Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Alexander Conn Sherrard and Elizabeth Cooper Pollock




Husband Alexander Conn Sherrard 1

            AKA: Alexander Sharrard 2
           Born: 28 Dec 1852 - Dunbar Twp, Fayette Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1939
         Buried: 


         Father: Thomas Guthridge Sherrard (1824-1874) 3
         Mother: Mary Ann Henderson (1830-1910) 3


       Marriage: 26 Aug 1875 3



Wife Elizabeth Cooper Pollock 2 3

           Born: 15 Feb 1853 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Jan 1906 3
         Buried: 


         Father: Rev. David H. Pollock (1823-Aft 1889) 4
         Mother: Elizabeth McMillan (      -1853) 2




Children
1 F Margaret Jane Sherrard 3

           Born: 28 Jan 1877 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Austin A. Frazee (      -      ) 3


2 M Thomas Guthrie Sherrard 3

           Born: 23 May 1879 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Mar 1882 3
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


3 M David Pollock Sherrard 3

           Born: 23 Dec 1880 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Apr 1881 3
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


4 F Mary Ann Sherrard 3

           Born: 27 Jan 1882 3
     Christened: 
           Died: Apr 1931 - Dormont, Allegheny Co, PA 3
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Rev. A. H. Gettman (      -      ) 3


5 M John Core Sherrard 3

           Born: 24 Apr 1883 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Helen Quay (      -      ) 3


6 M William Johnson Sherrard 3

           Born: 10 Jan 1885 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Jessie Lambie (      -      ) 3


7 M James Espey Sherrard 3




           Born: 21 Feb 1887 - Fayette Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Pauline Le Vaughn Watson (1891-      ) 5
           Marr: 21 Jun 1911 5


8 M Jacob Henderson Sherrard 5

           Born: 21 Jul 1889 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Mary McConnell (      -      ) 5


9 F Elizabeth Pollock Sherrard 5

           Born: 8 Apr 1891 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



10 F Nancy Eleanor Sherrard 5

           Born: 6 Apr 1895 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 




General Notes: Husband - Alexander Conn Sherrard


He was born in Dunbar Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in a log cabin, later the site of Juniata mine shaft. He attended the Sandy Hollow school, in his native township, and for two years after his father's death he cultivated the home farm, later adding to the property by purchase. He was a prominent Democrat and a leading business man, as well as the owner of valuable coal lands in Greene and Washington counties. He was a director of the Washington Coal and Coke Company, the Washington Run Railroad Company, the First National Bank of Dawson, the Union National Bank of West Side (Connellsville), the Cochran Coal Company (Morgantown, West Virginia), and the Little Kanawha Coal Company of West Virginia (of which he was also president). He later lived in retirement at his home, No. 111 Fayette Street, Uniontown.

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Sources


1 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 63, 174.

2 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 289.

3 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 63.

4 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 288, 412.

5 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 64.


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