Socrates Norton Sherman
Born: July 22, 1801
Birthplace: Barre, Vermont
Father: Asaph Sherman 1775 – 1835
Mother: Sophia Norton 1776 – 1851
Wife: Lois Low 1806 – 1864
(Buried: Ogdensburg Cemetery, Ogdensburg, New York)
Children:
Sophia Sherman Blodgett 1829 – 1900
(Buried: Ogdensburg Cemetery, Ogdensburg, New York)
Low E. Sherman 1836 – 1863
(Buried: Ogdensburg Cemetery, Ogdensburg, New York)
Political Party: Republican Party
Education:
1824: Graduated from Mount Castleton Medical College
Occupation before War:
1825 – 1861: Medical Doctor in Ogdensburg, New York
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1863: United States Congressman from New York
1861 – 1863: Member of House Interior Department Expenditures Committee
1861 – 1863: Member of House Invalid Pensions Committee
1861 – 1865: Major and Surgeon for 34th New York Infantry Regiment
1862: Choose not to be a candidate for renomination to U.S. Congress.
1865: Mustered out of the Union Army as Breveted Lt. Colonel
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1873: Medical Doctor in Ogdensburg, New York
Died: February 1, 1873
Place of Death: Ogdensburg, New York
Age at time of Death: 71 years old
Burial Place: Ogdensburg Cemetery, Ogdensburg, New York
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