Arthur William Sherman

1869 - 1930  (61 years)

• Name	Arthur William Sherman
  Birth	23 Feb 1869	Glens Falls, Warren, NY
  Gender	Male
  Census	1 Jun 1900	Glens Falls, Warren, NY ; age 31, born Feb 1869 in NY, marr 5 yrs, capitalist, parents born NY/NY
  Census	1 Jun 1905	Glens Falls, Warren, NY ; age 36, born US, banker
  Census	18 Apr 1910	Glens Falls, Warren, NY ; age 41, born NY, marr 16 yrs, bank cashier, parents born NY/NY
  Census	1 Jun 1915	Glens Falls, Warren, NY ; age 46, born US, banker
  Census	8 Jan 1920	Glens Falls, Warren, NY ; age 50, born NY, cashier at bank, parents born NY/NY
  Census	1 Jun 1925	Glens Falls, Warren, NY ; age 55, born US, banker
  Census	15 Apr 1930	Glens Falls, Warren, NY ; age 61, born NY, marr at 26, widowed, bank president, parents born NY/NY, cousin Estelle Palmer in house
  Death	3 Jul 1930	Glens Falls, Warren, NY
  Person ID	I1382	Family Tree
  Last Modified	4 May 2015

  
  

  Father	William Augustus Sherman,   b. 20 Nov 1834, Glens Falls, Warren, NY d. 13 Jan 1883, Glens Falls, Warren, NY (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Harriet A Newland,   b. 24 Mar 1829   d. 13 Nov 1895, Glens Falls, Warren, NY (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	13 Jan 1862
  Family ID	F978	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gertrude Coolidge,   b. 30 Mar 1869, Queensbury, Warren, NY d. 4 Aug 1922, Glens Falls, Warren, NY (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	18 Oct 1893	Glens Falls, Warren, NY
  Notes	Coolidge Ave in Watkins Glen, NY This street was named by the late Arthur W. Sherman for his wife, Gertrude Coolidge, after he opened the street in the territory of that vicinity which was, before 1895, the city fair ground. Mr. Sherman and R. A. Little bought the fair grounds and laid out streets there. [1]
  Children	+ 1. Thomas Coolidge Sherman,   b. 29 Sep 1894, Glens Falls, Warren, NY d. 1 Apr 1973 , Simsbury, Hartford, CT (Age 78 years)   2. Harriet Newland Sherman,   b. 7 Apr 1899, Glens Falls, Warren, NY d. 26 Jun 1908, Glens Falls, Warren, NY (Age 9 years) 3. Georgiana Coolidge Sherman,   b. 28 Apr 1901, Glens Falls, Warren, NY d. 27 Jun 1982, St Louis, St Louis, MO (Age 81 years) + 4. Arthur William Sherman,   b. 6 May 1903, Glens Falls, Warren, NY d. 21 Jan 1980, Greenfield, Franklin, MA (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F305	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Jul 2014

  
  

• Notes

  The "Warrenburg NY News", 10 Jul 1930 (fultonhistory.com) ARTHUR W. SHERMAN DIES END CAME THURSDAY TO PROMINENT GLENS FALLS BANKER Arthur W. Sherman, sixty-one, who was stricken with a apoplectic stroke while at Lake Placid June 29, died at 7:45 o'clock last Thursday evening, in the Lake Placid General hospital, where he was taken shortly after the stroke. He did not regain consciousness from the time he was stricken until death came. His daughter, Mrs. Louis P. Brown, of Glens Falls, and sons, Coolidge and Arthur Sherman, of Cleveland, his survivors, were with him several days prior to his death. A grandson of the late Augustus Sherman, pioneer lumberman, and the son of William A. Sherman, who was also one of Glens Falls' early lumber dealers, Mr. Sherman carried on in the business life of the community from the foundation laid by his father and grandfather. He was born February 23, 1869, and after attending the Glens Falls schools graduated from the Riverview Academy, in Poughkeepsie. In 1894 tie was elected a director of the National Bank. On January 13, 1906, he was elected second vice president and on January 23 of the following year was elected first vice president. Mr. Sherman was elected cashier on Frbruary 9, 1907, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Emmett T. Johnson and continued in tthat capacity until March 4, 1929, when he became president, succeeding the late Bryon Lapham. Mr. Sherman's other business connections included the positions of vice president and treasurer of the Glens Falls Portland Cement Company, vice president of the Kendrick & Brown Company, a director of the Glens Falls Post Company, and a director of the Glens Falls Insurance Company. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Glens Falls Country Club, the Rotary Club, and the Glens Falls Lodge of Elks. Funeral services were conducted at the home in Glens Falls Saturday afternoon.

  
  

• Sources

  [S13] United States Federal Census 1900.