Lampson P. Sherman

ID: 273 ~ Source: Beginnings: Reminiscences of Early Des Moines. ~ Creator: Hussey, Tacitus (1832-1919) ~ Date: 1919
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Lampson P. Sherman

Image of Lampson P. Sherman, the brother of Hoyt Sherman. Caption: Lampson P. Sherman. Publisher of the First Whig Paper, and second paper in the county in 1850.

Sherman was the editor and publisher of the Fort Des Moines Gazette. He published the paper out of one of the former officer cabins of old Fort Des Moines called Raccoon Row. L.P. Sherman also served as the third mayor of Fort Des Moines.

Lampson purchased a house from his brother Hoyt Sherman in 1890. It is located at 1052 26th Street, Des Moines, Iowa.

Additional Information

Subject

Biography

Publisher

American LIthograph and Ptg. Co.: Des Moines, IA

Relation

Index to Pictures of Iowa People and Places, Des Moines Public Library

Type

Image
This file appears in: Hoyt Sherman

By DMPL Team
Major Hoyt Sherman was born in Ohio in 1827, the youngest of 11 children. His father was an Ohio Supreme Court judge, his brother John became the U.S. Secretary of Treasury and Secretary of State, and his brother William Tecumseh Sherman, a famous…