He was known as Deacon Sherman Boardman. He was the fourth child and only son of Rev. Daniel Boardman and Jerusha (Sherman, Seeley) Boardman, also buried in this cemetery. He married Sarah Bostwick of New Milford on December 3, 1755. When Sherman was 68, he had held 47 years of civil or military office in the state or town and was for 21 sessions a member of the State Assembly.
He was the uncle of Col. Nathaniel Taylor and Col. William Taylor.
See: "History of the Towns of New Milford and Bridgewater, Connecticut, 1803-1882"
Portrait painted by Ralph Earl in 1796.
For more information on the Boardman family of New Milford, see also
http://reggiedarling.blogspot.com/2010/09/oh-those-beautiful-boardmans.html
He was the uncle of Col. Nathaniel Taylor and Col. William Taylor.
See: "History of the Towns of New Milford and Bridgewater, Connecticut, 1803-1882"
Portrait painted by Ralph Earl in 1796.
For more information on the Boardman family of New Milford, see also
http://reggiedarling.blogspot.com/2010/09/oh-those-beautiful-boardmans.html
He was known as Deacon Sherman Boardman. He was the fourth child and only son of Rev. Daniel Boardman and Jerusha (Sherman, Seeley) Boardman, also buried in this cemetery. He married Sarah Bostwick of New Milford on December 3, 1755. When Sherman was 68, he had held 47 years of civil or military office in the state or town and was for 21 sessions a member of the State Assembly.
He was the uncle of Col. Nathaniel Taylor and Col. William Taylor.
See: "History of the Towns of New Milford and Bridgewater, Connecticut, 1803-1882"
Portrait painted by Ralph Earl in 1796.
For more information on the Boardman family of New Milford, see also
http://reggiedarling.blogspot.com/2010/09/oh-those-beautiful-boardmans.html
He was the uncle of Col. Nathaniel Taylor and Col. William Taylor.
See: "History of the Towns of New Milford and Bridgewater, Connecticut, 1803-1882"
Portrait painted by Ralph Earl in 1796.
For more information on the Boardman family of New Milford, see also
http://reggiedarling.blogspot.com/2010/09/oh-those-beautiful-boardmans.html
Inscription
"In memory of Sherman Boardman, Esq. who died July 19, 1814 aged 86 years. And of Sarah his wife who died Oct. 17, 1818 aged 88 years"
"Behold fond man!
See here thy pictured life
pass some few years;
Thy flowering Spring, thy summers
ardent strength
Thy sober autumn fading
into age
And pale concluding Winter
comes at last
And shuts the scene."
Gravesite Details
DAR Revolutionary War patriot emblem placed at base of marker.
Family Members
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