John B Sherman was an American industrialist and one of the founders of the Union Stock Yard and Transit Company in Chicago, Illinois. - AsNotedIn
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| South Park Commission, Chicago |
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| 1825/01/22 | Hannah Brill Sherman, wife of Benjamin Sherman, gives birth to John Brill Sherman in Beekman, Dutchess County, New York. | Born | Beekman, NY | New York | |||
| 1855/00/00 | John B Sherman lease the old Bull's Head Stock-Yards (lost), on Madison Street and the Southwest Plank Road (Ogden Avenue). | Work | Near Westside, Chi | ||||
| 1856/00/00 | Meat packer, John Sherman, leases the Merrick yards (lost), located at 39th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue. | Work | |||||
| 1865/00/00 | The Union Stock-Yards and Transit Company is organized by a group that includes railroad executive Rosell Hough and Chicago meat packers John B Sherman and John L Hancock of Maine. | Work | Old Stone Gate of Chicago Union Stockyards | Chicago | |||
| 1866/00/00 | Before the completion of the Stock-Yards, J B Sherman retires from active business and moves to Poughkeepsie, NY. | Work | |||||
| 1867/00/00 | After the death of F E Bryant, John B Sherman returns to Chicago to work as General Superintendent of the Union Stockyards. | Work | Old Stone Gate of Chicago Union Stockyards | Chicago | |||
| 1902/02/25 | John B Sherman, co-founder of the Union Stock-Yards, dies at age 77 at his residence, 2100 Prairie Avenue (lost), "after a brief illness from grip. He was taken sick on Sunday night." - Chicago Tribune | Died | Prairie Avenue District | Chicago | |||
| 1902/02/27 | A funeral is held for John Brill Sherman. Mr Sherman is buried at Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois. | In Memoriam | Oak Woods Cemetery | Chicago |
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