his father named him after the famed Shawnee Warrior. Tecumseh was one of eleven children. Following the sudden death of his father, his mother was unable to take care of all the children, and sent him to live with Thomas Ewing. Thomas\u2019 wife Maria, a devoted Catholic, wouldn\u2019t allow Tecumseh into her household until he was properly baptized and was renamed William.<\/span><\/p>\nAt age 16 he received an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, the beginning of a long career in the military. In 1850 he married Eleanor Ewing, the daughter of Thomas and Marie, and they had eight children, all raised by their mother\u2019s strict Catholic tendencies. In 1853 he left the military after pressure from his wife\u2019s family, and moved to San Francisco to become a banker. The stress of banking and the climate finally led to Sherman leaving and taking up banking in Kansas. 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