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A.
P. SANDLES, of Ottawa, Senate Clerk
BORN in log house near Putnam County poorhouse,
1871. Farm product home grown and hand
spanked. Has a wife, six children, a mortgage
and good neighbors. Mason, Odd Fellow, Elk,
Granger, Teacher, Democrat.
* Source: * The Biographical Annals of Ohio -
1906 - 1907 - 1909 |
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WILLIAM H. SHERRARD,
trustee of Adams township, and owner of a fine farm
of 157 acres, was born in Putnam county, Ohio, Dec.
2, 1855, and is a son of John C. and Anna M.
(Waggoner) Sherrard, the former of whom was born
in Muskingum county, Ohio, Apr. 15, 1831, and died
Jan. 2, 1909. John Sherrard was left
fatherless when he was five years old, and at the
age of twelve years he was the practical head of the
family. He remained with his mother until he
was twenty-three years of age, then married and
started in life for himself. He followed the
trade of carpenter for a few years and then began
farming on rented land. He removed to Putnam
county, Ohio, and lived there on a farm until his
removal to Atchison, Kans., from which city he drove
overland to Sabetha, Kans., Nov. 1, 1868,
accompanied by his brother-in-law. They rented
land for four years three and one-half miles south
of Sabetha and then bought 120 acres of land in
Capioma township, in partnership with his son,
William H. He developed his farm and lived
thereon for twelve years, then engaged in the grain
and elevator business at Oneida, Kans., for a period
of six years. After disposing of his elevator
and farm he bought a tract of thirty-one acres in
Oneida and resided there until his demise in 1909.
John Sherrard was a member and officer of the
Methodist Episcopal church and was affiliated with
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was
married in 1854 to Anna M. Wagener, born in
Athens county, Ohio, in 1834, and who was a teacher
prior to her marriage. They were the parents
of eight children, as follows: William H.,
subject of this review; Mrs. Mary E. Stewart,
a widow living in Portland, Ore.; James C.,
living on a farm near Oneida, and father of seven
children, three of whom were killed in a cyclone;
Edwin S., farmer near Oneida, has three
children; John E., police judge at Mul S.,
farmer near Oneida, has three children; John E.,
police judge and mine owner at Mullen, Idaho;
George U., traveling for a Louisville tobacco
firm with headquarters at Salt Lake City, father of
one child; Charles P., deceased, and Guy,
Arcadia, Kans.
William H. Sherrard
resided with his parents until he was
twenty-five years old and then rented eighty acres
of land in Capioma township for two years, after
which he bought eighty acres within two miles of
Woodlawn, Kans., erected thereon a house 22x24 feet,
with six rooms., together with a barn and other out
buildings. He resided on this farm until 1909,
then sold it and purchased 157 acres in Adams
township, which is his present home. Mr.
Sherrard has practically retired from active
farming and his land is being cultivated by his
son-in-law, Arthur Farnham.
Mr. Sherrard was married to Eliza Johnson
Mar. 15, 1882, and two children have been born to
this union: Mrs. Ina B. Bridson, Perry,
Kans., and mother of a son, Gale H., and
Mrs. Grace E. Farnham, whose husband is
operating the Sherrard farm.
Mrs. Eliza (Johnson) Sherrard was born Dec. 22,
1859, and is a daughter of William and Mary
(Lafferty) Johnson the former of who was born in
Ireland in 1831, left an orphan at the age of seven,
and was thrown upon his own resources. He
immigrated to America at the age of nineteen and
located in Pennsylvania, where he was employed in
the lime quarries. In 1858 he removed to
Illinois and farmed there until 1870, and then
immigrated to Nemaha county, Kansas, buying 160
acres of land in Capioma township. He
developed a fine farm and resided thereon until his
demise, Apr. 14, 1908. His wife, Mary,
was born in Ireland in 1835 and was married to
Mr. Johnson in Pennsylvania, in 1857.
There were ten children born to William and Mary
Johnson, as follows. Eliza, wife of
W. H. Sherrard; Ella, deceased; Mrs. Sarah
Reed, a widow with five children, living on a
farm near Woodlawn, in Capioma township; Margaret,
decreased; Samuel H., Oneida, Kans., trustee
of Gilman township; William E., trustee
of Rock Creek township; Anise, deceased;
Mrs. Ida Foster, whose husband is treasurer of
Capioma township, mother of three children;
Albert J., druggist at Falls City, Neb.; Mrs.
Della Carpenter, Rock Creek township.
Mr. Sherrard is a Democrat in politics and is
one of the leaders of his party in Nemaha county.
He is a present trustee of Adams township and held
the office of trustee of Capioma township when he
was twenty-two years of age. He and Mrs.
Sherrard are members at the Methodist Episcopal
church, and Mr. Sherrard is affiliated with
the Modern Woodmen of America, of which lodge he was
the efficient clerk for eighteen years.
Source: History of Nemaha County, Kansas by
Ralph Tennal - Illustrated - Publ. Standard
Publishing Company, Lawrence, Kansas - 1916 - Page
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