in December, he brought his wife and her young 11-year-old brother back with him, settling near San Jacinto Bay and constructing a small home. Other family members soon settled nearby, although yellow fever killed Sherman's brother Dana and his sister-in-law. Sherman served in the cavalry commander's role until mid-December 1837. Sherman was a member of the Texas House of Representatives, from Harris County, during the Seventh Congress, November 4, 1842, to January 17, 1843. He introduced a bill providing for the election of a major general of militia for the protection of the frontier, which was passed over the veto of President Sam Houston. Thomas J. Rusk briefly assumed the position, with Sherman as his successor in mid-1843. Later life In 1846, General Sherman purchased 4,000 acres (16 km2) of land near Harrisburg and began promoting the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos, and Colorado Railway (later part of the Southern Pacific system). He constructed a mansion in 1847, as well as a nearby sawmill. However, both were lost in separate fires within a decade. Without insurance and having lost most of his fortune, he moved to Galveston and opened a hotel. During the American Civil War, Sherman was requested by the local Committee of Safety of the Union to take full charge of affairs at Galveston, with full authority to put the island in a state of defense. In 1862, he moved with his family to his old home on the San Jacinto Bay and with them went former Republic of Texas President David G. Burnet. Early in 1863, the Shermans moved to Richmond, Texas, where they remained until the close of the war. On August 1st, 1873, Sidney Sherman passed away, at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. J. M. O. Menard in Galveston, Texas. He breathed his last at 7:45 p.m., at the age of 68. He was originally buried near his wife and son, but was reinterred in 1894 in the Lakeview Cemetery in Galveston, next to one of his sons and his friend David G. Burnet. The Sidney Sherman Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas dedicated a joint monument to their memories on March 2, 1894. Legacy Sherman County and the city of Sherman in Grayson County, Texas, are named in his honor. Sidney Sherman Bridge in Houston, Texas, crossing the Houston Ship Channel, is named in his honor. This Texian General Sidney Sherman (and