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Father Thomas Ewing Sherman, 1914. Thomas Ewing Sherman, S.J. (October 12, 1856 – April 29, 1933) was an American lawyer, educator, and Catholic priest. He was the fourth child and second son of Union Army General William Tecumseh Sherman and his wife Ellen Ewing Sherman.
Through Ellen and Sherman, Ewing also had a namesake grandson, Thomas Ewing Sherman. Ewing was born a Presbyterian , but for many years attended Catholic services with his family. He was formally baptized into the Catholic faith during his last illness.
Thomas Ewing, Jr. was born in Lancaster, Ohio on August 7, 1829. He was the foster brother of William Tecumseh Sherman, and he became Sherman’s brother-in-law when Sherman married Ewing’s sister Ellen. Sherman and Ewing remained close during their years as Union army generals.
20 de set. de 2011 · Fr. Thomas Ewing Sherman was a Jesuit priest, a former Army chaplain, and the son of Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman. He suffered from mental illness, withdrew from the Jesuits, and died in 1933.
16 de set. de 2006 · Learn about the life and career of Thomas Ewing Sherman, who became a Jesuit priest and taught philosophy at St. Louis University. He was the son of General William T. Sherman, the Union commander in the Civil War, and was buried next to a Confederate grandnephew.
Charles Ewing, son of Thomas Ewing, a U.S. Senator and Treasury Secretary, writes to William T. Sherman, his adoptive brother, in 1861. He informs him of his promotion to Brigadier General and asks for his father's approval.
26 de nov. de 2014 · These qualities were appreciated by Thomas Ewing, Sherman’s adopted Father (and later Father-in-Law), who decided to secure an appointment to West Point for the boy. Sherman’s near-photographic memory not only helped him through his studies, but would later pay in spades during the Atlanta Campaign.
