Isaac Sherrick and Mary Carpenter

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Husband Isaac Sherrick ^{1 2}

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           Born: 3 Nov 1842 - Westmoreland Co, PA 2 3
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         Father: Jacob B. Sherrick (1813-1890) 1 2
         Mother: Sarah Shupe (1815-1882) 1 2

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       Marriage: 15 Jan 1867 2 3

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Wife Mary Carpenter ^{2 3}

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           Born: 24 Dec 1843 - Allegheny Co, PA 3
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         Father: Benjamin Carpenter (      -      ) 2 3
         Mother: Sarah Sarver (      -      ) 2 3

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Children

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1 M Albert Sherrick ⁴

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 F Emma C. Sherrick ^{3 4}

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         Spouse: Hon. M. P. Shoemaker (      -      ) 4

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3 M John Sherrick ³

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         Spouse: Lillian Wissinger (      -      ) 4

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4 F Amanda Carpenter Sherrick ^{3 4 5}

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         Spouse: James C. Lauffer (1873-      ) 3 4 6
           Marr: 27 Jul 1904 5

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5 F Sarah C. Sherrick ^{3 4}

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         Spouse: Frank Tilden Byers (      -      ) 4

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6 F Mamie C. Sherrick ^{3 4}

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         Spouse: Robert Smith Shaw (      -      ) 4

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7 F Marion C. Sherrick ³

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         Spouse: Leverne Truxell (      -      ) 4

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General Notes: Husband - Isaac Sherrick

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He received a common school education in East Huntingdon township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and upon leaving the school room engaged in agricultural pursuits, having a farm of one hundred and forty acres, where the Buckeye mines were later located. He engaged in the cultivation and improvement of this farm for four years, and then associated himself with his uncle in the coke business, being thus occupied for ten years. In 1882 he removed to a fine farm in Mount Pleasant township, two miles northeast of Mount Pleasant borough. This property, which he purchased in 1876, comprised seventy acres of the finest improved land in that section, and he then devoted his entire attention to agricultural pursuits. In his political affiliations he was a supporter of the Republican party, and was interested in educational affairs, having served on the school board for a number of years. During the dark days of the civil war period, Mr. Sherrick promptly responded to the urgent call for volunteers, and enlisted, August 23, 1864, in Company K, Two Hundred and Eleventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. During his term of service he participated in several engagements around Petersburg and Richmond, and was discharged June 5, 1865. He was a member of the Middle Presbyterian Church.

After leaving school he worked on his father's farm until 1863. He then enlisted in the United States Army for the last two years of the Civil War, his rating being that of corporal in Company K, 211th Pennsylvania Volunteers. Corporal Sherrick was present at Appomattox Court House when General Lee surrendered to General Grant. After his honorable discharge from the army, Mr. Sherrick established a coke business in Mount Pleasant, which he carried on for a period of ten years. He was the first individual to ship coke over the Rocky Mountains for the purpose of smelting gold and silver ore. The finest quality of coke was required for this purpose, and in 1874, when the first shipment went out, Mr. Sherrick personally devoted four days to the selection of the two car-loads of coke that were to go west as an experiment. After ten years spent in the coke business, Mr. Sherrick took over the Sherrick Farm, which had been in his family for generations. The farm consisted of eighty acres, and was said to be one of the best managed farms in the county.
Mr. Sherrick was vice-president of the First National Bank of Mount Pleasant and was the last survivor of the original stockholders of the bank and also the oldest director. In politics he was strong Republican. He served on the School Board of Mount Pleasant for twenty years, and it was through his untiring efforts that new schools of Mount Pleasant were built.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 385.

2 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 314.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 386.

4 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 315.

5 The Lauffer History. A Genealogical Chart of the Descendents of Christian Lauffer, the Pioneer. (Jeannette, PA: Press of the Westmoreland Journal, 1906), Pg 111.

6 The Lauffer History. A Genealogical Chart of the Descendents of Christian Lauffer, the Pioneer. (Jeannette, PA: Press of the Westmoreland Journal, 1906), Pg 110.