History of Hoyt Sherman & Hoyt Sherman Place.
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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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Hoyt Sherman
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…