NameRussell Albert Sherman
Birth1 Aug 1932, Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio8
Death16 Oct 2001, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
BurialSt. Mary Cemetery, Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio
OccupationU.S. Army; attorney; City of Elyria Prosecutor; assistant Lorain County Prosecutor.
EducationGraduate of John Carroll University and of Cleveland Marshall Law School
Source:
Ancestry.com—The Chronicle Telegram, (Elyria, Ohio) (August 2, 1932), (October 31, 1988) and (October 18, 2001); and
www.findagrave.com.
The Chronicle Telegram reported that Mr. and Mrs. George Sherman’s son was born on August 1, 1932.
He played football at John Carroll University.
He was co-counsel with F. Lee Bailey in the second Sam Sheppard trial in 1966 that resulted in Sheppard’s acquittal.
At the time of his death he had 12 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
He resided in Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio and died in a hospital in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.