George Corlis Sherman (December 14, 1799 in

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– April 23, 1853 in Watertown,

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) was an American lawyer and politician from

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Life

He was the son of Phineas Sherman (1773–1813) and Emma (Thornton) Sherman (1774–1847). He studied law at Watertown, and was admitted to the bar in 1823. On January 3, 1828, he married Mary Ann Hubbard (1806–1892), a sister of the two wives of State Senator

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(1799–1878), and they had six children. He was District Attorney of Jefferson County from 1833 to 1840. From 1836 to 1846, he practiced law in partnership with Robert Lansing. From 1843 to 1847, Sherman was an associate judge of the Jefferson County Court. He was a member of the

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(5th D.) in

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and

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. He was Supervisor of the Town of Watertown in 1848. Congressman Frederick Lansing (1838–1894) was his son-in-law.

Sources

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 134f, 145 and 375; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)

at NY Gen Web ives 1863 as death yearbr>''Geographical Gazetteer of Jefferson County''
(e-book; pg. 93)

transcribed at Ray's Place

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* ives 1853 as death year, but no photo of gravestone {{DEFAULTSORT:Sherman, George C 1799 births 1853 deaths Democratic Party New York (state) state senators Politicians from Watertown, New York County district attorneys in New York (state) Town supervisors in New York (state) Politicians from Providence, Rhode Island Lawyers from Providence, Rhode Island 19th-century American lawyers 19th-century members of the New York State Legislature