History of Hoyt Sherman & Hoyt Sherman Place.

ID: 279 ~ Source: Iowa Oral History Project, Des Moines Public Library, 1973 ~ Creator: Margaret Mellor, President, Des Moines Women's Club, Interviewee

Justina Smith, Interviewer ~ Date: 1973
This file appears in: Hoyt Sherman

Interview with Margaret Mellor, President of the Des Moines Women's Club covering the History of Hoyt Sherman Place. Also covers events and experiences of her life in a growing and expanding Des Moines.

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Biography

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Audio

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English

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Sound
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…