Commemorative Biographical Record of Kent County, Ontario, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1904, pg. 567-568:
Sherman. The Sherman family has been connected with the County of Kent for about one hundred years. The first of the family concerning whom there is definite record is Lemuel Sherman, Sr., the grandfather of William and Lemuel Sherman of Thamesville. He was born in England, and settled in the County of Kent, in Ontario, near the present site of Thamesville, prior to the war of 1812. In 1811 he built a barn on his farm, which was used by the Americans as a hospital in 1813-14. This barn was built of the best pine timber and covered with pine two feet wide, which, by the storms, has worn to the thickness of a shingle in many places. A new cover was put upon the frame, and the barn now stands on the farm of Lemuel Sherman (2), a grandson of Lemuel, Sr. The frame, although ninety years old, is as sound as ever, and on the beams are carved the initials of many of the American soldiers, who camped in and around in the night before the battle in which Tecumseh fell, and during a part of the winter of 1813-14, when the barn was used as a sort of combined hospital and barracks. When Lemuel Sherman, Sr., settled in Kent, his nearest neighbour was thirteen miles distant. Here he hewed out a fine farm, now in the possession of the fourth generation of that family. The first Methodist sermon preached in that locality was delivered in the Sherman home. His wife's maiden name was Sarah Camp, and she became the mother of the following children: David, Sally, Mary Ann and Polly. For his second wife he married a Miss Reynolds, by whom he had one son, Edward.
David Sherman, son of Lemuel, was born on the Sherman homestead at Thamesville and he passed his entire life in that locality, engaged in farming. He laid out a part of the village of Thamesville and his son, Lemuel (2), the remainder, the town being located on a part of the original Sherman homestead. David Sherman met Tecumseh just before the battle in which the latter was killed, and spoke with that noted chief. David Sherman married Ann Call, daughter of Lemuel Call, by which union he became the father of the following children: Lemuel (2), Sarah, Elsie, Priscilla, Elizabeth, Jane, Mary, William and Lomila. The father died in 1865.
Lemuel Sherman (2), eldest son of David Sherman, was born on the old home farm, Oct. 18, 1827, and helped to redeem from the wilderness the family estate, a part of which he now owns, together with other landed property adjacent to Thamesville, on Lots 13 and 16. By trade Mr. Sherman is a blacksmith, but does little at it outside of the repairs which his own machinery needs. Mr. Sherman was married to Miss Emma Johnston, daughter of William Johnston, an early settler of Kent. This union has been blessed with six children: Annie, Mary, Ella, who married J. Bolhiner(?) of Toronto, and has two children, Letha and Stewart; Elsie, who married William McKenzie, and has two children, Gladys and Wildred(?); David, of Thamesville, a prominent member of the I.O.F.; and Grace. Politically Mr. Sherman is a Reformer, and religiously a Presbyterian. He has served on the town council, and was a member of the county council for a number of years.
William Sherman, son of David, was born Aug. 30, 1843, on the old Sherman home. Here he grew to manhood, and on the old farm a portion of which he now owns, he has devoted his life to agricultural pursuits and stock raising. In 1878 he married Agnes McFarlen, daughter of John McFarlen, by whom he has seven children: George, John, Edgar, Margaret Elizabeth, William, James and Agnes. Politically Mr. Sherman is a Reformer, and has served a term in the council of Thamesville and also on the school board. Religiously he is a member of the Methodist Church, and fraternally is affiliated with the Masonic order. Mr. Sherman takes a great interest in local history, and as it took place in his locality, is one of the well posted men regarding the war of 1812.
Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Kent, Ontario, J.H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1904, pg. 184-186:
William Call, a retired farmer of Morpeth, Howard township, County of Kent, was born in 1833, in his present home, a son of William and Mary (Williams) Call, one of Howard's old pioneer families. The father was born in the state of Pennsylvania, and the mother on the banks of the river Thames, in Canada.
The chosen family name was William, and the grandfather, William Call, was born in Ireland, as was also his wife, Elsie Hoe. Prior to the Revolutionary War of the States, they emigrated to the United States, and located near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on the Allegheny river. About the time of the Revolution, they removed to Canada and lived for a time at Chatham, and then moved over on the River Thames, where they were living when the War of 1812 occurred. In that struggle his sons participated, and William (2) and his brother Samuel were both wounded in that war. William Call was drowned in the River Thames soon after the close of the war, and left a large family of children: ..(10) Nancy, born in Pennsylvania, married David Sherman, and settled in Thamesville, where they made their home, and died leaving two sons, Lemuel and William Sherman...
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