Private - Company G, 187th Ohio Infantry
Enlisted February 17, 1865 (age 18)
Mustered out August 22, 1865 at Camp Dennison, Ohio by order of War Department
His pension began November 1881 and was $8 per month.
McPherson Post 33 - joined March 8, 1884
The funeral services were held at the family residence today (Wednesday) at 11 o'clock. Elder T.F. Richardson, of the First Christian Church, officiating. The local G.A.R. Post had charge of the funeral. The remains were interred in the Titus Cemetery (Graceland Cemetery, Bedford, Iowa).
Mr. Sherman moved to this county from Cedar County, Iowa,
about one year ago and during the past few months has been a great sufferer
from what his physicians pronounce as Bright's Disease.
Taylor County Democrat, Bedford, Iowa, February 21, 1895
After her first husband died, Lavina (Clymer) Chase, married Isaac Sherman on the 17th day of August 1870. For some time they continued to live in Cedar County. To them were born three boys, Norman, who died in April 1922 and buried in the Manning Cemetery; Merrit, who died in infancy, also buried in the Manning Cemetery, and Ray who is married and living in Lake City, Iowa.