Sherman Day, 13, New Haven, Ct. Y. 1826. *1884
Son of President Jeremiah Day and Martha Sherman, daughter of Roger Sherman.
— Left 1822
— Merchant in New York, Philadelphia, Marseilles.
Civil engineer in Ohio and Indiana.
Res. from 1849 in California;
surveyor, civil and mining engineer;
Trustee, and Professor of Mine Construction and Surveying, Univ. of Cal.;
Senator;
U.S. Surveyor Gen. Compiler of Historical Collections of Pennsylvania.
Surveyed, 1855, wagon-route across Sierra Nevada Mts.
Died at Berkeley, Cal.
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[Y = Yale]