Thomas R. Sheriff and Celia M. McBurney

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Husband Thomas R. Sheriff ¹

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           Born: 17 Jun 1825 1
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         Father: James Sheriff (1800-1870) 1
         Mother: Christina M. Rodgers (1803-Aft 1888) 1

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       Marriage: 28 May 1846 2

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Wife Celia M. McBurney ²

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         Father: James McBurney (      -Abt 1855/1856) 3
         Mother: Mary A. [Unk] (      -      ) 4

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Children

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1 F Christina Sheriff ²

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         Spouse: John K. Lindsey (      -      ) 2

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2 F Mary Sheriff ²

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         Spouse: William M. Burwell (      -      ) 2

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3 F Eva C. Sheriff ²

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General Notes: Husband - Thomas R. Sheriff

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He was educated in the old Mercer Academy, and worked in his father’s store, and at the age of seventeen years he entered business for himself, it being a grocery and bakery stand, located near where Dr. Yeager’s office would later be located. He then, after selling that business, was engaged in the general dry goods business, from which he drifted into the clothing trade. From 1861 to 1865 he had James W. Braden as a partner. He was one of the original directors of the First National Bank of Mercer, was a Republican, and he and family belonged to the Second United Presbyterian Church.

His father was a tinner and coppersmith, and many of the old distillery "tills" that were used in this county were made by him. He made the last one in 1840, and gave his son, Thomas R., $10 to defray his expenses to Erie City to attend the convention that nominated William Henry Harrison for President. This was the beginning of the quiet political career of Thomas R. Sheriff.

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 694.

2 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 695.

3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 678, 695.

4 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 684.