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WINSLOW SHERMAN is a quiet, unassuming gentleman, but nevertheless one of the solid and substantial farmers of the town of Busti, in which he lives. He is the son of Nicholas and Hannah (Winslow) Sherman, and was born in the town mentioned, January 9, 1824. The father, Nicholas Sherman, was a native of Washington county, this State, and was one of the earliest actual settlers who came to Chautauqua. He located in the town of Busti shortly after the beginning of the present century, having secured a large tract of land from the Holland Land Company. His property was more than five hundred acres in extent, and upon his arrival was a virgin forest. With the keen blade of his axe he felled the trees, which at that time were too plentiful to be valuable, and, as the easiest means to get rid of them, they were burned. He was a Quaker by faith, and in politics a republican, and was elected to some of the town offices. Mr. Sherman died in 1868, aged seventy-nine years; he was a kind, good man, and entirely devoted to his family, upon whose comfort and welfare he spared no pains. He married Hannah Winslow, who was born in Cayuga county, New York. She was a descendant of Gov. Winslow, of Massachusetts, and died in 1877, having attained the age of eighty-four years. She too passed away, consoled by her trust and faith in the Quaker religion.

Winslow Sherman was early taught to toil, and passing his life upon his father’s farm, he was educated at the common schools, whose course of instruction at that time was nominal. His life’s work has been farming, and he is now the owner of the property upon which he resides.

Januarv 1, 1848, he married Laura A. White, a daughter of David White, who lived at North Collins, Erie County, New York. The fruit of their union was seven children, three sons and four daughters: Cynthia A. is the wife of Clinton Davis, and resides at Tidioute, Pa.; Jennie P. married Fred Williamson, and she has her residence on the old homestead; Annie W. and her husband Will E. Dennison, are residents of Council Grove, Kansas; Dora O. is married to Frank P. Stoddard, a Baptist minister located at Amsterdam, New York; Byron W. is a farmer in the town of Busti, and married Annie B. Sterns; Erie is married to Emma A. Hudson, and lives in Livingston, Montana, where he and his brother Merle, who is single, have a large cattle ranch. Winslow Sherman is a stalwart republican, but is modest and unassuming, and he stands with the foremost substantial citizens of the town of Busti.