Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Jacob O. Sherrick and Mary Steck




Husband Jacob O. Sherrick 1

           Born: Abt 1827 - near Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co, PA
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           Died: 1865 2
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         Father: Abraham Sherrick (      -1870) 1 3 4
         Mother: Anna Overholt (1804-1855/1905) 3 5


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Wife Mary Steck 1

            AKA: Mary Strighte,6 Mary E. Stuck 2
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Children
1 M Sampson Sherrick 1

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2 M William Sherrick 1

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3 M Erastus K. Sherrick 1

           Born: 16 Apr 1856 - Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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           Died: 15 Oct 1899 1
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         Spouse: Mary Etta Beeson (      -      ) 1


4 M Dr. Albert Stright Sherrick, M.D. 1 2 7

           Born: 2 Jun 1862 - Bethany, East Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Margaret Isabella McCormick (      -      ) 2 7 8
           Marr: Oct 1882 2


5 F Malissa Sherrick 1

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         Spouse: Dallas Bingaman (      -      ) 1


6 F Arabelle Mary Sherrick 9

            AKA: Annabella Sherrick,1 Bella M. Sherrick 6
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         Spouse: Wesley Alexander Loucks (      -      ) 1 6 9


7 F Laura Sherrick 1 10

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         Spouse: John Chamberlain (      -      ) 1 10


8 F Julia Sherrick 1

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         Spouse: C. R. Ryan (      -      ) 1



General Notes: Husband - Jacob O. Sherrick


He followed farming until the latter part of his life, when he engaged as a distiller with S. Dillinger & Co., of Beth­any, Westmoreland County, PA. After serving several years with the above firm he purchased a grist mill and a distillery near Tarr's station and operated them success­fully until his death. He was a repub­lican in early life but later became a democrat and supported the democratic ticket until his death. Both he and his wife were consist­ent members of the church of God; they had four sons and four daughters.

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 347.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 637.

3 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 685.

4 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 72.

5 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 568.

6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 216.

7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 635.

8 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 558.

9 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 222.

10 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 575.


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