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LENOIR, N. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1885.
NUMBER 48.
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GRANT'S FUKER&L
The Grandest Pageant the Western Hemi
sphere has Em Had.
New York, Aug. 10.
To the Editor of the Lenoir Topic: '
The burial of Grunt was the most
important event that has happened
6ince the surrender of Lee ; and it
yas made so by many circumstances
otlier than the fact that it was Grant
who was buried. No human (being
foresa,w a fortnight ago what an
event it would be, or of how great
historical importance. It was one
of those events that caused a spon
taneous expression of a great truth,
so emphatically that the man who at
anytime hereafter denies it, will
stand before the bar of public opin
ion a convicted liar. That truth is
this : that the; union of these States
is now more firmly knit together
and is more devoutly venerate! than
it ever before was. When General
Johnston, General Buckner, Gener
al Fitzhugh Lee, General I Wade
Hampton, Gen. John B. Gordon
and General Matt Kansom buried
the man who more than any ! other
one man was the representative of
the idea that the Union must not
and shall not be rent asunder, they
expressed the conviction of all sen
sible meiv that the Union must be
saved and loved and that the politi
cians who would rend it or do vio
lence to it, must be considered as
rebels no matter to what l party
they belong. When these) great
Southern soldiers paid this honor to
the leader of the Union Army, they
did not renounce their manhood ;
they did not say that they were
scoundrels twenty-five- years ago.
No such thing ! But they did say
Hiat the howling fools, North or
South, who hereafter talk over war
with purpose of arousing old ques
tions, who do not see that we are a
Union of States and that every man
has a personal interest in the Union,
are the worst enemies of our coun
try. The waver of the bloody-shirt
hereafter is a marked man. I
It was the most extraordinary pa
geant ever seen :- in the world. All
your readers have already seen some
account of it, but no person who
did not see it can ever have an accu
rate idea of its grandeur and pathos.
Half a million- people, by j actual
'count of the tickets sold on the
railroads and steamboats, came into
the city on that day and on the day
before.' There were a million here
already. By daylight the streets
began to be crowded along the line
of rsarch. The funeral car started
on its journey of 9 miles at 10
o'clock and passed between 19 miles
of spectators, an average of 10 or 12
'deep ! ' It is doubtful whether so
many people were ever before within
such a small area.
General Hancock and General
Johnston and General Sherman have
all said that they never saw anything
like it ; and they have seen some
memorable sights and some mon
strous crowds in their lives. The
funeral car was drawn by 24 black
horses, every, one led by a black
groom. It was so high that men
went along to lift up the s wagging
telegraph wires for it to pass under,
and the telegraph wires in this city
are much higher than in the coun
try. The coffin looked no larger
than a child's, it was so high.
Behind it rode the President and
Secretary Bayard in a carriage drawn
by six horses. Dignitaries Hayes,
Arthur, Hendricks, Governors,
Mayors, rich men, Congressmen,
Senators, old soldiers of each army,
and great folks without number fol
lowed. There were veterans, tnere
were regular soldiers, there were
militia thousands and thousands
of them-a whole army in fact,
such as a man seldom sees in time
of peace. It was a procession that
if it could all have been stretched
in one line would, have been ten
miles long. ,; i
The bells tolled, the batteries and
companies and the gunboats in the
river fired salutes all day long. The
million and a half of people were
orderly and respectful, and not a
man or woman or a child j of them
all ever saw or ever expects again to
gee another such sight.
The meaning of it all , ia much
more than a tribute to tGrant, great
as the tribute to him was. j It was a
mournful celebration of the great
idea of the time. The great Union
soldier of the war is dead. His last
expressions were for sectional peace
expressions that touched his t : old
'enemies as deep as they touched his
friends; and old enemies and friends
met at his grave, and the ; i-estored
Union was again baptized with their
tears.
Of course there is no ether news
this week. , The two days that the
dead'man lay in state here wholly
given' up to seeing his remains and
to preparation of symbols of grief.
There were a hundred r miles of
deeply draped buildings in this city
and Brooklyn. ; ; Business has been
laid aside for the time. - The funer
al day was a holiday and men talked
of nothing else.
