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1909 Kenneth Arthur Sherman


Born: Aug. 11, 1909 at Afton, NY.

Died: Feb.  1, 1959 (or possibly 1955) at Afton, NY.

He is buried at: (unknown). 


His father was 1883 Ralph Ward Sherman

His mother was 1888 Myrtle Beatrice Merritt


He was married to Leona Irene Preston on May 24, 1932 
at her parents' home in North Sanford, NY.  They had these children together:

  1933 Iona Esther Sherman
  1935 Katherine B. Sherman
  1938 Patricia Ann Sherman
  1939 Gloria Lucille Sherman
  1941 Mary Louise Sherman
  1942 Dolores June Sherman
  1944 Sharon Leona Sherman
  1950 Velna Jean Sherman


Info from Town Clerk's office for Afton, NY; birth registration page 16, # 18.

Ken died in a farming accident when a crawler-tractor tipped over on him.  
It was winter-time, and he was side-hilling when the dozer slid downhill 
sideways and began to tip over.  Ken jumped off on the uphill side, 
however the dozer then dropped back onto him, probably crushing his 
pelvis and legs...and continued on its way, unattended.  When he failed 
to show for dinner, his wife Leona went looking for him, and found him 
lying in the snow.  She summoned help, and Ken was loaded into the back 
of a pickup truck and driven to hospital.  He died on the way to hospital.

(Details of this story related to me by my cousin, Phil Sherman) - 

    James Alan Sherman - 

Here is a 1946 Group Photo showing Kenneth
and all his twelve siblings.