Mae Sherman

Notes:

Mae RICKETTS
Birth Date: 15 Feb 1929
Death Date: 1 Jan 2004
Social Security Number: 458-36-1524
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Texas

Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 75672
Localities: Marshall, Harrison, Texas

Mae married Claudie Lee Slaughter on 5 May 1945 in Trinity, Trinity Co, Texas. Claudie was born about 1929. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Linda Sue Slaughter

Mae married Henry Griffin on 18 Mar 1955 in Marshall, Harrison Co, Texas. Henry was born about 1929. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Darryl Clay Griffin

Mae married Larry Patrick Ricketts on 17 Jul 1972 in Anchorage, Alaska. Larry was born about 1929. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Myrtle Viola Pilkington on 25 Dec 1924 in Wells, Angelina Co, Texas. Myrtle was born about 1896; died after 1930. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sidney married Mary Ann Brunson on 5 Apr 1895, and was divorced on 02 Nov 1899. Mary was born on 6 Jan 1879 in Smith Co, Texas; died on 25 Nov 1963 in Livingston, Polk Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 17 Sep 1850, St. Louis (District 82), Missouri
• Census: 1859, Chambers Co, Texas; tax roll
• Census: 23 Jul 1860, Chambers Co, Texas

Notes:

On 27 Oct 1855 Jacob purchased the first of his land in present-day Chambers Co. On30 Apr 1860 he purchased 3/4 of an acre in the town of Wallisville, on the east fork of the Trinity River, for $125. On 19 Jul 1863 he paid $250 for land also in Wallisville.
On 8 Aug 1863 Jacob left Sarah and children and enlisted in Captain Thomas A Wooten's Company B of the Texas State Troops Cavalry. He was 43 years old at the time and entered the company as a private. Records in the Texas State Library inde he was stationed at Camp Wood near Liberty five days after his enlistment.
He returned safely home from the war and began to expand his land holdings. In addition to purchasing land, he built and owned one of the two cotton gins in Wallisville, ginning cotton in 400-pound bales. It would then be shipped to Galvn to be sold. Disaster struck Jacob on 17 Sep 1875 when a hurricane devastated Wallisville. The cotton gin survived, although the lint room, engine room, and the lower part of the gin were all carried away. Other buildings, outhouses, and family furniture were also lost. His home was severely damaged, but survived. Jacob appears to have rebuilt the gin because the note for a new Tanney screw press for packing cotton was paid off 14 Oct 1876.
In the 1864 election year Jacob Hamilton Sherman won the position of county treasurer.
Source: (Chambers County, Texas in the War Between the States, by Kevin Ladd, Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, 1994)
Listed on 1867 Voters Registration List, Chambers Co. Date of registry Aug 5, 1867. States birth 1820 NY, in the state, county, precinct 15 years.
His wife Sarah was the sister to Rachel Summers, who married his brother, John T. Sherman.
He is listed residing with Paul Sherman on the 1880 census at age 60, from NY and parents from NH; however it has been scratched through.

Census:
resident 1509
Jacob Shearman 64 1786 farmer New Hampshire
Rebeca 64 1786 Massachusetts
Jacob 30 farmer 1820 New York
Lotrel 26 1824 male New York
Hammilton 23 1827 New York
Mary 19 1831 New York

resident 1508
Wellis Barnes 30 teamster Connecticut
Rebecca 37 New Hampshire
William 10 Iowa
Jacob 7 Iowa
Esther 3 Missouri

Census:
Sherman Jacob H. 40 1820 sailor 200 1200 New York
Sarah 30 1830 KY
Paul 5 1855 TX
Andrew 3 1857 TX
Virginia 1 1859 TX

Jacob married Sarah Magdelena Summers on 15 Dec 1853 in St.Louis, St.Louis Co, Missouri. Sarah (daughter of Walter Scott Summers and Mary Eleanor Shuttleworth) was born on 4 Jan 1828 in Leabnon, Washington Co, Kentucky; died on 13 Sep 1867 in Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 23 Jul 1860, Chambers Co, Texas

Notes:

She was the dau of Walter Scott Summers and Mary Eleanor Shuttleworth. She was divorced from her first husband, Marquis T. Combs, 28 Apr 1852 in St. Louis, because Marquis had abandoned Sarah. Jacob's brother, John T. Sherman, represented Sarah at her divorce trial.

Census:
Sherman Jacob H. 40 1820 sailor 200 1200 New York
Sarah 30 1830 KY
Paul 5 1855 TX
Andrew 3 1857 TX
Virginia 1 1859 TX