There has perhaps never before
been so many distinguished men in
a single group in thifil country as in
the group that stood about the
crrftva statesmen, politicians, judg
es, millionaire, ex-PresideAtsAcler J
ind. Arthur, Hayes, the two Sher
mans, Joe Johnston, Sheridan, two
rear Admirals, Fitzhugh Leei Wade
Hampton, and a dozen more as well
known. js
The President has grown fatter
since he went to Washington, tie
looks beefy now ; and he is not as
handsome as he was two years ago,
when as Governor of New York, he
was less stout. Poor old Hayes looks
seedy. His straggling gray beard
gives his face an appearuuee that is
anything but distinguished.' Arthur
looks much older than ho did three
or four years ago. .Ilia Ward is
gray and he is thin. His health has
not been the best in the world for a
year.
Old brother Hendricks looks ex
ceedingly well fed for an old man
hearty and strong, and remarkably
like your own late Honorable Win.
A. Graham. General Hancock and
'General 'Fitzhugh Lee are tlije two
handsomest men that have mounted
horses in this great town
fori fortv
years. And amoug
alL the
great
notabilities,- senator Kansom re
mained the handsome man that he
is. Calihvkll.
REVOLUTIONARY HEROES J
Rescue ot Gol. Clavaland OdI. Clm'ani
and his rian at King's .Moantaii.
Sutherland, AujiV'10;
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To the Editor of Tim Lenoir Topic:
In an 'article of
history in your
Mr. Daugherty,
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paper tne writer,
mentioned some incidents connected
with Col. Cleveland in Ashe and
Watauga counties, which leads nie
to give some of his Revolutionary
exploits.
Col. Cleveland was commander of
a small homeguard consisting of
eight men, and was stationed jon Old
Field Creek in Ashe county then
the only settlement in the ctounty.
Cleveland and his men had many
dangerous encounters with a1 noted
tory baud, which had headquarters,
in the territory which is now John
son county, Tenn.
At , one time Cleveland and one
of his men, Elijah Greer, were on a
scout watching the manoeuvers of
the tories ; and unfortunatelyj Cleve
land was captured ; but Greer, es
caped. At the time 'of. Cleveland's
capture they were distant frorh their
tamps about ten miles, being on
South Fork of New River near the
mouth of Elk. To rescue his com
mander, Greer must go toj their
camp and return to the trail of the
tories before nightfall. So j he set
out on foot and succeeded in getting
onlv
four other men to return and
pursue
two of
Houk.
he tories, lhe names ot
these were Calowav and
They found their trail by
dark and
pursued with all possible
fearing thev would kill
rapidity,!
Cleveland. At mouth of Elk creek
the tories made a strong efFort to
throw any who might pursue jaff the
track, by going down the ; river and
making s signs along . the banks.
Having an idea that the tories had
taken the creek their pursuers, by
torchlight, succeeded in finding
their sign some distance of the'ereek.
Then they set out for a certainjplace,
where the tories were accustomed to
camp, by the most accessible way
possible, and on therr arrival find
them where they expect, j They
conceal themselves to see what day
light will reveal. At dawn to their
delight they see Cleveland js still
alive ; but to their horror they see
more than twice their. number con
stitute the "tory band." But they,
4ravest of the brave" were deter
mined to rescue their beloved com-,
mander. Soon the tories are seen
in a consultation with Cleveland and
soon a conclusion is evidentj ' and
Cleveland sits down and begini writ
ing. He is writing a free pass tp
the tories and when his signature is
affixed he is to bo put to death One
thing which is in the camp is revolt
ing. One of their band, probably
their leader, ! has a piece of silken
apparel, which they had taken from
some of their friends, suspended on
a pole and making all manner of
sport of it. Greer says, pick- your
men and when I give the command,
fire ! and leave all that d d rascal's
heart for me. The report of five
guns is heard, four men fall dead ;
Cleveland falls from the log in' order
to be secure from any stray bullets.
To the surprise of Green his man is
with the survivers of the band and
are hurrying on at headlong speed,
having left all their arms behind.
Cleveland is free and following his
fugitive captors. Greer said, I'll
have that scoundrel yet, and he had
not gone far before ' he saw blood
scattered at intervals. Soon the
cowardly fugitive while attempting
to cross a large log felt the hand of
his incensed foe press not gently on
his despisable throat, and he'was a
captive. ; Greer takes his man back
to the camp and finds Cleveland a
captor instead of a" captive and
standing . around four dead ! men.
On inquiry it was found that Greer's
man was the famous tory Riddle.
