William Watts Sherman
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William Watts Sherman was a New York City
businessman and the treasurer of the Newport Casino
. In 1875-1876 he had the William Watts Sherman House
constructed in Newport, Rhode Island
.
to Watts Sherman (c1820-1865) and Sarah Maria Gibson. He married Lois Sarah Welds (c1845-c1884) and they had as their children, Erastus Corning Sherman and Henry Gibson Sherman.
In 1885 he married Sophia Augusta Brown, daughter of John Carter Brown
, founder of Brown University
. They had as their children, Irene Muriel Augusta Sherman and Mildred Constance Sherman who married Ralph Stonor, 5th Baron Camoys
.
He died on January 22, 1912 at his home at 838 Fifth Avenue. He was buried at Island Cemetery in Newport, Rhode Island
.
New York City
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businessman and the treasurer of the Newport Casino
Newport Casino
The Newport Casino is located at 186-202 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island, United States. It was designated a National Historic Landmark on February 27, 1987.- 1879 - 1900 :The complex was commissioned in 1880 by James Gordon Bennett, Jr...
. In 1875-1876 he had the William Watts Sherman House
William Watts Sherman House
The William Watts Sherman House is a notable house designed by American architect H. H. Richardson, with later interiors by Stanford White. The house is generally acknowledged as one of Richardson's masterpieces, and the prototype for what later became known as the Shingle Style in American...
constructed in Newport, Rhode Island
Newport, Rhode Island
Newport is a city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, about south of Providence. Known as a New England summer resort and for the famous Newport Mansions, it is the home of Salve Regina University and Naval Station Newport which houses the United States Naval War...
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Biography
He was born in 1842 in Albany, New YorkAlbany, New York
Albany is the capital city of the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Albany County, and the central city of New York's Capital District. Roughly north of New York City, Albany sits on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River...
to Watts Sherman (c1820-1865) and Sarah Maria Gibson. He married Lois Sarah Welds (c1845-c1884) and they had as their children, Erastus Corning Sherman and Henry Gibson Sherman.
In 1885 he married Sophia Augusta Brown, daughter of John Carter Brown
John Carter Brown
John Carter Brown II was a book collector whose library formed the basis of the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University.-Biography:...
, founder of Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
. They had as their children, Irene Muriel Augusta Sherman and Mildred Constance Sherman who married Ralph Stonor, 5th Baron Camoys
Ralph Stonor, 5th Baron Camoys
Ralph Francis Julian Stonor, 5th Baron Camoys was the son of Francis Stonor, 4th Baron Camoys and Jessie Philippa Carew, daughter of Robert Russell Carew.The fifth baron married Mildred Sherman, the daughter of William Watts Sherman, in 1911....
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He died on January 22, 1912 at his home at 838 Fifth Avenue. He was buried at Island Cemetery in Newport, Rhode Island
Newport, Rhode Island
Newport is a city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, about south of Providence. Known as a New England summer resort and for the famous Newport Mansions, it is the home of Salve Regina University and Naval Station Newport which houses the United States Naval War...
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