SHERMAN HOAR

Hoar, Sherman (1860-1898), (son of Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, grandson of Samuel Hoar, great-grandson of Roger Sherman, nephew of George Frisbie Hoar, and cousin of Rockwood Hoar), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Concord, Middlesex, Mass., July 30, 1860; attended the public schools and Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H.; was graduated from Harvard University in 1882 and from the law department of the university in 1884; president of the Young Men’s Democratic Club of Massachusetts in 1884; was admitted to the bar of Middlesex County in 1885 and commenced practice in Concord; trustee of Phillips Exeter Academy and director of the American Unitarian Association; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893); United States district attorney for Massachusetts 1893-1897; director of the Massachusetts Volunteer Aid Association in the war with Spain and served in Army hospitals in the South; died in Concord, Mass., October 7, 1898; interment in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
Parents: Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, Caroline Downes Brooks

Spouse 1: Caroline Prescott Wood
Born: 2 Oct 1860 in Dorset, Bennington, Vermont
Died: 24 Aug 1891
Marriage: 2 Jun 1886 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Children Sex Birth
Roger Sherman Hoar M 8 Apr 1887 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Ellen Hoar Born: 13 AUG 1891 Waltham, Massachusetts

Spouse 2: Mary Tolman Buttrick
Born: 30 May 1867 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Died: Dec 1952 - Concord, MA
Marriage: 6 Dec 1892 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Children:
Stedman Buttrick Hoar Born: 1 SEP 1893 Concord, Massachusetts
Elizabeth Hoar Born: 18 DEC 1897 Concord, Massachusetts

Sources:
United States Federal Census
Vital Records
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell