Portrait and biographical album of Mahaska County, Iowa, containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and biographies of all the governors of Iowa, and of the presidents of the United States . ^~-. —•» XE of the most distinguishedgentlemen who was everhonored with the positionof Chief Executive of the ^MtSJ^|5j!|£J State is Buren R. Sherman.^^* the eleventh Governor ofIowa, who is a native of New was in the town of Phelps, in On-tario County, that he was born to hisparents, Phineas L. and Evelin
Portrait and biographical album of Mahaska County, Iowa, containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and biographies of all the governors of Iowa, and of the presidents of the United States . ^~-. —•» XE of the most distinguishedgentlemen who was everhonored with the positionof Chief Executive of the ^MtSJ^|5j!|£J State is Buren R. Sherman.^^* the eleventh Governor ofIowa, who is a native of New was in the town of Phelps, in On-tario County, that he was born to hisparents, Phineas L. and Eveline(Robinson) Sherman, on the 28th ofMay, 1836, and was the third son ofa distinguished family of parents were likewise natives ofthe Empire State. Buren R. attended the publicSchools of his neighborhood, but was subsequentlygiven advantages of the schools at Almira, X. he acquired a very thorough knowledge ofthe English branches. His father, who was a me-chanic, advised him at the close of his studies toapprentice himself to learn some trade. He ac-cordingly made such arrangements with S. Avers, ofAlmira, to learn the trade of a watchmaker. In] 855, however, he left this position and joined hisfamily on their removal to the then new State ofIowa. They se
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