Taylor Sherman (September 5, 1758 – May 14, 1815) was a member of the

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from Norwalk in the sessions of May 1794, May 1795, and May 1796. Sherman was born in

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on September 5, 1758. He was the son of Judge Daniel Sherman. and Mindwell Taylor Sherman. He married Elizabeth Stoddard of Woodbury in 1787. After he was

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, he moved to Norwalk, where he practiced law. He was a judge of Probate for the District of Norwalk from the creation of the district in 1802 until his death. He was appointed collector of Internal Revenue for the Second District of Connecticut by

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. He was appointed Agent to survey land in the

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consisting of a half million acres which was granted to those who suffered losses from the

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. He acquired a large tract of this land in Sherman township,

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, which bears his name. He was the father of Charles Robert Sherman, justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio, and grandfather of General William Tecumseh Sherman. The Taylor Sherman House was located at 89 Main Street in Norwalk, and the house's design was studied for the

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by the

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