Martin O. Sherrick and Caroline Gongawere

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Husband Martin O. Sherrick ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 15 Mar 1840 - Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
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         Father: Abraham Sherrick (      -1870) 1 3 4
         Mother: Anna Overholt (1804-1855/1905) 4 5

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   Other Spouse: Margaret Nicely (      -      ) 6

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Wife Caroline Gongawere ⁶

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         Father: Jacob Gongawere (      -      ) 6
         Mother: Elizabeth [Unk] (      -      ) 6

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General Notes: Husband - Martin O. Sherrick

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He was educated in the common schools of his native place, and early in life turned his attention to farming, which occupation he followed exclusively until about 1885, after which time he was engaged with the H. C. Frick and Empire Coal and Coke Works. He was a member of the Church of God.

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

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 64.

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

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

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 65.