Lakewood Citizen 13 Feb 1942 "George L Sherman, a life long resident of Lakewood, died at the Paul Kimball Hospital early Tuesday morning, following a short illness. Mr Sherman, who was in his fifty fifth year, resided at 28 River Avenue. He was a butcher by trade and for a number of years past had been employed at Ben's Market on East Fourth Street. He was an exempt member of Reliance Hose Co No 4, and a member of the Pastime Club. Surviving Mr Sherman are his mother, Mrs Mary A Sherman; his wife and daughter, Mrs Alice Y Sherman and Mrs Vivian Klaus; two brother, Oliver of Lakewood and Leon of Washington, DC; and four sisters, Mrs Josephine White and Lorene Sherman of Lakewood; Mrs Rankin of Toms River; and Mrs Henry Chamberlain of Forked River. Funeral service will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the late home, with the Rev Taylor Dale, pastor of the Holmanville Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial will be in the Holmanville Cemetery".
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Civil War News, 1864
Civil War News Concerning Ocean County and its Residents OCEAN EMBLEM 11 AUG 1864 From a gentleman who is pretty well acquainted with the figures, we are informed that the quotas of the several townships in Ocean County, under the call for 500,000 men, are as follows: Jackson....24 Plumsted...33 Brick......46 Dover......65 Union......44 Stafford...54 total.....266 The Coming Draft We are requested by Mr. John H. Irons to say, that the time for paying in and receiving the Thirty Dollars from enrolled men, has been extended to Saturday of this week. From the 14th Regiment Camp 14th N.J. Volunteers, near Harper's Ferry, VA, 26 Jul 1864 Editor of the Emblem: --I have several times thought that I would drop you a line since the battle of Monocacy, where our regiment was engaged. I have delayed writing mainly because it seemed impossible to get a true report of the casualties in Co. F. and to write the half of the reports for the second or third days after the bat...
Claude Sherman obituary,1918
from the New Jersey Courier, 25 Oct 1918 Lakewood, Oct 22---Funeral services for Corp Claude C. Sherman, son of Mrs. Mary A. Sherman, who died at South Amboy after having put his squad of men on guard, were held from the home of his mother on Ocean Avenue, last Thursday, Rev. Mr. Moore of Lakehurst in charge. The services were private and were military in character. Brief services were also held at the grave in the Holmanville cemetery. Corporal Sherman was 28 years of age and entered the service Feb 25 last at Camp Dix. He was sent to South Amboy for guard duty and completed 36 hours work the evening of the Morgan disaster. The next day, he was to have started on a 10 day furlough. Instead he was recalled and neither slept nor rested until he fell at his post. Two days before he died he developed bronchial pneumonia. He was a member of Co. B., 15th battalion and was formerly a resident of this place. Besides his mother, he is survived by nine brothers and sisters. They are Mrs. Harr...