Oakland Tribune, Sunday 6 Mar 1910
Death Of Woman Of Argonaut Days
Mrs. Eliza Sherman Passes Away At The Home Of Her Son
"Martinez, March 5 - Mrs. Eliza Sherman, wife of the late Joel B. Sherman, died at the residence of her son Van R. Sherman in Berkeley, Wednesday, March 2 at the ripe age of 96 years, 5 months and 5 days (Birthdate calculated from Eliza's age at the time of her death).
With her husband, she was one of the early pioneers of this state, crossing the plains and mountains by ox team from Illinois with their 10 children. They settled in the Ygnacio Valley where they made their home until the death of her husband in 1871, since that time she having resided among their children.
Deceased leaves eighty living descendants, there being five children, twenty-seven grandchildren, forty-five great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. Her children who survive are Mrs. Earl Otho (Sarah) Perry, Van R. Sherman, Mrs. O. A. (Orluna/Orlana) Johnson, Mrs. Nancy (John J.) Young, Mrs. J. B. (Achsah) Greer and the late Mrs. I. J. (Catherine) Smith, Mrs. J.E. (Jane Eliza) Durham, Mrs. Ann (James J.) Stone, George and John Sherman.
The funeral services were held from Berkeley yesterdsay afternoon and the remains taken to Concord for interment in Pacheco Cemetery."
The two children not linked to their parents are:
Anne Sherman who married James Johnstone Stone and had Oscar Wallace and Charles E. Stone
Nancy Sherman who married John J. Young and had Henry, George, Jennie, Ralph James, Minnie or Mamie, Blanch Marie and Lulu Mary Young
Death Of Woman Of Argonaut Days
Mrs. Eliza Sherman Passes Away At The Home Of Her Son
"Martinez, March 5 - Mrs. Eliza Sherman, wife of the late Joel B. Sherman, died at the residence of her son Van R. Sherman in Berkeley, Wednesday, March 2 at the ripe age of 96 years, 5 months and 5 days (Birthdate calculated from Eliza's age at the time of her death).
With her husband, she was one of the early pioneers of this state, crossing the plains and mountains by ox team from Illinois with their 10 children. They settled in the Ygnacio Valley where they made their home until the death of her husband in 1871, since that time she having resided among their children.
Deceased leaves eighty living descendants, there being five children, twenty-seven grandchildren, forty-five great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. Her children who survive are Mrs. Earl Otho (Sarah) Perry, Van R. Sherman, Mrs. O. A. (Orluna/Orlana) Johnson, Mrs. Nancy (John J.) Young, Mrs. J. B. (Achsah) Greer and the late Mrs. I. J. (Catherine) Smith, Mrs. J.E. (Jane Eliza) Durham, Mrs. Ann (James J.) Stone, George and John Sherman.
The funeral services were held from Berkeley yesterdsay afternoon and the remains taken to Concord for interment in Pacheco Cemetery."
The two children not linked to their parents are:
Anne Sherman who married James Johnstone Stone and had Oscar Wallace and Charles E. Stone
Nancy Sherman who married John J. Young and had Henry, George, Jennie, Ralph James, Minnie or Mamie, Blanch Marie and Lulu Mary Young
Oakland Tribune, Sunday 6 Mar 1910
Death Of Woman Of Argonaut Days
Mrs. Eliza Sherman Passes Away At The Home Of Her Son
"Martinez, March 5 - Mrs. Eliza Sherman, wife of the late Joel B. Sherman, died at the residence of her son Van R. Sherman in Berkeley, Wednesday, March 2 at the ripe age of 96 years, 5 months and 5 days (Birthdate calculated from Eliza's age at the time of her death).
With her husband, she was one of the early pioneers of this state, crossing the plains and mountains by ox team from Illinois with their 10 children. They settled in the Ygnacio Valley where they made their home until the death of her husband in 1871, since that time she having resided among their children.
Deceased leaves eighty living descendants, there being five children, twenty-seven grandchildren, forty-five great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. Her children who survive are Mrs. Earl Otho (Sarah) Perry, Van R. Sherman, Mrs. O. A. (Orluna/Orlana) Johnson, Mrs. Nancy (John J.) Young, Mrs. J. B. (Achsah) Greer and the late Mrs. I. J. (Catherine) Smith, Mrs. J.E. (Jane Eliza) Durham, Mrs. Ann (James J.) Stone, George and John Sherman.
The funeral services were held from Berkeley yesterdsay afternoon and the remains taken to Concord for interment in Pacheco Cemetery."
The two children not linked to their parents are:
Anne Sherman who married James Johnstone Stone and had Oscar Wallace and Charles E. Stone
Nancy Sherman who married John J. Young and had Henry, George, Jennie, Ralph James, Minnie or Mamie, Blanch Marie and Lulu Mary Young
Death Of Woman Of Argonaut Days
Mrs. Eliza Sherman Passes Away At The Home Of Her Son
"Martinez, March 5 - Mrs. Eliza Sherman, wife of the late Joel B. Sherman, died at the residence of her son Van R. Sherman in Berkeley, Wednesday, March 2 at the ripe age of 96 years, 5 months and 5 days (Birthdate calculated from Eliza's age at the time of her death).
With her husband, she was one of the early pioneers of this state, crossing the plains and mountains by ox team from Illinois with their 10 children. They settled in the Ygnacio Valley where they made their home until the death of her husband in 1871, since that time she having resided among their children.
Deceased leaves eighty living descendants, there being five children, twenty-seven grandchildren, forty-five great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. Her children who survive are Mrs. Earl Otho (Sarah) Perry, Van R. Sherman, Mrs. O. A. (Orluna/Orlana) Johnson, Mrs. Nancy (John J.) Young, Mrs. J. B. (Achsah) Greer and the late Mrs. I. J. (Catherine) Smith, Mrs. J.E. (Jane Eliza) Durham, Mrs. Ann (James J.) Stone, George and John Sherman.
The funeral services were held from Berkeley yesterdsay afternoon and the remains taken to Concord for interment in Pacheco Cemetery."
The two children not linked to their parents are:
Anne Sherman who married James Johnstone Stone and had Oscar Wallace and Charles E. Stone
Nancy Sherman who married John J. Young and had Henry, George, Jennie, Ralph James, Minnie or Mamie, Blanch Marie and Lulu Mary Young
Inscription
In Memory Of
Jane Eliza Sherman
1813 - 1910
Aged 96 Yrs. 5 Mos. 5 Dys.
Erected By Her Grandchildren
Sept. 25, 1910
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