They took their prisoners to Wilkes
county, and there they were all
hung. .. K:rH '"- - :"-;-v- ; - v-'mV
The name Riddle's Knob and Rid
dle's Fork are given to the; place
and the stream which leads near
where Riddle was captured, f
; Cleveland soon found an pppor
tunny to immortalize nisj name .
which! he succeeded. in doing. ; yYhen;
Col's. Shelby and Sevier were scour
ing th valleys of the Yadkin, Neir
River, Holstein and Watauga Rivers
for aid in the great emergency at
King's Mountain. Cleveland and
all his1 men responded patriotically.
When Cleveland was at King's Mt.
Greer and Calloway were there with
their long rifles, dealing out liberty
to succeeding generations and they
are mentioned as the bravest of he
roes in a book entitled "Heroes of
Kings Mt."
When the dark days of the Revo
lution had passed, Green returned
to his home, but finding the Indians
had killed two of his sons, he "swore
vengeance" against them and taking
Boone's trail he made his way to
Ky., whore he would have a better
opportunity : to wreak his vengence
on the "red skin." In old age,
having seen his ninetieth year, he
visited Ashe county, to see his two
sons whom he had left, and after a
short stay he mounted his horse and
.made his way back to Kentucky.
Some of his grandchildren who are
still living can repeat many of the
weird stories he told of his ad yen
tnresas'a pioneer. -v. , j .
One thing concerning his progeny
may not be devoid of interest. One
f his sons, Jesse Greer, fought fin
the war of 1812, and lived to the age
of one hundred. His wife also, lived
to the age of 100, dying in 1878,
she lived to see the fifth generation
of her descendents her great grand
child having great grand children
aud the whole line of descent living.
W. A. Wilsox.
Randolph Abbott Shotwell. i f
To the Editor of Tlte Lenoir Topic:
The name which heads this brief
notiee is that of.'a'nian eminent; for
his ability, his bravery, and Con
stancy in misfortune. !
Captain Shotwcl was of Northern
parentage on both sides, but (was
born, iijis believed,1 in the South.
His father, a Presbyterian clergy
man of great piety- and talents, is
sti'.Hiving in Rogersville, Tennes
see. IIs mother was an Abbott, of
the distinguished Massachusetts
family of that name.
When the war broke out between
the North and - South Randolph
Shotwell was a student at a college
hi Pennsylvania. Leaving college
immediately he made his way South
ward, -and, crossing the Potomac
' with difficulty, enlisted as a private
soldier in the 8th Va. Infantry
then commanded by Colonel, after--wards
General, Epj a Ilunton. Shot
well served with this regiment
throughout the war with distin
guished conduct and gallantry. He
fought in eery great bit tie in Va.,.
and escaped unharmed in Pickett's
charge at Gettysburg. Unknown
and unfriended he rose by ; ni rit
only; to the command of a company'
in the regiment which he had joined
iis a stranger and by chance, j After
the war he adopted journalism as a
profession and, while editing i a pa
per in Asheville, N. C, made, as
might be expected in a man of his
character and determination, nu
merous friends, and powerful and
relentless enemies. When Ku Klux
societies were formed in the State he
became a member of the organiza
tion. It is known, and can be pro
ven, that he always discouraged
violence and lawlessness. His mis
take was in joining the secret party,
but he did so as one ; who . thought
there should be an, , organization
counter to a secret body which, un
der the name of the Red Strings,
had overrun and terrorized certain
portions of the State, rlowever
mistaken this counter move may
have been, as calculated to give
strength to the enemies of the State,
it is certain that Randolph Shotwell
was guilty of no illegal act. but by
voice and action condemned all vio
lent proceedings. The famous raid
on Rutherfordton was made when
Capt. Shotwell resided in that place.
He has frequently assured the writer
that his only complicity in that un
fortunate transaction consisted in
his having met the raiders about a
mile from town in the interests of
peace, and urging tliem with every
argument he could command to re
tire from the place. ; j , i ,'
Captain Shotwell was a man of
the highest honor, and incapable of
even a prevarication. Gen. D. H.
Hill moreover informed the "writer
that Captain Shotwell had also in
formed nim of his entire innocence
in this affair. This advice was
spurned. The raiders entered the
town, and committed acts which
made them amenable to the laws.
