Until eighteen years of age, Hoyt's time was divided between school and the printing office as he apprenticed under his brothers Charles and John in Mansfield, Ohio.

President Abraham Lincoln appointed him the Army Paymaster at the start of the Civil War, with the rank of Major.

When the American Civil War began Mr. Sherman was appointed by President Abraham Lincoln paymaster in the Union army with the rank of major, holding the position for three years.

That institution owes much of its stability and high standing to Major Sherman's reputation for integrity and skillful management.

[18] The original house and gallery now display a collection of 19th- and 20th-century paintings, as well as elaborately carved 17th-century furniture and other rare artifacts.