Sedgwick County KSGenWeb

Portrait And Biographical Album of Sedgwick County, Kan.

Chapman Brothers 1888

Pages 466 - 469 

JEROME H. SHERMAN, a representative farmer and stock-raiser of Ohio Township, residing on section 15, first saw the light of day in Branch County, Mich., Dec. 28, 1847. His parents, Jeremiah and Emma (Beesmer) Sherman, were both natives of the State of New York, and were descended, the father from German and Irish ancestors, and the mother of German and English stock. His father, Jeremiah Sherman, came to Sedgwick County, Kan., in 1872, and pre-empted the northwest quarter of section 15, in Ohio Town. ship, which our subject now owns.     

      Jerome was one of a family of three children born to his parents, of whom he is the only survivor. His father died April 20, 1884. At the age of eleven years the subject of our memoir commenced the business of life for himself. He had received a rudimentary education in his boyhood days, after which he worked at any farm labor that he could get, that lay within the compass of his strength. In 1864, when he was some seventeen years of age, he went to Oakland County, Mich., where he worked as a farm hand until his twenty-fourth year. From there he moved to DeWitt County, Ill., where five years more of his life were spent, and in the fall of 1877 emigrated from the great Prairie State to Sedgwick County, Kan., and located on the farm with his father, where he now lives.     

      While a resident of the Wolverine State, in November, 1866, Mr. S. was united in marriage with Miss Mary Chapman, a native of Oakland County, Mich., and a daughter of Fleet and Garthelia (Green) Chapman. One son has been sent to brighten their fireside and gladden their hearts. His name is Ray, and his natal day was Oct. 8, 1869. He is a bright, intelligent lad, and bears the mark of great promise for his manhood's years. Mr. Sherman was unfortunate enough to lose his wife on the 12th of March, 1870, by death, she leaving a disconsolate husband and her orphan boy.

      In his political views our subject is a Democrat, but is not strictly bound by party lines, as in all local matters he is generally apt to support the one whom he considers the best man for the office. He has been honored by his fellow-citizens with several of the offices in their gift, chief among which are those of Trustee of Ohio Township, in which he served three years, Township Treasurer for three years, and Road Overseer of District No. 3, for three years more. He has also held the office of Treasurer of the School Board for several years, and in all these positions gained great credit both for himself and his constituents. He is the owner of a fine farm of most excellent arable land, which has been brought to a high state of cultivation, and on which the improvements are of a good and substantial character. He is classed by his fellow-citizens as one of the public-spirited and representative men of the township, and merits and receives the warmest confidence and esteem of the entire community. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and a good, worthy and sincere Christian gentleman.

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