The affair was bad enough, but was
magnified above its proper propor
tions. Captain Shotwell was select
ed as a victim. He ; was dragged
before Judge Bond, and sentenced
to ten years imprisonment in the
Albany Penitentiary to atone for
those acts of others which he ; had
done his best to prevent. He- was
released after nearly two years . of
wrong and suffering,, and left the
prison broken in health and changed
in character. But he did not depart
from those walls without affording
signal ! proofs of the manliness and
nobility of hia nature; - Knowing
himself innocent, and l repeatedly ;
tempted with offers of release if he
would give information which would
implicate others, he steadily and
scornfully refused, and, . when free, .
he came forth as he entered ; his
prison, unstained in honor and in
tegrity. . ,, ..ri;
His subsequent career as an able
and . consistent journalist is well
known. But Capt. Shotwell's suf
ferings did not cease with his release
from prison. His nature was re
served and sensitive in the -extreme.
He felt that his youth was sacrificed,
tndja stigma placed upon his name.
There is no doubt in the mind of the
writer, who knew him intimately,
that the remembrance of his wrongs
was! with him to the last, and that
had. he not been hailed, as he was,
to a dungeon in Albany he would
notj have died in the prime of his
intellect and manhood of what was
pronounced, and most correctly, by
his physicians, to be disease of the
heart. ; L.
Nye's Advice on Matrimony.
not Springs News.
'i My. Dear Sir : would it be ask
in g too much for "me to: request a
brief reply to one or two questions,
which many other married women
as Well as myself would like to have
answered ? f . f
1 have bben married now for five
years. To-day is the anniversary of
mv marrjiigel When I was single I
was a teacher and supported myself
in
comfort. I had more pocket
money and dressed fully as well if
not better than I do aow. Why
should girls who are abundantly
abe to earn their . own livelihood
struggle to become the slave of a
husband and children and tie them
selves to a man when they njight bo
free and h
Hppy
vi tnin
too much is said by the
ight and flippant j manner
anxiety of young ladies
men in a!
ab6ut the
to secura a home and a husband.
and still tliey do deserve a part of
it,!as I fel that I do now for assum
ing a great burden when I tvas com
paratively: independent and comfort
able. '" ' r ' .'
j'Now.' lwill you suggest any advice
tht you jhink would benefit the yet
unjmarried and self-sunporting girls
who are liable to make t
tie same
mistake that I did, and th
Us warn
thm in Iff manner that woi
Id be so
miich more universal in its
range,
and reaci? so many more people than
I could if I should raise my voice ?
Do this, and you will be gratefully
remembered by ! IEthel."
It would indeed be a tough, tough,
tough man who could ignore thy
gentle plea, Ethel, tougher far than
the pale, j intellectual hired man who
now addresses youj in this4 private
underhand way i f
Yon say that yen had more pocket
money before yon were married than
you have since," Ethel, and you re
gret your lash step. I am sorry.
'You also say that you wore better
clothes when you were single than
you do now. You are also pained
over that. It seems that marriage
wih you has not paid any cash divi
dends. So it you married Mr. Ethel
as a financial venture, it was a mis
take. You do not state how it has
affected your husband. Perhaps he
had more pocket money and better
clothes before he married than . he
has sincef' Sometimes two people
dolwell in business by themselves,,
but when they go 'into partnership
thy bus higher than a kite, if you
wijl alloy me the full English trans
letion of fan expression which you
might not fully understand if I
should g ye it to you in the original
Roman. " ,
pots 6 ''self-supporting young la
dies have married, and have had to
gojveryl ght on pin money after
that, anc still they do not squeal as
you do, c ear Ethel. They did not
marry fo revenue only. They mar
ried for protection! TThis is a lit
tle! political hon mot wnich I thought
of myself. Some of my best? jokes
this spring are jokes that I thought
of ! myself.) j .
No, Ethel, if you married expect
ing to be a dormant partner during
the day and then go through Mr.
Ethel's pockets at night and declare
a dividend, of course life is full of
bitter, bitter regret and disappoint
ment, j ; ,' . ' '
Of course I want to do what is
right in ihe solemn warning busi
ness, so I will givei notice to all sim
ple'youn women who are now self
supporting and happy that there is
no statute requiring them to assume
the; burdens of wifehood and moth
erhood unless they; prefer to do so.
