Mary Elizabeth Sherman

sister of Mrs. Paul Thorndike, daughter of William Tecumseh Sherman

Mary Elizabeth (“Lizzie”) Sherman (Nov. 17, 1852-Apr. 6, 1925)

William Tecumseh Sherman (Feb. 8, 1820-Feb. 14, 1891)

Married Eleanor “Ellen” Boyle Ewing (Oct. 4, 1824-Nov. 28, 1888), May 1, 1850

Ellen was the daughter of Thomas Ewing and Maria Boyle Ewing; see Ewing family tree

Children:

Maria Boyle Ewing (“Minnie”) Sherman (Jan. 28, 1851-Nov. 22, 1913)

Married Thomas William Fitch, Oct. 1, 1874

Children:

William Sherman Fitch (1875-1927)

Eleanor Sherman Fitch (1876-1959)

Thomas William Fitch, Jr. (1878-1917)

Catherine Fitch (1879-1882)

Maria Ewing Fitch (1881-1882)

Mary Sherman Fitch (b. 1883)

Mary Elizabeth (“Lizzie”) Sherman (Nov. 17, 1852-Apr. 6, 1925)

William T. (“Willy”) Sherman, Jr. (June 8, 1854-Oct. 3, 1863)

Thomas Ewing Sherman (Oct. 12, 1856-Apr. 29, 1933)

Eleanor Mary (“Elly”) Sherman (Sept. 5, 1859- July 18, 1915)

Married Alexander Montgomery (“Mont”) Thackara, May 5, 1880

Children:

Mary Elizabeth Thackara (b. 1881)

Alexander Montgomery Thackara, Jr. (b. 1883)

William Tecumseh Sherman Thackara (b. 1884)

Eleanor Sherman Thackara (b. 1886)

Rachel Ewing Sherman (July 5, 1861-Oct. 26, 1919)

Married Paul Thorndike, Dec. 30, 1891

Children:

William Tecumseh Sherman Thorndike (b. 1893)

Martha Thorndike (b. 1895)

Anna Thorndike (m. 1896)

Charles Celestine Sherman (June 11, 1864-Dec. 4, 1864)

Philemon Tecumseh (“Cumpy”) Sherman (Jan. 9, 1867-Dec. 6, 1941)

https://www.loc.gov/collections/william-t-sherman-papers/articles-and-essays/family-trees/ I.S. 1/8/2018

Birth and death locations from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7605291/mary-elizabeth-sherman accessed 4/5/19 M Phelps