Individual Details
Aaron SHERMAN
(5 May 1830 - 7 Mar 1897)
1 Jun 1870, Town of Joliet, Will Co., IL, printed pg 144B.
Aaron Sherman, 38 (1831-1832), born OH. Enumerated while a prisoner in Illinois State Penitentiary.
"Records of The Olden Time; or, Fifty Years on the Prairies" by Spencer Ellsworth, Lacon, Ill, Home Journal Steam Printing Establishment, 1880. Pages 294 and 295 have this account: " November 22, 1867, Aaron Sherman killed Samuel Dowhower, both residents of Granville, under the following circumstances:
The two named and a Mr. Wedgewood had been to Peru, and on their way home fell into a quarrel, which ended in Sherman being ejected from the wagon. The latter swore revenge, and going to the home of a Mr.Walker, borrowed a gun, with which he hurried to the dwelling of Dowhower. It was night and the family had retired. He rapped at his victim's door, and Mrs. Dowhower arose, lighted a lamp, and opened it. Dowhower had previously told her of his quarrel with Sherman, and as the knock was heard, exclaimed, "There he is now!" Dowhower went to the door and was instantly shot dead.
Sherman was tried, convicted and sent to the penitentiary for twenty-five years. He served about five years and was pardoned out by the Governor. It afterward transpired that the principal getter up of these petitions was hired to obtain them and paid liberally for the service; and it is also charged that influential names on the petition were placed there by others than themselves. Sherman went out West, and is said to be now living in Texas."
All other information on Aaron from Anna Salierno, Ethel Brown or Margaret Gallup. NV.
Margaret shows a quote from an unknown book: 6 Jul 1867: Thomas Hopkins and wife killed. "A man named Sherman" was the last to have seen them or their boat on the river between Hennepin, Peru, LaSalle and Granville. (May not have been Aaron or even any of the family.)"
22 Nov 1867: Aaron Sherman killed Samuel Dowhower, Granville, Putnam, IL. County seat was Hennepin, Putnam Co. Also very near Ottawa, LaSalle, IL.
01 Aug 1868 Aaron entered prison for murder of Samuel Dowhower.
1870 census, per Margaret, showed Aaron's wife, Hannah, 24, Amory, 5 and George, age ?.
13 Jan 1873 Aaron pardoned by the governor. (From LaSalle Co., IL)
1880 A. Sherman in Caldwell, KS.
Margaret shows some of her information came from a probate.
Aaron Sherman, 38 (1831-1832), born OH. Enumerated while a prisoner in Illinois State Penitentiary.
"Records of The Olden Time; or, Fifty Years on the Prairies" by Spencer Ellsworth, Lacon, Ill, Home Journal Steam Printing Establishment, 1880. Pages 294 and 295 have this account: " November 22, 1867, Aaron Sherman killed Samuel Dowhower, both residents of Granville, under the following circumstances:
The two named and a Mr. Wedgewood had been to Peru, and on their way home fell into a quarrel, which ended in Sherman being ejected from the wagon. The latter swore revenge, and going to the home of a Mr.Walker, borrowed a gun, with which he hurried to the dwelling of Dowhower. It was night and the family had retired. He rapped at his victim's door, and Mrs. Dowhower arose, lighted a lamp, and opened it. Dowhower had previously told her of his quarrel with Sherman, and as the knock was heard, exclaimed, "There he is now!" Dowhower went to the door and was instantly shot dead.
Sherman was tried, convicted and sent to the penitentiary for twenty-five years. He served about five years and was pardoned out by the Governor. It afterward transpired that the principal getter up of these petitions was hired to obtain them and paid liberally for the service; and it is also charged that influential names on the petition were placed there by others than themselves. Sherman went out West, and is said to be now living in Texas."
All other information on Aaron from Anna Salierno, Ethel Brown or Margaret Gallup. NV.
Margaret shows a quote from an unknown book: 6 Jul 1867: Thomas Hopkins and wife killed. "A man named Sherman" was the last to have seen them or their boat on the river between Hennepin, Peru, LaSalle and Granville. (May not have been Aaron or even any of the family.)"
22 Nov 1867: Aaron Sherman killed Samuel Dowhower, Granville, Putnam, IL. County seat was Hennepin, Putnam Co. Also very near Ottawa, LaSalle, IL.
01 Aug 1868 Aaron entered prison for murder of Samuel Dowhower.
1870 census, per Margaret, showed Aaron's wife, Hannah, 24, Amory, 5 and George, age ?.
13 Jan 1873 Aaron pardoned by the governor. (From LaSalle Co., IL)
1880 A. Sherman in Caldwell, KS.
Margaret shows some of her information came from a probate.
Events
| Birth | 5 May 1830 | Ohio | |||
| Census | 1850 | Putnam Co., IL, fam 661. Age 20 (1830), born OH, farmer, living with mother and two youngest sisters. | |||
| Census | 1860 | Putnam Co., IL. #450. Aaron, 30 (1829-30) born OH. Living with mother. Real estate of $500, cannot read or write. | |||
| Marriage | 19 Jul 1864 | Illinois - Hannah THAYER | |||
| Miscellaneous | 22 Nov 1867 | Aaron killed Samuel Dowhower. - Putnam Co., Illinois | |||
| Miscellaneous | 1 Aug 1868 | Aaron entered state prison for the murder of Samuel Dowhower. - Joliet, Will Co., IL | |||
| Census | 1 Jun 1870 | Joliet, Will Co., IL | |||
| Miscellaneous | 12 Jan 1873 | Aaron pardoned by the Governor after receiving many petitions to do so. - Illinois | |||
| Divorce | Bef 1874 | Hannah THAYER | |||
| Census | 1880 | Caldwell, Sumner Co., KS. Vol 20 ED 208 Sh 14 Line 28. Page 241B. A. Sherman, white male 50 (1830) born Ohio. Father born MA, mother born OH. Wife Emla, 39, b. England, Abner, 11, KS and Gracey, 6, KS. | |||
| Newspaper article | 6 Sep 1896 | Caldwell, Sumner Co., KS |  | ||
| Death | 7 Mar 1897 | Sumner Co., KS | |||
| Reference No | 1612 |
Families
| Spouse | Hannah THAYER (1846 - 1900) |
| Child | Amory J. SHERMAN (1865 - 1943) |
| Child | George A. SHERMAN (1867 - ) |
| Child | Abner SHERMAN (1869 - 1880) |
| Spouse | EMILY (1835 - 1928) |
| Child | Gracey SHERMAN (1874 - 1880) |
| Father | William SHERMAN (1782 - 1848) |
| Mother | Rebecca DELONG (1794 - 1878) |
| Sibling | Lovina SHERMAN (1812 - 1845) |
| Sibling | William SHERMAN (1814 - 1882) |
| Sibling | Rebecca SHERMAN (1817 - 1840) |
| Sibling | Hannah SHERMAN (1819 - 1877) |
| Sibling | Emery SHERMAN (1821 - 1879) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth SHERMAN (1823 - 1842) |
| Sibling | Isaac SHERMAN (1825 - 1880) |
| Sibling | Lucena SHERMAN (1827 - 1850) |
| Sibling | Mary Ann SHERMAN (1832 - 1850) |
| Sibling | Rachel Jane SHERMAN (1834 - 1855) |
Endnotes
1. Newspaper Article.