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Sherman Lumber Company
The Sabine County Deed Records reveal that Joe Sherman and M. D. Spinks owned the Sherman Lumber Company in 1940. In 1947, Joe Sherman drowned in the Sabine River. The obituary revealed his sawmill was near Patroon, in Shelby County. Sherman was thirty-nine years old when he died. The portable sawmill cut timber at Sexton during the 1940s.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
SH
Owner Name
Sherman Lumber Company with Joe Sherman and M. D. Spinks.
Location
Sexton
County
Shelby
Years in Operation:
8
Start Year:
1940
End Year:
1947
Decades:
1940-1949
Period of Operation:
During the 1940s
Town:
Sexton
Company Town:
2
Peak Town Size:
100 in 1946
Mill Pond:
2
Mill Type
Product
Power Source
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