Sherman H. Makepeace

(1864-1945)
Indiana

"Sherman H. Makepeace was born in Chesterfield, Ind., on Aug. 23, 1864, the son of Willard and Melvina Makepece. In 1894 he married Ida Charles and they had a son, Charles Willard. Makepeace was editor (1888-90) of the Anderson Weekly Herald and manufactured brooms for two years. He served as justice of the peace in two townships in Madison County. He had a law and real estate office in Anderson, and operated a farm. He died in 1945."

[Donald E. Thompson, Indiana Authors and Their Books 1967-1980 253 (Crawfordsville, Indiana: Wabash College, 1981)]

Poetry

Sherman H. Makepeace, A Book of Poetry (Anderson, Indiana: Anderson Herald, 1894)