If they iow haVe abundance of pin
money and new ' clothes they may
remain single if they wish without
violating) the laws of tho land. This
rule is also good when applied to
self-supporting young men who wear
good clothes and have funds in their
pockets. No young man who is
free, happy and independent, need
invest his money in a family or car
ry a! colicky child twenty-seven miles
and two laps in the night unless he
prefers it. But those go into it
with : the right spirit, Ethel, do not
regret it; ' '
I would just as soon tell you, Eth
el, if you will promise that it shall
go no further, that I do not jwear as
good clothes as I did before -I was
married. I don't want t67. My good
clothes have accomplished what ; I.
got them for: I played them for all
they were worth, and since I got
married the idea of wearing clothes
as a vocation has not recurred to
. Please give my kind regards i to
Mr.1 Ethel, and tell him that, altho
I do nots know him, personally, I
cannot help. feeling sorry for him.
'Sound business" piano tuning.
NFV YORK EDITORS.
See a Pantomime and Think Jim-jams.
Buffalo Express.
Two Rochester editors last winter
spent a few days in New York. On
the day of their arrival they dined
together, and after the manner of
Rochester editors when they dine at
all, dined very extensively. The
amount of solid food taken consti
tuted by far the lesser portion of,
their repast. The average was kept
up, however, in the amount of liq
uids consumed. After dinner the
theatre was proposed and the prop-'
osition agreed upon. The two edi
tors were in a state of indifference
as to what particular theatre they
went to, and drifted into the nearest
one. They sat through the first act
and, at its conclusion, simultaneous
ly looked at each other ; each face
wore a puzzled expression. The
senior turned to' the junior and said:
"Billy, you know I think we've had
too much ; I don't understand a
blessed word of this thing," do you?"
"No. Suppose we go out and get
a brandy and soda ?" 1
Out they went, and returned for
the second act. At the end of the.
second act each man, . with ashy
face and trembling lips, admitted to
the other that he was in no better
condition than before. With con
siderable difficulty of enunciation,
the junior proposed that they should
go to their hotel and go to bed.
The next morning they met at
breakfast and compared notes on the
previous evening's experience. After
considerable dead reckoning, they
managed to make out the name of
the theatre they had attended the
evening before". The mystery re
mained as deep as ever; and they
turned to a contemplation of the
morning papers with a feeling 'that
there was something yery wrong in
New York whisky, and that it was
different in its composition from
Rochester beer. At last the senior
looked up from his paper and in
subdued tones said : "Billy, you
will promise never to give it away?"
"Yes," replied Billy. - j
"Well, that was a pantomime we
saw last night." j ' .
Jacob Sherriil. j"
To the Editor of The Lenoir Topic:
My grandfather's brother, Jacob
Sherriil, was born March 20, 1784,
and died March 8, 1831, aged 82
years, 11 months and 19 days.
He lived and died on the planta
tion where his grandson Joseph
Moore now lives, on the Catawba
river, now Catawba county, some 4
or 5 miles from Hickory. His! first
wife was a Miss Lowrance. She had
one child, Henrietta, who married
James Moore, who died Aug. 1st,
1859, aged 91 yearF, 2 months and
25 days. Henrietta was bornFeb.
14th, 1773, aged 70 years, 6 months
and 10 days. j
James and Henrietta Moore j had
12 children, viz: Sarah Moore, who
married William Connelly '; Babel
Moore, whose first j wife; was alFul
wood and whose second was a Wake
field ; John Moore, swho married a
Patton; Mary Moore; who married a
Dizard; Rebecca Moore, who mar
ried Joseph Neal; James Moore, who
married a Ballew; Rachel Moore, who
married a Haggins ; Anna Moore,
who married a Wakefield ; Jacob
Moore, who married Isabella Glass;
Ritta Moore, who married William
Hale; Joseph Moore, who married a
Killian; . and Salina Moore, who
married Daniel Johnson, and who
is the mother of Dr. Johnson, of
Hickory, and Captain Johnson of
Lenoir. Jacob Sherrill's second
wife was Sallie Massey. They had
8 daughters and 1 son, viz : First,
Rebecca Sherriil, who married Wm.
Connelly. They had 12 children,
viz : Jane Connelly, who married
John Kincadi, and who was the
mother of Mrs. Joe Powell and Mrs.
Jackson CorpeningJ Sallie Connelly
married John Fleming Mira Con
nelly married Arch Kincaid ; Henry
Connelly married a Brown; Sherriil
Connelly never married ; Weslev
Connelly married a Kincaid ; Lewis
Connelly married a. Moore ; Alfied ;
Connelly went to Missouri; Pickens
Connelly married a: Hefner ; Susan
Connelly married Caleb Bowman ;
Agnes Connelly married Alex Glass;
Geo. Connelly went to Missouri.
