this wife Electa had seven children together. Four of these children survived to adulthood. Sherman's son, Francis Trowbridge Sherman, was a brigadier general in the Union Army during the Civil War. References External links First Inaugural Address Second Inaugural Address Third Inaugural Address 1805 births 1870 deaths People from Newtown, Connecticut Businesspeople from Chicago Burials at Graceland Cemetery (Chicago) Chicago City Council members Members of the Cook County Board of Commissioners Democratic Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives Mayors of Chicago 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American businesspeople