Family: Lothrop* Brockway Sherman / Mary* Sophronia Kirk (F554)
m. 9 Aug 1855-
Father | Male
Lothrop* Brockway Sherman
Born 17 Jun 1825 Sherburne, Chenango Co, New York 
Died 29 Apr 1899 Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas Buried Chambers Co, Texas Married 9 Aug 1855 Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas Father Jacob* Haven Sherman, Sr | F152 Group Sheet Mother Rebecca* Stebbins | F152 Group Sheet
Mother | Female
Mary* Sophronia Kirk
Born 18 Oct 1835 Tennessee Died 30 Sep 1889 Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas Buried Eminence Cem, Eminence, Chambers Co, Texas Other Spouse Mr. (..) Faires | F232 Married Between 1850 and 1855 Father William Tolbert* (or John?) Kirk | F266 Group Sheet Mother Susannah* Payne (or G.) Shelton | F266 Group Sheet
Child 1 | Male
+ William Kirk Sherman
Born 18 Oct 1856 Chambers Co, Texas Died 18 Nov 1917 Chambers Co, Texas Buried Sherman Cem, Lake Charlotte, Chambers Co, Texas Spouse Laura Cecelia Jones | F198 Married 8 Oct 1874 Chambers Co, Texas
Child 2 | Female
+ Devilla Esther "Het" Sherman
Born 27 Dec 1858 Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas Died Aft 1886 of Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas Buried Spouse William Barton Jones | F144 Married 9 Apr 1876 Liberty Co, Texas Spouse James A. Miller | F222 Married 22 Sep 1885 Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas
Child 3 | Female
+ Mary Sophronia Sherman
Born 23 Aug 1861 Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas Died 13 Oct 1881 Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas Buried Eminence Cem, Eminence, Chambers Co, Texas Spouse James A. Miller | F14681 Married Bef 9 Jun 1880 Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas
Child 4 | Female
+ Amanda* Petronile Sherman
Born 15 Oct 1863 Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas Died 14 Dec 1918 2050 Magnolia St, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas Buried 15 Dec 1918 Magnolia Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas Spouse Andrew* Prather Jones | F2 Married 16 Nov 1882 Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas
Child 5 | Male
+ Leverett Lothrop Sherman
Born 26 May 1867 Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas Died 8 Mar 1923 China, Jefferson Co, Texas Buried China City Cem, China, Jefferson Co, Texas Spouse Mary Etta Hill | F2134 Married 7 Dec 1885 Spouse Mary Susan Wallace | F2135 Married 20 Apr 1889 Chambers Co, Texas Spouse Mary Virginia "Molly" Rino | F2136 Married 18 Dec 1895 Jefferson Co, Texas
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Notes Married:
- "Lothrop Blockmon Sherman was ... married on August 9, 1855 to Mrs. Mary Sophronia (Kirk) Farris, the daughter of John Kirk."
"Chambers County, Texas, in the War Between the States,"
by Kevin Ladd
"He (Lothrop Blookway Sherman) married Mrs. Mary Sophronia Kirk Fairas on 9 Aug 1855. May was born 18 1835 in Tennessee and died 30 September 1889 in Chambers County, Texas. She is buried in Eminence Cemetery at Eminence, Chambers County, Texas. Mary is the daughter of John Kirk and wife Susan Shelton. May was married previously to [?] Fairas. (possibly P.J. Fairas who died 29 Jul 1851)."
"The Descendents of Jacob Haven Sherman, Sr. & Rebecca Stebbins Sherman" by Linda Clark Stewart
(note if married to P.J. Fairas, would have been widowed at age 15.)
- "Lothrop Blockmon Sherman was ... married on August 9, 1855 to Mrs. Mary Sophronia (Kirk) Farris, the daughter of John Kirk."