Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Sherman, Joseph
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Bristol Township


JOSEPH SHERMAN senior member of the firm of Sherman & 
Peirce, manufacturers of sash, doors, etc., P.O. Bristol, 
was born at Spring Lake, N. J., in 1855, and is a son of 
Benjamin Sherman, who was also a native of that state. His 
educational opportunities were limited, but he early 
developed rare mechanical ability.  The vicinity of his 
birthplace is noted as a great fruit-producing region, and 
the crude methods of marketing its products revealed to the 
practical mind of Mr. Sherman a wife field for the exercise 
of his inventive genius.  A process for the manufacture of 
boxes from wooden slats was at length perfected, and in 1875 
their manufacture on a large scale was begun at Bristol.  
Mr. Sherman was sole proprietor of this enterprise until 
1884, when the present firm was established.  The business 
has been extended in various directions, and ranks among the 
most stable industrial features of the town.