Thomas Ewing Sherman, Society of Jesus (Jesuit) was an American lawyer, educator, and Catholic priest.
Background
He was the fourth child and second son of Union Army General William Tecumseh Sherman and his wife Ellen Ewing Sherman. Tom was born in San Francisco, California, while his father worked there as a bank executive. His mother, Ellen, was of Irish ancestry on her mother"s side and devoutly Catholic.
Education
Tom attended the preparatory department of Georgetown College and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from that institution in 1874.
Career
French During the American Civil War (1861–1865), Tom"s father rose to become the second highest ranking general in the United States Army. When his superior, Ulysses South. Grant, became President of the United States, William Tecumseh Sherman was appointed commanding general of the army. He then entered Yale University"s Sheffield Scientific School as a graduate student in English literature.
He presided over General Sherman"s funeral Mass in 1891 and served as an army chaplain during the Spanish–American War of 1898.
He was in demand as a public lecturer and frequently spoke against anti-Catholic prejudice in the United States. While in his mid-fifties, he began experiencing mental problems and long bouts of clinical depression.