John D. Sherman

  General Notes:

The 1870 Michigan Census lists John Sherman's value of Real Estate at $3500 and value of Personal Estate at $1500. The family post office was Laingsburg, Sciota Township, Shiawassee County, Michigan. The census also lists a man and a woman as house help.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Occupation: farmer, 1870, Sciota Township, Shiawassee County, Michigan. ¹⁸³

2. Residence, 1880, Sciota Township, Shiawassee County, Michigan. ²⁰³

3. Land, 1880, Sciota Township, Shiawassee County, Michigan. ²⁰⁴ It was 119 acres valued at $2000 on which he paid a tax of $7.21. He had personal property valued at $180 on which he paid a tax of $1.29.

4. Occupation: farmer, 1900, Sciota Township, Shiawassee County, Michigan. ²⁰⁵

5. Occupation: retired farmer, 1910, Sciota Township, Shiawassee County, Michigan. ²⁰⁶

6. Religion: Methodist.

John married Sarah J. Potter in 1866. (Sarah J. Potter was born in 1848 in New Jersey,¹⁸³ died in 1909 ²⁰⁷ and was buried in Sciota Township #2 (Putman) Cemetery, Shiawassee County, Michigan.)