Judith Inez Sherman

Jessie married Bernice Inez Cross about 1940 in Jefferson Co, Texas. Bernice was born about 1920; died after 1950 in of, Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1930, Chambers Co, Texas

Notes:

Elder SHERMAN
Birth Date: 22 Nov 1889
Death Date: Aug 1966
Social Security Number: 464-18-6101
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Texas

Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 77597
Localities: Wallisville, Chambers, Texas


Census:
Carter, William 46 1884 married at age 21
Martha L. wife 44 1886 married at age 19
W. Chauncey son 23 1907
John T. 20 1910
James R. son 18 1912
Clarence son 15 1915

next door:
Sherman Elder 40 1890
Clara L. wife 36 1894
Arthur son 17 1913
Romaine son 14 1916
Roy 10 son 1920
Francis son 6 1924

Elder married Clara Lavinia Munger on 20 Dec 1911 in Anahuac, Chambers Co, Texas. Clara was born on 8 Nov 1893 in Altoga, Texas; died on 11 Jul 1984 in Anahuac, Chambers Co, Texas; was buried in Anahuac Cem, Anahuac, Chambers Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Dau of Mark Pomeroy Munger and Ora Alice Abernathy.


Clara SHERMAN
Birth Date: 8 Nov 1893
Death Date: Jul 1984
Social Security Number: 452-84-7532
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Texas

Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 77597
Localities: Wallisville, Chambers, Texas

Notes:

Edward had brown hair and blue eyes. On Nov 30, 1885, Edward purchased 113.3 acres of land on the N.D. Labadie survey at Lake Charlotte, where he built a home for Nellie, his bride to be. Two months later on 6 Jan 1886 he purchased lot 10 of block 3 in the town of Wallisville. Later that month on 25 Jan 1886 he purchased land located in Wallisville from his sister Emma Scales for $125. Edward sold the Wallisville land on 9 Jan 1889. 31 May 1886 he also purchassed 30 acres on the M.A. Carroll survey, located on Turtle Bay, from his Uncle John T. Sherman for $300. 12 Jul 1890; 40 acres of James McFaddin survey for $225, to pay in charcoal and cordwood and $175 note at 10% interest. 1 Oct 1903, 640 acres of the N.D. Labadie survey for $960. Total Lake Charlotte holdings, approx 825 acres. They did not keep all the land. Some was purchased by Volney McManus in 1891 and Nellie's sister Mary Ann bought some in Feb 1893. Other acreage was also sold after the timber had been cleared.
Edward was a coal burner by trade, needed a lot of land for the timber. To produce the coal, hardwood trees were cut into 6-foot lengths then split like cordwood. The bottom layer of the wood would be stacked in a crisscrossed pattern to alw for good airflow. The sides would be stacked like a teepee. A fire would be built inside the wood teepee on top of the crisscrossed floor. Dirt would be put on the fire to make sure it burned slowly. The fire would have to be watched continuously to keep it from becoming too hot and burning up the wood. After 72 hours of slow burning, the end product would be coke, or charcoal, which was then packed into burlap bags, shipped to Galveston, and sold for 30 cents a bag. It was used in stoves for heating. It was reported ear year there were over 22,000 bags of charcoal shipped out of Turtle Bayou on the charcoal boats.

Edward married Nellie Shelton on 29 Dec 1886 in Chambers Co, Texas. Nellie (daughter of Amos Clinton Shelton and Caroline Wiggins) was born on 16 Dec 1867 in Eminence, Chambers Co, Texas; died on 16 Jul 1930 in Lake Charlotte, Chambers Co, Texas; was buried in Sherman Cem, Lake Charlotte, Chambers Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Nellie had brown eyes and black hair.