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Widow Sheriff of Chambers County A 1897 Tale
Sarah Louise Mayes Shermans son in law? No. This piece recounts Sarah Mayes becoming Chambers County's first female sheriff after her husband William R. Sherman died in 1932. It notes her birth in 1887, marriage to Sherman, his business leadership, and her brief tenure, followed by her later life and death in 1968.
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Jim Kyle
Sarah Louise Mayes
William
Bill” Mayes
Chambers County
Wallisville
Sarah
Sarah Mayes
William R. Sherman
Shermans
Anahuac
Magnolia Petroleum Co
Sherman
T.A. Binford
W.W. Covington
Jefferson County
Pat Lowe
Liberty County
Chambers County Commissioners Court
Sarah Sherman
Sherman Hotel
J.W. Sherman Neal