Second, Agnes Sherriil married
Joshua Ballew. They had 14 chil
dren, viz : ; Mahala Ballew married
Middleton Rockett; , Wm. Ballew
went West and was drowned; Eliza-, j
beth Ballew married a Bowman;
Sallie Ballew married Wm. Bowman;
Zenith '- Ballew i married .; Samuel j
Franklin ; George Ballew married a
Cannon; ; James Ballew was killed ;
Madison and Joseph Ballew -went
west; John Ballew married a War
lick; Mira Ballew married a .Low
rance ; : Rebecca j! Ballew , married a
Bowman ; Jane Ballew married a
Swain; 'Hamilton Ballqw married a
Robinson. ' " ' ' J." ' ; ";' : ' ; " :
Third, Catherine Sherriil married
Abner Payne. They had 12 children,
viz ; Sallie Payne married Jacob
Duncan;. Wm. D. Payne married a
Starnej; Wesley Payne married Car
oline Walker; T. Coleman ; Payne
married Sallie Sherriil, (his first
cousin, daughter of Babel Sherriil);
J. v F. Payne ., , married a Dockery ;'
Margaret "Payne peyer married; Ra
chel Payne married John Hays, and
was tho mother of Mrs. Dr. R. L.
Abernethy; Babel Payne married &v
Wittenburg; Rebecca Payne married
Geo.- SheruJl; Elizabeth Payne! mar
ried Dr. C Flowers; Henrietta Payne
married S. P. Hoffman. i
Fourth, Sarah Sherriil married
David Ballew, The'y had 8 1 chil
dren. They moved to Tennessee,
and I have no account of them, j
Fifth Thurzai Sherriil' married
David' Settlemire. He died 'April
20, 1840, iri his 61st year. On his
tombstone at the old family grave
yard, near Joseph Moore's, is the
following curious epitaph, 'which I
try to copy just as it is : I
"I was not in safety, neither had
I rest, neither was I quiet, yetj trou
ble came." ) ; ! .
Thurza, his wife, was born Dec.
; 25, 1788, and died Nor. 5, ' 1862,
aged 73 years, 10 months ; and 10 -days.
They had five childrenJ via i
J. Sherriil . Settlemire married a
Manny;, Henry II. Settlemire mar
ried a Killian; Sallie Settlemire mar
ried Abram Mull; G. S. Settlemire
married Susan Sherriil; Agnes Set
tlemire married Peter Wittenburg.
Sixth, Margaret Sherriil married
Henry Whitener. They had 111 chil
dren, viz : Babel Whitener married
Mary Lentzj Aaron Whitener went,
to Texas; Sallie Whitener nver mar
ried; Mary Whitener married Law
son Hill; David Whitener inarried
Jane Rickert ; Jacob and Lawson
Whitener both died; Ritta Whitener
married Lawson Yount ; Thurza
Whitener married a Whitener; A
nes Whitener I have no account of;
Henry Whitener married a Mull. ' !
Seventh, Mary Sherriil married
Elijah Litten and had only 1 jjhild,
of whom I have no account. ; I '
Eighth, pachel Sherriil married
Finis Stevenson of Alexander fcoun-
ty. They had three childrenJ viz; :
Jacob Sherrjll Stevenson of whom j I
have no account; Eveline Stevenson
married Stdry McLean; Sarah M."
Stevenson married James McOurdy.
Jacob Sherrill's only son, Babel
-Sherriil, married Elizabeth Connel
ly. They had 10 children, j yiz r
Jacob Sherriil married Ann Harris;
John Sherrjill married, first, Sarah
Allen, second, a Woody; Wm. ISher
rill married first, Margaret Allen,
second, a Payne; Babel Sherriil mar
ried Rebecca Harris; Betsy Sherriil
married Rev!. Abram Hays; Jane L.
Sherriil married Joseph Smith; Sal
lie Sherrillj married T. Coleman
Payne, her first cousin ; Joshua Sher
riil married first, a.. Watson, second,
a Watson; Joseph married Sarah A.
Abernethy ;j Babel W. Sherriil mar- ,
ried Amanda Moore. ' 1 ' '
This sketch may not be correct in '
every particular. This is one rea
son for publishing it. I would be.
glad of corrections from any who ,
know. of errors, and who could give
the desired! information. I would
also be glad to get a complete list of ;,
al the ' descend ents of the above
named children and grand children ;
of Jacob Sherriil . down to the pres
ent generations. r L
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