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What is the history of Sherman, Connecticut, USA?

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Explore Sherman, Connecticut, USA. Discover its history. Learn about the people who lived there through stories, old newspaper articles, pictures and genealogy.

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  The Farmhouse Built 1723
  Timber Trails, Sherman, Conn.
  
• 1802 - (Sherman, CT) - Incorporated in 1802, the town took its name from founding father Roger Sherman.
  
  connecticuthistory.org/ towns-page/ sherman/
  
  
• 1819 - Sherman
  Sherman is a township, situated in the northwest corner of the county, 60 miles from Hartford; bounded on the north by Kent, in Litchfield county, on ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1862 - Avoiding the Civil War Draft
  A man named Hoag, belonging to Sherman, Conn., purposely cut his hand with a scythe, to avoid being drafted. The wound bled profusely, and he shortly ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1871 - Runs in the family
  Royal Briggs, who committed suicide at Sherman, Conn., the other day, was the last of six brothers who have made way with themselves.
  St Joseph Herald
  Saint Joseph, Michigan
  March 18, 1871
  
  
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  Lake Candlewood from Allen's Camp, Sherman, Conn.
  
• 1906
  Sherman, a post-village of Fairfield co., Conn., in Sherman township (town), about 13 miles N. of Danbury. Pop. of the town in 1900, 658.
  Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906
  
  
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  The Beach On Valley Lake
  Timber Trails, Sherman, Conn.