This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sherman, Barber Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lEC.2ACE/1165 Message Board Post: From "History of Grant County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 896. LANCASTER MRS. FANNY SHERMAN, Lancaster; widow of Cyrus Sherman, both natives of Franklin Co., Vt. Mrs. Sherman was born April 29, 1822, a daughter of Hon. Jed Barber, a native of Connecticut, and for many years Judge of the Circuit and Probate Court, he came to Lancaster in 1856, and died there at the age of 87. Her mother also died in Lancaster, at 80 years of age. Mrs. Sherman was married, June 18, 1849, they moved to Lancaster in 1854, and he died Dec. 29, 1860, leaving three sons and a daughter. [I am not related to this family. I'm just posting this as a service and hope it helps!]