Hon. Richard Updike Sherman

U.S. Vice President Direct Ancestor

Richard Sherman is an ancestor of a US President/Vice President

Richard Sherman was:

Editor, Oswego Daily Times & The Herkimer Journal (1844–46)

Owner/editor of Rochester Daily Evening Gazette (1847)

Co-owner/editor Utica Morning Herald (1847–82)

Brigadier general, New York State militia (1841–57)

Clerk, New York State Assembly (1851–57)

New York Assemblyman, 1st District of Oneida County 1857/1875-1876

Delegate, New York State Constitutional Covention (1867)

Assistant clerk, U.S. House of Representatives (1870)

Secretary, New York State Fish and Game Commission (1879–1890)

Trustee, New Hartford Cotten Company - he restocked the lakes of the Adirondack Mountains area with fish; also protected the forests from unscrupulous lumber dealers

Marriage

He married his distant cousin Mary Frances Sherman. They had six children:

Richard W., a civil engineer and two-term Mayor of the City of Utica, New York

Stalham W., who died in 1894

Mary Louise, wife of Henry J. Cookingham (a law partner of James Schoolcraft Sherman)

James Schoolcraft Sherman, US Vice President

Sanford F., President, New Hartford Canning Company

Willet H., who died in New Hartford in 1868, aged six.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sherman-3004

Richard Updike Sherman (abt. 1819 - abt. 1895)

Richard Updike Sherman

Born about 1819 in Onieda, New York

Son of Willett Helme Sherman and Anna Catharine (Schoolcraft) Sherman

Brother of Richard Updike Sherman, Francess Willette Sherman, Robert Henry Sherman, Marietta Sherman, Helen Margaret Sherman, William Pitt Sherman and Maria Jane Sherman

Husband of Mary Frances Sherman — married before 1852 [location unknown]

Father of Richard Winslow Sherman, Mary Louise Sherman, Stalham Williams Sherman, James Schoolcraft Sherman, Sanford Foster Sherman and Willett Albert Sherman

Died about 1895 in Onieda, New York

Profile last modified 11 Sep 2019 | Created 1 Oct 2014

Biography

Richard Updike Sherman was a New York State politician serving in local and U. S. government positions and newspaper publisher/editor. He was also the father of U.S. Vice President James Schoolcraft Sherman. He was one of the most prominent men in New York. He was educated in Vernon and Utica, and was early an editor of a newspaper. Throughout his life he was chiefly devoted to Newspaper editorship and proprietorship, besides being prominent in politics. From 1841 to 1847 he was editor successively of "Utica Daily Gazette", "Herkimer Journal", "Oswego Daily Times" and "Rochester Daily Evening Gazette"; later with others, he managed and owned the "Utica Herald". His political activity is evident from the following: City Clerk of Utica (1843); Alderman, 4th ward, Utica (1849); Supervisor 7th ward, Utica (1854-57); Clerk of Assembly, N.Y. (1851-56); Assemblyman 1st Oneida District (1857); Assistant Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives (1860-70); Assemblyman 1st Oneida District (1875-76)

While Find A Grave shows a specific birth and death date, Wikipedia and other sources indicate that the exact dates are unknown.

Burial

Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, Oneida, New York
Find A Grave Memorial# 33376060
Sources

"New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K675-CLV : 19 November 2014), Richard U Sherman, Ward 4, Utica City, Oneida, New York, United States; count clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 1,435,148.
"New York State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVNV-D3WD : accessed 28 June 2017), Richard U Sherman, District 01, New Hartford, Oneida, New York, United States; citing source p. 14, line 6, household ID 104, county clerk, board of supervisors and surrogate court offices from various counties. Utica and East Hampton Public Libraries, New York; FHL microfilm 1,435,151.
"New York State Census, 1875," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VT8L-Q6Q : 16 November 2014), Richd N Shermen, New Hartford, Oneida, New York, United States; citing p. 36, line 10, State Library, Albany; FHL microfilm 1,435,183.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZX6-2N7 : 15 July 2016), Richard Sherman, New Hartford, Oneida, New York, United States; citing enumeration district ED 103, sheet 363A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0902; FHL microfilm 1,254,902.

Son of Willett Helme Sherman and Anna Catharine (Schoolcraft) Sherman