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Sherman, Martha

Female Abt 1868 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Sherman, Martha 
    Born Abt 1867–1868  Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • The approximate date of birth is calculated from information in a U.S. census enumeration. The place of birth comes from the same source. Further details are not known at this time.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1880  Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 

    •      According to the 1880 U.S. enumeration, Martha Sherman, age 12 and attending school, lived with her parents, Moses Sherman (age 42) and Isabella Sherman (age 38). Also living in the home was Mary Childres, black, age 16, a domestic servant born in Missouri.
           A short distance from Martha Sherman's home where two families of relatives. These included David Gillespie, his wife, Minna (Barnsback) Gillespie, and their children: Julia Gillespie, Edwin Gillespie, Henry Gillespie, and Mary Gillespie; and also Elizabeth Eleanor "Nellie" (Gillespie) Brink, her husband, Wesley R. Brink, their two daughters, Florence Brink and Julia Brink.
           Living in the Brink household was Martha A. (McGrew) (Hynes, or Hinds) Gillespie, the second wife of Matthew Gillespie. She was the mother of Elizabeth Eleanor "Nellie" (Gillespie) Brink and Isabella J. (Gillespie) Sherman, and the step-mother of David Gillespie, who was the son of Matthew Gillespie and his first wife, Nancy Gordon. She was therefore a grandmother to all the children in these three households.
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I8118  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 24 Nov 2017 

    Father Sherman, Moses B.,   b. 4 Dec 1837, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Nov 1900, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Gillespie, Isabella J.,   b. 13 Nov 1841, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jan 1920  (Age 78 years) 
    Married Y  [3, 4] 
    • Details of the marriage are not known at this time.
    Census (family) 1880  Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 

    •      According to the 1880 U.S. enumeration, the household in Ward 2 consisted of Moses Sherman, a 42 year old grain dealer, his wife, Isabella Sherman, age 38, keeping house, and their daughter: Martha Sherman, age 12 and attending school. Also living in the home was Mary Childres, black, age 16, a domestic servant born in Missouri.
           The household enumerated in this census just before the Sherman's was the home of David Gillespie (age 51, a lawyer), his wife, Minna Gillespie (age 45) and their children: Julia Gillespie (age 23), Edwin Gillespie (age 18), Henry Gillespie (age 15), and Mary Gillespie (age 10). Also living in the home were two boarders: Carrie Houck (age 23) and Clay H. Lynch (age 32); and two servants: Mary Mansfield (age 18), and William Meek (age 26).
           And the dwelling enumerated after the Sherman's was the home of Wesley R. Brink (age 30, a publisher), his wife, Nellie Brink (age 26), and their two daughters, Florence Brink (age 3) and Julia Brink (age 1). Also living in the household was Wesley's mother-in-law, Martha Gillespie (age 64, a widow), and Louisa Bernius (age 20), a servant.
           What the 1880 census does not reveal is the close family ties woven through these three homes and foreshadowing extended family associations. Wesley Brink's mother-in-law, Martha A. (McGrew) (Hynes, or Hinds) Gillespie, the second wife of Matthew Gillespie, would have been the mother of Wesley's wife, Elizabeth Eleanor "Nellie" (Gillespie) Brink. Martha was also the mother of Isabella J. (Gillespie) Sherman and the step-mother of David Gillespie, who was the son of Matthew Gillespie and his first wife, Nancy Gordon.
           In 1882, Julia B. Gillespie, daughter of David and Minna (Barnsback) Gillespie, became the first wife Dr. Edward William Fiegenbaum. Clay Hardin Lynch, one of the boarders living in the Gillespie home in 1880, married one of Dr. Fiegenbaum's sisters, Martha Lizette Fiegenbaum, in 1884.
    Family ID F2618  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1880 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T9, roll 233, page 299A. Illinois, Madison County, Edwardsville, Ward 2, Supervisor’s District 7, Enumeration District 21, census page 17A, enumerated on 7 June 1880; Moses Sherman household, dwelling 163; family 189; lines 28-31. Access through Ancestry.com (library edition) in November 2017.
           In the household was: 30) Sherman, Martha; white; female; age 12; daughter; born in Illinois; father born in Rhode Island; mother born in Illinois.
           By calculation from the information provided, Julia Gillespie would have been born about 1867-1868. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1880 U.S. census for this person.

    2. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1880 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T9, roll 233, page 299A. Illinois, Madison County, Edwardsville, Ward 2, Supervisor’s District 7, Enumeration District 21, census page 17A, enumerated on 7 June 1880; Moses Sherman household, dwelling 163; family 189; lines 28-31. Access through Ancestry.com (library edition) in November 2017.
           The household consisted of: 28) Sherman, Moses; white; male; age 42; [head]; married; grain dealer; born in Rhode Island; father born in Rhode Island; mother born in Rhode Island. 29) Sherman, Isabella; white, female, age 38; wife; married; keeping house; born in Illinois; father born in New York; mother born in Ohio. 30) Sherman, Martha; white; female; age 12; daughter; single; goes to school; born in Illinois; father born in Rhode Island; mother born in Illinois. 31) Childres, Mary; black; female; age 16; servant; domestic servant; cannot read; cannot write; born in Missouri; father born in Miss- [sic]; mother born in Missouri.

    3. [S203] History of Madison County, Illinois; Illustrated; With Biographical Sketches Of Many Prominent Men And Pioneers (Edwardsville, Illinois: W. R. Brink and Company, 1882), pages 362-363.
      Biographical sketch of Judge Matthew Gillespie. "His wife [Nancy (Gordon) Gillespie] dying, he [Matthew Gillespie] again married March 10th, 1839, Mrs. Martha Hynes, nee McGrew, a lady of Scotch parentage. Only three children of this marriage grew to man and womanhood; Isabella J, wife of Moses B. Sherman;...."

    4. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1880 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T9, roll 233, page 299A. Illinois, Madison County, Edwardsville, Ward 2, Supervisor’s District 7, Enumeration District 21, census page 17A, enumerated on 7 June 1880; Moses Sherman household, dwelling 163; family 189; lines 28-31. Access through Ancestry.com (library edition) in November 2017.
           In the household was: 28) Sherman, Moses; white; male; age 42; [head]; married; and, 29) Sherman, Isabella; white, female, age 38; wife; married.
           For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1880 U.S. census for these individuals.


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