Major Hoyt Sherman

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Major Hoyt Sherman

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Birthplace: Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, United States
Death: January 25, 1904 (76)
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, United States
Place of Burial: Des Moines, Polk County, IA
Immediate Family:

Son of Judge Charles Robert Sherman and Mary Sherman
Husband of Sarah Elvira Sherman
Father of Frank Allen Sherman; Adaline Moulton Wiborg; Charles Moulton Sherman; Arthur Hoyt Sherman and Helen Hoyt Griffith
Brother of Charles Taylor Sherman; Mary Elizabeth Reese; James Sherman; Amelia McComb; Julia Ann Willock and 8 others

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About Major Hoyt Sherman

Civil War veteran

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7051737&ref=wvr

First Postmaster of Des Moines as well as Mayor of Des Moines. He was the brother of Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman. His Victorian home in the Sherman Hills section of Des Moines was used as Des Moines' first art gallery. It is now the home of the Des Moines Women's Club.

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Major Hoyt Sherman's Timeline

1827
November 1, 1827
Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, United States
1856
November 26, 1856
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, United States
1859
February 9, 1859
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, United States
1861
February 15, 1861
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, United States
1869
September 10, 1869
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, United States
1873
February 6, 1873
Des Moines, Polk Co., IA
1904
January 25, 1904
Age 76
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, United States
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Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk County, IA