This post was contributed to the Crawford County Chapter of OGS by Kristina Stearley as part of the Florence Siefert Scrapbook in 2010.
The scrapbook is compiled from undated, unidentified newspaper clippings involving events in the lives of Crawford County citizens living in or having connections to New Washington, Tiro, Shelby, Sulphur Springs, Chatfield, Bucyrus, Ashland, Mansfield, and other areas. Only minimal spelling or punctuation corrections were made. Unreadable areas are shown by underlines, dots &/or question marks. This collection has been scanned, “optical character recognized” (OCR’d), proofed, then coded for HTML by volunteers of the Crawford County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society. Since the copies are not of the best quality errors may have been made. Please contact us if you find corrections needing to be made or can verify any missing dates which could be added.
Death of Adam Sherer.
Adam Sherer, one of the early settlers of this county, died Saturday morning at 8 o’clock at his country home near Gallon. For some time past he has suffered from the prevailing epidemic. Saturday morning he stepped into an adjoining room to get a drink of water when he was stricken down with apoplexy. His death was instantaneous. The funeral took place Tuesday at 10 o’clock from the Sherer church.
The deceased was identified with the pioneer history of Crawford county, having located in Whetstone township over fifty years ago. He was born in 1812 in Pennsylvania. His father after his removal to this state became a soldier of the war of 1812 under Gen. Harrison, and was, for a number of years, the captain of a company of militia. The deceased was married in 1835 to Miss Nancy Clemens, of Stark county, who died in 1850. She was the mother of seven children two of whom, Wllliam and Abraham, are living and reside on the road between this city and Gallon. He was again married in 1851 to Hannah Clark who with a daughter, Mrs. Isaac Laughbaum, survive him. In politics Adam Sherer was a republican, in religion a Lutheran. He began life a poor boy and died leaving a competency for his family and a memory that will be revered by a large circle of relatives and friends.
The remains of Adam Sherer, whose sudden death occurred Saturday at his home in Whetstone, were laid to rest Tuesday in the presence of a large assembly of relatives and sympathizing friends and neighbors. Among those who attended the funeral were Washington Sherer and daughter, Mrs. Lake, of Mapleton, Stark county; ex-Sheriff Charles E. Schuler and wife, of Upper Sandusky; Marshal Schuler, B. F. Schuler, Samuel Schriver, brother of the deceased’s wife, J. H. Myers and Aaron Hancock. of Bucyrus. Besides the three children who survive the deceased there are thirty-two grand- children and five great-grand-children.
