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Sherman, Frank H.
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Description area
Dates of existence
1869-1909
History
Frank Sherman arrived in the Crow's Nest Pass coal fields from Wales in 1903 and worked as a coal miner and check weighman in the mines at Morrisey. After the organization of the United Mine Workers of America in the areas he became the first elected President of District 18, a position he held until shortly before his death.