Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Taylor Sherman (September 5, 1758 – May 14, 1815) was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk in the sessions of May 1794, May 1795, and May 1796.Sherman was born in Woodbury, Connecticut on September 5, 1758. He was the son of Judge Daniel Sherman. and Mindwell Taylor Sherman.He married Elizabeth Stoddard of Woodbury in 1787. After he was admitted to the bar, he moved to Norwalk, where he practiced law.He was a judge of Probate for the District of Norwalk from the creation of the district in 1802 until his death.He was appointed collector of Internal Revenue for the Second District of Connecticut by James Madison.He was appointed Agent to survey land in the Connecticut Western Reserve consisting of a half million acres which was granted to those who suffered losses from the Battle of Norwalk. He acquired a large tract of this land in Sherman township, Huron County, Ohio.He was the father of Charles Robert Sherman, justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio, and grandfather of General William Tecumseh Sherman.. }
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- Taylor_Sherman abstract "Taylor Sherman (September 5, 1758 – May 14, 1815) was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk in the sessions of May 1794, May 1795, and May 1796.Sherman was born in Woodbury, Connecticut on September 5, 1758. He was the son of Judge Daniel Sherman. and Mindwell Taylor Sherman.He married Elizabeth Stoddard of Woodbury in 1787. After he was admitted to the bar, he moved to Norwalk, where he practiced law.He was a judge of Probate for the District of Norwalk from the creation of the district in 1802 until his death.He was appointed collector of Internal Revenue for the Second District of Connecticut by James Madison.He was appointed Agent to survey land in the Connecticut Western Reserve consisting of a half million acres which was granted to those who suffered losses from the Battle of Norwalk. He acquired a large tract of this land in Sherman township, Huron County, Ohio.He was the father of Charles Robert Sherman, justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio, and grandfather of General William Tecumseh Sherman.".