mercy (Willitt) Sherman; the father
a native of Massachusetts who had settled in Erie county, N. Y., in 1823, and the
mother a native of New York. They remained upon their old homestead in Erie county
from the time of their settlement until the time of their deaths.

  Job B. remained with his parents until he was twenty-two years of age, when he
enlistened in Company K, One Hundred and Sixteenth New York Infantry, serving two
years and nine months. During this time he was in thirteen different battles, and
was wounded twice—first at Port Hudson, La., by a minie ball entering his left cheek
and coming out at the back of his neck; and again at Cedar Creek, Va., by a spent
minie ball entering his left cheek. The first wound was serious, and unfitted him
for duty for about six months, seven weeks of which time were spent in the hospital.
After receiving his discharge from the army, Mr. Sherman returned to Erie county, N.
Y., and engaged in farming, remaining there until 1885, when he settled at
Litchfield. With the exception of one year spent in Kansas, Litchfield has been his
home since that time. He followed his trade (carpentering) until the spring of 1887,
when he was appointed policeman for the village, which position he still holds. Mr.
Sherman was married on the 25th of December, 1865, to Miss Hannah E. Sole, of Erie
county, N. Y., and they are the parents of two children — Grace D., who was born
December 5, 1867; and Blanche H., born July 29, 1878. Mrs. Sherman is one of the
most active members of the Woman’s Relief Corps, No. 17, and is the present
secretary of the corps. The family are members of the Episcopalian church. Mr.
Sherman is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Ancient Order of United
Workmen, and also the Odd Fellows.


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Illustrated Album of Biography
Meeker and McLeod Counties, Minnesota
1888


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