Member Directory,
1847 - 1922
William Watts Sherman
Banker/Developer/Philanthropist
Centurion, 1875–1912
Proposed by
John L. Cadwalader and James F. Ruggles
John L. Cadwalader and James F. Ruggles
born
August 4, 1842
Newport, Rhode Island
Newport, Rhode Island
died
January 22, 1912
New York (Manhattan), New York
New York (Manhattan), New York
elected
May 1, 1875
Age thirty-two
Age thirty-two
buried
Island Cemetery,
Newport, Rhode Island
Newport, Rhode Island
proposer of
Archivist’s Notes
Son of Watts Sherman
Century Memorial
William Watts Sherman, a man esteemed throughout a wide social circle in this city
Henry Osborn Taylor
1913 Century Association Yearbook