Sherman surname history and notable bearers across centuries
The text traces the surname Sherman and its variants from medieval England to American colonization and U.S. figures. It notes occupational origins as a wool cutter, early records in Leicestershire and Essex, colonist John Sherman in Massachusetts in 1660, Roger Sherman a pivotal signer, William T. Sherman of Civil War fame, James Sherman as Taft’s VP, and a heraldic coat of arms with three lions and colors red and blue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shearman
Sharman
Sheermen
Leicestershire
Roger Sereman
William
William T. Sherman
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Carolinas
Mrs Kennedy Arrives In Bangkok For Asian Trip
Mrs John F Kennedy enters Bangkok heat after arriving on an Italian airliner. She joins Lord Harlech and Chicago Sun Times columnist Charles Bartlett for a tour to Cambodia and Angkor Wat. A U.S. Air Force flight will take the party to Phnom Penh on Thursday.
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Bangkok
Thailand
John F. Kennedy
Washington
Charles Bartlett
Kennedy
Lord Harlech
Rome
Bartlett
Chicago Sun-Times
Michael Forrestal
U.S
Cambodia
Angkor Wat
Norodom Sihanouk
United States
Vietnam
U.S. Air Force
Asia
Inspection Of All Meat Rejected
The House rejected a bid to expand federal meat inspections to nearly all major U S plants by a 140 to 98 vote. An administration backed plan to strengthen nationwide inspection practices then advanced 403 to 1 in Senate action. Rep Neal Smith urged broader state interstate standards.
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Washington
House
U.S
Neal Smith
Lowa
Senate
Smith
Agriculture Department
Basis for Book Henry David Thoreau
Thoreau's Walden stems from his two year hermitage in the woods to prove he could live apart from society and rely on nature. He sought self sufficiency and reflection away from urban life, documenting observations and personal experiments in simple living.
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Henry David Thoreau
Suspects in Slaying of Policemen Seized at Lake Cottage
Clifton O. Daniels and Henry M. Gargano, two Chicago area men linked to an $83,783 Northlake bank holdup in which two officers were killed, were arrested at a Fox Lake cottage once used by Gargano as a hideout. Gargano was wounded. two women, Mary F. Cook and Annette Gargano Leonardo, were also arrested.
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LA Porte
Ind
Chicago
Lake Cottage
Clifton O. Daniels
Wilmington
Henry M. Gargano
Gargano
Fox Lake
Indiana City
Mary F. Cook
Annette Gargano Leonardo
Lemont, Ill
Daniels
Northlake
FBI
John J. Nagle Jr
Anthony P. Perri
Ronald D. Raine
Harold A. Berger
South Bend
Francesville
Berger
Turned Down as Phrase Origin in Old English Custom
An exploration of the phrase turned down meaning refused and its link to turning a glass upside down to signal no more drink in old English custom.
Don’t Neglect Slipping False Teeth
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Charles Guarino
and Albert Seddon
Sherman
Equitable
W. C. White
C.L.A
the Equitable Life
Mrs. Kennedy
Baangkok
the National Guard Armoury
High Point, N. C
Full Gospel Church of God
John F. Woodson
H. Richard Hall
Cleveland
Tenn
Rev. Woodson
High Point
N. C
Merit Shoe Store
the Family Shoe
S. Main St
Charlotte
T. v
Charlottes
North
Tryon
10Th Street
N.C
McLarty Drug Co
Church ST
H. R. Hall
Berd
Southern
Cn 0 Frawn
Southern Railway System
Washington, D.C
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