Mary Hoyt Sherman

(1787–1852)

BIRTH

December 28, 1787

PLACE

Norwalk, Connecticut

NAME

Mary Hoyt

DEATH

September 23, 1852

PLACE

Mansfield, Ohio

FAMILY

HUSBAND

Charles Robert Sherman

(1788–1829)

CHILDREN

William Tecumseh Sherman

(1820-1891)

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CHRISTIAN

PRESBYTERIAN

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AWARDS

Mary Hoyt Sherman was the mother of General William Tecumseh Sherman and senator John Sherman. She had eleven children with Ohio justice Charles Robert Sherman and was widowed in 1829.

EARLY LIFE

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DEATH

Mary Hoyt Sherman died in Mansfield, Ohio, on September 23, 1852. After Judge Charles Robert Sherman's death in 1829, she had faced raising eleven children with limited means; several went to relatives or family friends. She moved to Mansfield in 1844. Her body was brought back to Lancaster and buried beside Charles at Elmwood Cemetery. The consulted sources do not state a cause.