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Title: Prominent Jews of America; a collection of biographical sketches of Jews who have distinguished themselves in commercial, professional and religious endeavor
Year: 1918 (1910s)
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Subjects: Jews
Publisher: Toledo, O., S. B. Goodkind, publication manager, American Hebrew publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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LOUIS SHERMAN

When the business history of our country shall be finally written, one of
the most remarkable features which will be emphasized is the facility with
which Jewish immigrants to our shores have assimilated our manners and cus-
toms and at the same time have maintained an individuality all their own.
This has accounted for some of the phenomenal business successes which have
crowned their efforts in a seemingly impossible period of time.
The life of Mr. Louis Sherman affords a fitting example of this kind, as
he is still a very young man, but has arrived at a stage of prosperity which
would ordinarily occupy the allotted three score years and ten.
Mr. Sherman was born in Minsker, Guberne, Russia, October 15, 1884,
the son of Benny and Sarah Sherman, his father being a prominent cattle
dealer. He came to America in the fall of 1903, landing in New York, where
he began to work at the carpenter trade, which he had learned in Russia. He
continued for three and one-half years, during which time his salary was
almost trebled.
Having saved a small amount of capital, he went to St. Marys, Ohio,

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LOUIS SHERMAN

and opened a junk yard. After two years he decided to specialize in whole-
sale iron and also opened a furniture store, which he is today successfully
operating under the title of Empire Furniture Company.
Mr. Sherman was married in 1907 to Miss Becky Manowitz, and they
have two small sons, hoth going to school.
There are hundreds outside the family of Mr. Sherman who have had
reason to rejoice in his success, as both himself and wife are liberal contrib-
utors to charity of both local and national character. Among the institutions
of which they are patrons, we wish to mention the Denver and Los Angeles
sanitariums.
That a man with such meager opportunities should have achieved such a
high position in the business and social life of his community in such a short
period of time should be an inspiration to others starting in life under cir-
cumstances which appear somewhat unfavorable. There is no man in St.
Marys whose opinions are more respected and whose citizenship is more val-
ued than Mr. Sherman's

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