Oliver Clark Sherman and Elizabeth Alden Wattles

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Husband Oliver Clark Sherman ¹

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           Born: 1844 - Connecticut
     Christened: 
           Died: 1913 1
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA 2

       Marriage: 

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Wife Elizabeth Alden Wattles ¹

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           Born: 1847 - Connecticut
     Christened: 
           Died: 1927 1
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA 2

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Children

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1 F Mary Sherman ¹

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           Born: 1870
     Christened: 
           Died: 1954
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA 2

         Spouse: Dr. Walter William Hotchkiss (1865-1946) 1

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2 M Oliver M. Sherman ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 

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3 M Clark B. Sherman ^{3 4}

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           Born: 1876
     Christened: 
           Died: 1919 1
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA 2

         Spouse: Mina M. Porter (1878-1963) 3
           Marr: 1904 - ? Venango Co, PA

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4 M George Hazzard Wattles Sherman ^{1 5}

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           Born: 5 Feb 1880 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 1963
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA 2

         Spouse: Anna Mildred Wheelock (1889-1979) 1 5
           Marr: 17 May 1913 - ? Venango Co, PA 1

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5 F Elizabeth A. Sherman ¹

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         Spouse: Charles E. Carson (      -      ) 1
           Marr: 1933 - ? Venango Co, PA

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General Notes: Husband - Oliver Clark Sherman

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He was a pioneer oil broker, who rode horseback up and down the (Allegheny?) river, buying oil at the well. For a number of years he was secretary-treasurer of the Oil Exchange, later moving to Chapmanville, Pennsylvania, where he resided a number of years, until his death.

1 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 50.

2 Various, Grove Hill Cemetery Transcription (Oil City, PA: Privately published, ~1985).

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 835.

4 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 50, 334.

5 Newton Edward Brightwell, DeWoody Records (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1989), Pg 45.