Taylor Sherman

Taylor Sherman (September 5, 1758 – May 14, 1815) was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk in the sessions of May 1794, May 1795, and May 1796.

Taylor Sherman
Member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
from Norwalk
In office
May 1794 – October 1794[1][2]
Preceded byThomas Belden,
Samuel Comstock
Succeeded byEliphalet Lockwood,
Samuel Cook Silliman
In office
May 1795 – October 1795[1][2]
Serving with Eliphalet Lockwood
Preceded byEliphalet Lockwood,
Samuel Cook Silliman
Succeeded byEliphalet Lockwood,
Samuel Comstock
In office
May 1796 – October 1796[1][2]
Serving with Eliphalet Lockwood
Preceded byEliphalet Lockwood,
Samuel Comstock
Succeeded byEliphalet Lockwood,
Matthew Marvin
Personal details
Born(1758-09-05)September 5, 1758[3][4]
Woodbury, Connecticut[4]
DiedMay 14, 1815(1815-05-14) (aged 56)[4]
Norwalk, Connecticut
Resting placeMill Hill Burying Ground,
Norwalk, Connecticut[3]
Spouse(s)Elizabeth Stoddard
(m. 1787)[3][4]
ChildrenCharles Robert Sherman, Daniel, Elizabeth[3]
Residence89 Main Street,
Norwalk, Connecticut
Occupationlawyer, judge

Sherman was born in Woodbury, Connecticut[4] on September 5, 1758.[3] He was the son of Judge Daniel Sherman.[4] and Mindwell Taylor Sherman.

He married Elizabeth Stoddard of Woodbury in 1787.[4] After he was admitted to the bar, he moved to Norwalk, where he practiced law.[4]

He was a judge of Probate for the District of Norwalk from the creation of the district in 1802 until his death.[4]

He was appointed collector of Internal Revenue for the Second District of Connecticut by James Madison.[4]

He was appointed Agent to survey land in the Connecticut Western Reserve consisting of a half million acres which was granted to those who suffered losses from the Battle of Norwalk.[4] He acquired a large tract of this land in Sherman township, Huron County, Ohio, which bears his name.[4][5]

He was the father of Charles Robert Sherman, justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio, and grandfather of General William Tecumseh Sherman.[4]

The Taylor Sherman House was located at 89 Main Street in Norwalk, and the house's design was studied for the Historic American Buildings Survey by the Library of Congress.

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References
  1. Roll of General Assembly Members
  2. An historical discourse in commemoration of the two-hundredth anniversary of the Settlement of Norwalk
  4. Taylor Sherman
  5. Baughman, Abraham J. (1909). History of Huron County, Ohio: Its Progress and Development, with Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens of the County, Volume 1. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 268.
Preceded by
Thomas Belden
Samuel Comstock		 Member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
from Norwalk
May 1794 – October 1794
With: Samuel Cook Silliman		 Succeeded by
Eliphalet Lockwood
Samuel Cook Silliman
Preceded by
Eliphalet Lockwood
Samuel Cook Silliman		 Member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
from Norwalk
May 1795 – October 1795
With: Eliphalet Lockwood		 Succeeded by
Eliphalet Lockwood
Samuel Comstock
Preceded by
Eliphalet Lockwood
Samuel Comstock		 Member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
from Norwalk
May 1796 – October 1796
With: Eliphalet Lockwood		 Succeeded by
Eliphalet Lockwood
Matthew Marvin
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