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View Tree for John Wesley ShermanJohn Wesley Sherman (b. March 30, 1830, d. March 27, 1913)

John Wesley Sherman (son of John Wesley Sherman and Mila Eldred) was born March 30, 1830 in Tonawanda Erie Co. Ny, and died March 27, 1913 in Climax, Michigan. He married Henrietta Elizabeth Rolfe on October 25, 1855 in Climax, Michigan, daughter of Samuel Rolfe and Thankfull Nettelton.

 Includes NotesNotes for John Wesley Sherman:
John Wesley Sherman moved to Climax, Michigan when he was about 5 years old (1835). John Wesley and Henrietta Rolfe Sherman built the house in Climax, Mi,at in the years 1858 or 1860. The house still stands and today is owned by Dawn Bauman and her husband. (2003)

Henrietta Elizabeth Rolfe Sherman father died when she was about 7 years old and her mother died when she was about 3 years old. She was taken to raise by Daniel and Lydia Eldred of Climax, Mi.
This information was in a letter from a son of John Wesley and Henrietta Sherman written to Zella Rae Hoyer Lillie., My maternal grandmother in 1954.



More About John Wesley Sherman:
Burial: Unknown, Prairie Home Cemetery, Climax, Michigan.

More About John Wesley Sherman and Henrietta Elizabeth Rolfe:
Marriage: October 25, 1855, Climax, Michigan.

Children of John Wesley Sherman and Henrietta Elizabeth Rolfe are:
  1. Daniel Eldred Sherman, b. 1857, Climax, Michigan, d. date unknown, kansas city, Jackson Co. Mo.
  2. Mila Effie Sherman, b. 1858, Climax, Michigan, d. 1917, Prairie Home Cemetery, Climax, Michigan.
  3. +Albert Austin Sherman, b. 1863, Climax, Michigan, d. July 20, 1922, died at Battle Creek, Mi..
  4. +Ida Mae Sherman, b. November 10, 1866, LeRoy Twp Kalamazoo Co. Michigan, d. June 10, 1934, Climax, Michigan.
  5. +Lydia Eldred Sherman, b. July 09, 1868, LeRoy township, Michigan, d. December 13, 1951, Climax, Michigan.
  6. +John Wesley Sherman, b. 1870, Climax, Michigan, d. 1950, Royal Oak, Michigan.
  7. +Norris Leslie Sherman, b. December 02, 1872, Climax, Michigan, d. November 25, 1955, Prairie Home Cemetery, Climax, Michigan.
  8. +Nettie Elizabeth Sherman, b. December 16, 1875, Climax, Michigan, d. January 29, 1929, Climax, Michigan.
  9. Eber Rolfe Sherman, b. 1878, Climax, Michigan, d. 1950, Prairie Home Cemetery, Climax, Michigan.
  10. +Walter Ray Sherman, b. 1881, Climax, Michigan, d. December 25, 1953, Multnomah, Or..
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