Sara Moulton SHERMAN

1888 - 1969  (81 years)

• Name	Sara Moulton SHERMAN
  Born	17 May 1888	Des Moines, Polk, Iowa
  Gender	Female
  Died	7 Nov 1969	Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne, Michigan
  Person ID	I43040	Main
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2017

  
  

  Father	Frank Allen SHERMAN,   b. 26 Nov 1856, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa ,   d. 1 Mar 1902, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa  (Age 45 years)
  Mother	Ada Louise BACON,   b. 16 Aug 1868, Magnolia, Harrison County, Iowa ,   d. 13 Feb 1900, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa  (Age 31 years)
  Married	1 Jun 1887	Des Moines, Polk, Iowa
  Family ID	F30350	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Ledyard MITCHELL,   b. 2 Nov 1881, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio ,   d. 18 May 1964, Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne, Michigan  (Age 82 years)
  Married	18 Jul 1910	E Hampton, Suffolk, New York
  Children	1. William Ledyard MITCHELL,   b. 11 Feb 1912, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio ,   d. 30 Jun 2002, Westwood, Norfolk County, Massachusetts  (Age 90 years)   2. Mary Sherman MITCHELL,   b. 26 Jul 1913, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio ,   d. 4 Nov 1943, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan  (Age 30 years)   3. Frank Sherman MITCHELL,   b. 28 Oct 1914, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio ,   d. 1 Dec 1981, Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne, Michigan  (Age 67 years)   4. Sara Adeline MITCHELL,   b. 16 Dec 1916, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio ,   d. 23 Sep 1996, Hobe Sound, Martin, Florida  (Age 79 years)
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2023
  Family ID	F30349	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  After the deaths of her parents, Sara briefly lived with her grandfather, Hoyt Sherman, the prominent Des Moines banker and insurance magnate who was a brother of General William Tecumseh Sherman and Senator John Sherman. Hoyt died in 1904, and Sara went to live with her aunt, Adaline, and Adaline's husband, Frank Wiborg. The Wiborgs were living in Cincinnati at the time, where Frank Wiborg was a prominent businessman. The family later moved to East Hampton, New York. Sara's life with the Wiborgs was not particularly happy, being overshadowed by the more glamorous, and more eccentric Wiborg daughters, and recording that she was treated as the 'poor country cousin'. After marrying Ledyard Mitchell in 1910, she returned to Cincinnati, then moved with him and their family to the Detroit area in 1917. Later, they would have homes both in Grosse Pointe, MI, and East Hampton, NY. —— SARA SHERMAN MITCHELL A Requiem Mass was said for Mrs. Mitchell on Monday, November 10, in St. Paul's Church. She died at her 60 Merriweather road residence on Friday, November 7. Born in Iowa, Mrs. Mitchell was the wife of the late W. Ledyard Mitchell and the mother of the late Mrs. Paul Deming. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. James Walker, of Oyster Bay, N.Y., Mrs. H. M. Campbell, III; two sons, Sherman and Ledyard, Jr.; 16 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Mitchell was a member of The Grosse Pointe Club, The Garden Club of Michigan and a trustee of The Neighborhood Club. Memorial tributes may be made to The Neighborhood Club of Grosse Pointe or St. Paul's Church. Interment is in Mount Elliott Cemetery. [Grosse Pointe News (MI), 13 November 1969]