Daniel Sherman (judge)

Judge Daniel Sherman (born 1721 in Connecticut)^[1] was an American state legislator and judge from Connecticut. He sat in the Connecticut General Assembly for 30 years.^[1]

Personal life

Sherman married Mindwell Taylor on February 14, 1744 in Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut.^[2] Born on September 5, 1758,^[1] their son was the Judge Taylor Sherman, who was a lawyer and judge in Norwalk, Connecticut.^[1]

Legacy

Sherman had many prominent descendents, including:

• his son, judge Taylor Sherman;
• Ohio Supreme Court judge Charles Robert Sherman, who was his grandson;
• United States Senator John Sherman, United States Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman, Federal judge Charles Taylor Sherman, and businessman Hoyt Sherman, all of whom were his great-grandsons;
• Jesuit priest Thomas Ewing Sherman, a great-great-grandson.

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