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Family HistoryFamily History - Claud Elmer Sherman


Key:1.“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features Claud Elmer Sherman and his immediate family.



First Generation
1. Claud Elmer Sherman,1 born 28 February 1900 in Princeton, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, the son of Leroy Elmer Sherman and Elizabeth Maud ‘Lizzie’ Bohen;1, 2, 3 died 3 October 1918 in France.1 Claud is buried in Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France.1
  1. Find a Grave (website). Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France; Pvt. Elmer C. Sherman: Elmer C. Sherman / Pvt. 9 Inf. 2 Div. / Minnesota Oct. 3, 1918 [from grave marker]. Elmer is also listed under Victory Memorial Drive, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota: born: 28 February 1900 in Princeton, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota; died: 3 October 1918 in France, where he was killed in action in World War I. The record includes a photo of a cenotaph, and provides brief biographical details and the names of his parents, their birth places.
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Minnesota, Pine County, Brook Park Township, Enumeration District 123, Sheet No. 3, family of Leroy Sherman (30, Feb 1870, Iowa, carpenter); wife of 6 years Lizzie M. Sherman (25, Apr 1875, Iowa, 4 children, 4 living); daughter Amy L. Sherman (4, Dec 1896, Minnesota) [probably should be 1895]; son James L. Sherman (3, March 1897, Minnesota); son Ralph A. Sherman (1, September 1898, Minnesota); son Claud E. Sherman (4/12, February 1900, Minnesota).
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Minnesota, Hennepin County, Minneapolis, Enumeration District 123, Sheet No. 12B, family of Roy Sherman (40, Iowa, carpenter); wife of 15 years Lizzie Sherman (35, Iowa, 8 children, 7 living); daughter Amy Sherman (14, Minnesota); son Ralph Sherman (11, Minnesota); son Elmer Sherman (10, Minnesota); son Phillip Sherman (8, Minnesota); son Robbie Sherman (6, North Dakota); son Leon Sherman (5, North Dakota); daughter Viva Sherman (3, Minnesota).