Ezra Sherman
BIRTH 24 Apr 1855
Jefferson County, Indiana, USA
DEATH 17 Aug 1908 (aged 53)
Cherokee, Colbert County, Alabama, USA
BURIAL
Springdale Cemetery
Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana, USA
Son of Orrin J Sherman and Mary Jane Rodgers. Orrin died 8 April 1860 in Milton, Jefferson County, Indiana.
He married Louisa Jackson on 5 July 1874 in Jefferson County, Indiana. He married Martha King Jones on 10 May 1906 in Trimble County, Kentucky. There is actually a death record for him listing his death as 17 Aug 1908
in Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana.
Madison IN Courier. Tuesday August 18, 1908
The body of Mr. Ezra Sherman will be brought from Alabama tonight and taken to the residence of Mr. George B. Martin, 408 East 2nd St. The funeral will be at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Rev. Dr. Vest officiating. The burial will be in Springdale Cemetery.
Madison IN Courier, Wednesday August 19, 1908
Mr. Ezra Sherman--His remains buried at Springdale.
The remains of Mr. Ezra Sherman, who died suddenly of congestive chills, arrived last night from Cherokee, Alabama, and were laid to rest this afternoon in Springdale Cemetery. The body was taken from the train last night to the home of Mr. George B. Martin, where religious services were held this morning. Rev. E. R. Vest, D. D. to whose church Mrs. Sherman belonged, and which her husband, an excellent man and veteran soldier, intended to join, preached the sermon. Music was rendered by Mrs. Angie Wolf, Miss Grayson and Miss Maude Allen of Trinity Choir. The pall-bearers were--K.W. Hughes, Jeptha Morrow, L. H. Crozier, Patrick Lowry, Samuel Schofield, and Richard Jones.
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