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...
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.
Edgar
Sherman
Margaret Elizabeth Sherman
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