Biographies:  Oluf SHERMAN, Eau Claire, Eau Claire Co., WI 

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Oluf Sherman, one of the wideawake and popular jewelers of Eau Claire, was 
born in Waupaca, this state, July 4, 1869.  His parents, Oluf and Juliane 
(Hasler) Sherman, who were born respectively in Solor and Skein, Norway, 
emigrated to the United States in the spring of 1869.  After arriving in 
this country they came to Wisconsin and settled in Waupaca, where the father, 
a shoemaker by trade, followed that vocation until 1874, when he brought his 
family to Eau Claire and for fourteen year was engaged in business for 
himself.  In 1888 he entered the employ of the A. A. Cutter Shoe 
Manufacturing Company, in whose employ he has since remained.  Mr. and Mrs. 
Sherman raised a family of four children, as follows: Maurice, Oluf, Adolph 
and Julia, who is now deceased.

Oluf Sherman came to Eau Claire with his parents when he was 5 years old and 
has grown up with the city, receiving his education in the third ward public 
school.  In 1885, he began his apprenticeship at the jeweler's trade with G. 
F. Duncan, of this city, serving altogether five years.  He later entered the 
employ of John Holt, with whom he remained for nine years.  In 1898 he 
embarked in business for himself on South Barstow street, in which he has 
since successfully continued.

On December 20, 1890, Mr. Sherman married Miss Matilda, daughter of Berger 
and Maria Semmingsen, of Strum, Trempealeau county, Wis., and formerly of 
Norway.  Mr. and Mrs. Sherman have an interesting family of eight living 
children, viz.: Oliver, Irvin, Bert, Victor, Irma, Hazel, Gordon, and Sylvia.  
Mr. Sherman is a member of Grace Lutheran church, the Mystic Workers of the 
World and the I. S. W. A., and politically is a Republican.

--Taken from "The History of Eau Claire County, 1914, Past & Present,"
page 857.