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Frances Beecher SHERMAN

Frances Beecher SHERMAN

Female 1829 - 1889  (59 years)

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  • Name Frances Beecher SHERMAN 
    Born 5 May 1829  Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 21 Feb 1889  New York, New York, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I43061  Main
    Last Modified 30 May 2008 

    Family Charles William MOULTON,   b. 16 Dec 1830, Richfield, Summit, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jan 1888, New York, New York, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years) 
    Married 9 May 1855  Mansfield, Richland, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Mary Hoyt Sherman MOULTON,   b. 4 Dec 1856, Mansfield, Richland, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Adaline Sherman MOULTON,   b. 29 Mar 1859, Toledo, Lucas, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Oct 1915, Glendale, Hamilton, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
    +3. Cecelia Sherman MOULTON,   b. 21 Dec 1860, Toledo, Lucas, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 May 1919, Glendale, Hamilton, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
    +4. John Sherman MOULTON,   b. 9 Dec 1864, Mansfield, Richland, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Nov 1919, Brooklyn, Kings, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2019 
    Family ID F30356  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 21 Feb 1889 - New York, New York, New York Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • FRANCES BEECHER, b. May 3, 1829; now Mrs. Moulton, of Cincinnati, O. ---NEHGS Register, v 24 April 1870 p 159-160 **Birthdate of May 3 iserroneous. The William Tecumseh Sherman Papers at the University ofNotre Dame and Thomas Townsend Sherman's "Sherman genealogy" both giveFrances' birth as May 5.

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      FRANCES SHERMAN MOULTON

      NEW YORK, Feb. 21.--Frances Sherman Moulton, the sister of General W. T.Sherman and Senator Sherman, and the widow of Colonel Charles W. Moulton,died in this city to-night in her 60th year, at the home of her son, JohnSherman Moulton. The funeral will be at Glendale, Ohio.

      [Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago, IL), 22 February 1889]
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      MRS. MOULTON'S REMAINS.

      NEW YORK, Feb. 22.--The remains of General Sherman's sister, Mrs. FrancesBeecher Sherman Moulton, were taken to-night to the 6 o'clock train atthe Grand Central Depot en route for Cincinnati, Ohio. The funeral partywere General W. T. Sherman, Senator John Sherman, J. Sherman Moulton, sonof the deceased, and his sisters, Mrs. Rockwell and Mrs. Probasco, ofGlendale. The burial will be from Glendale Church Sunday and theinterment in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati.

      [Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago, IL), 23 February 1889]
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      "Sherman genealogy" and the William T Sherman Family papers both recordher death as 22 February, but her death notice, dated 21 February, saysshe "died in this city to-night".


Notes

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Updated 23 Dec 2023