Richard Updike Sherman
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Richard Updike Sherman (1819 - 1895) was a New York State politician and newspaper publisher/editor. He was also the father of U.S. Vice President James Schoolcraft Sherman.
Richard Sherman was:
- Editor, Oswego Daily Times & The Herkimer Journal (1844-46)
- Owner/editor of Rochester Daily Evening Gazette (1847)
- Co-owner/editor Utica Morning Herald (1847-82)
- Brigadier general, New York State militia (1841-57)
- Clerk, New York State Assembly (1851-57)
- New York Assemblyman, 1st District of Oneida County 1857/1875-1876
- Delegate,New York State Constitutional Covention (1867)
- Assistant clerk, U.S. House of Representatives (1870)
- Secretary, New York State Fish and Game Commission (1879-1890)
- Trustee, New Hartford Cotten Company - he restocked the lakes of the Adirondack Mountains area with fish; also protected the forests from unscrupulous lumber dealers
[edit] Marriage
He married his distant cousin Mary Frances Sherman. They had six (6) children:
- Richard W., a civil engineer and two term Mayor of the City of Utica, New York
- Stalham W., who died in 1894
- Mary Louise, wife of Henry J. Cookingham (a law partner of James Schoolcraft Sherman)
- James Schoolcraft Sherman, U.S. Vice President of the United States
- Sanford F., President, New Hartford Canning Company
- Willet H., who died in New Hartford in 1868, aged six.
[edit] See also
- History of the Mohawk Valley - Gateway to the West - 1614-1925 -[1]
- Abridged Compendium, Frederick Virkus, p. 2,934
- Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, Biographies.
- Cheater.com, [2], 31 July 2000
- Dictionary of American Biographies, Charles Scribner and Sons, 1935.
- Genealogical Library Master Catalog. New York State Library, Albany, NY.
- History of Oneida County New York, from 1700 to the Present Time, Vol.I, by Henry J. Cookinham, Chicago: The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1912.
- Robert W. Cherny, "Sherman, James Schoolcraft." Discovery Channel School, original content provided by World Book Online, [3], 31 July 2000.
