Daniel Sherman (judge)
Judge Daniel Sherman (14 Oct 1721 in Connecticut – 28 Jul 1799)[1] was an American state legislator and judge from Connecticut. He sat in the Connecticut General Assembly for 30 years.[1]
Personal life[]
Sherman married Mindwell Taylor on February 14, 1744 in Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut.[2] Born on September 5, 1758,[1] their son was the Judge Taylor Sherman, who was a lawyer and judge in Norwalk, Connecticut.[1]
Legacy[]
Sherman had many prominent descendants, including:
- his son, judge Taylor Sherman;
- Ohio Supreme Court judge Charles Robert Sherman, who was his grandson;
- United States Senator John Sherman, United States Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman, Federal judge Charles Taylor Sherman, and businessman Hoyt Sherman, all of whom were his great-grandsons;
- Jesuit priest Thomas Ewing Sherman, a great-great-grandson.
References[]
Categories:
- 1721 births
- Members of the Connecticut House of Representatives
- People of colonial Connecticut
- People from Fairfield County, Connecticut
- Connecticut state court judges