Biographical Sketch of William H. Sherman, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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William H. Sherman was born at Homer, Michigan in 1844. His ancestors
for several generations, lived in Connecticut and Vermont. He received
a classical education and was graduated from the law department of
Michigan University in 1863. He moved to Missouri in 1865, and for
eighteen months was editor of the Herald and of the Union, newspapers
in St. Joseph, and was at the same time deputy and acting clerk of the
Supreme Court. Mr. Sherman in 1867, was elected City Attorney for St.
Joseph, and for some years subsequently served as City Counsellor. He
has been a zealous and diligent student in his profession, aiming to
deserve a respectable standing among his profession brethren. His
efforts have been crowned a success, and he ranks with the represent-
ative lawyers of Northwest Missouri. In 1880 he was elected judge of
this judicial circuit.

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