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] Serving with Samuel Cook Silliman
Preceded by	Thomas Belden, Samuel Comstock
Succeeded by	Eliphalet Lockwood, Samuel Cook Silliman
In office May 1795 – October 1795[1][2] Serving with Eliphalet Lockwood
Preceded by	Eliphalet Lockwood, Samuel Cook Silliman
Succeeded by	Eliphalet Lockwood, Samuel Comstock
In office May 1796 – October 1796[1][2] Serving with Eliphalet Lockwood
Preceded by	Eliphalet Lockwood, Samuel Comstock
Succeeded by	Eliphalet Lockwood, Matthew Marvin
Personal details
Born	September 5, 1758[3][4] Woodbury, Connecticut[4]
Died	May 14, 1815 (aged 56)[4] Norwalk, Connecticut
Resting place	Mill Hill Burying Ground, Norwalk, Connecticut[3]
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Stoddard (m. 1787)[3][4]
Children	Charles Robert Sherman, Daniel, Elizabeth[3]
Residence	89 Main Street, Norwalk, Connecticut
Occupation	lawyer, 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.

Further reading

• GENERAL WILLIAM T. SHERMAN "MEMOIRS"
• New York Times – The Sherman Family

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.