| Birth | 3 Jun 1824 | Homer, Cortland County, New York | | | |
| Graduated | 1840 | the Homer Academy, with honors, - Homer, Cortland County, New York | | | |
| Occupation | 1841 | employee of Barry & Way, a wholesale hardware distributor - New York, New York County, New York | | | |
| Occupation | 1844 | partner of Barry, Way & Sherman, having purchased a partnership with money loaned him by his father - New York, New York County, New York | | | |
| Marriage | 24 Feb 1847 | Brooklyn, Kings County, New York - Mary POMEROY | | | |
| Residence | Bet 1847 and 1850 | on Henry Street in Brooklyn Heights - Brooklyn, Kings County, New York | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1850 | disolved the partnership of Barry, Way & Sherman and organized the firm of Sherman Brothers - New York, New York County, New York | | | |
| Marriage | 30 Nov 1852 | Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey - Julia Antoinette BURNHAM | | | |
| Residence | Bet 1857 and 1859 | in a home he owned at 43 West 37th St., in Murray Hill - New York, New York County, New York | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1872 | disolved the firm of Sherman Brothers - New York, New York County, New York | | | |
| Occupation | 1873 | general agent for the southwest territory of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York | | | |
| Residence | Bet 1873 and 1873 | on an estate he called Ridgewood - Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey | | | |
| Residence | Bet 1873 and 1892 | Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, Missouri | | | |
| Retirement | 1892 | | | | |
| Residence | Bet 1892 and 1899 | at The Homestead - Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey | | | |
| Miscellaneous | Abt 1892 | became a trustee of the South Street Presbyterian Church and a founder of the Memorial Hospital - Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey | | | |
| Death | 27 Feb 1899 | Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey | | | |