John B SHERM

John B. SHERM
Name & Page Number (as posted on index page) Sherm, John 677 Sherm, John B. 677 JOHN B. SHERM John B. SHERM. It is somewhat seldom that the characteristics of a thorough farmer and a successful business man are found united, but that this combination exists in the case of John B. Sherm, of Chalfont, all his neighbors can testify. Mr. Sherm is a grandson of John Sherm, a native of Germany, who spent his entire life in the fatherland. John Sherm, son of John Sherm before mentioned, was born in 1806 in Germany, and in 1823 emigrated to the United States. He settled at Plymouth, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, and in a few years moved to Fretz’s Mill, Bucks county, where he learned the milling trade with Mark Fretz, and afterward followed it for six years. He then settled on a farm in New Britain township and devoted the remainder of his life to agricultural pursuits. In politics he adhered to the Democratic party. He was a member of the Lutheran church and for twelve years was a member of the church council. His wife was Barbara Rickert, and they were the parents of two sons: William H., and John B., mentioned at length hereinafter. Both Mr. and Mrs. Sherm were zealous in good works and possessed, as they deserved, the sincere respect and cordial regard o all their neighbors. John B. Sherm, son of John and Barbara (Rickert) Sherm, was born September 2, 1844, in New Britain township, where he was reared on the paternal farm, in the labors of which he was from boyhood trained to assist. He attended the old Clymer schoolhouse on the Messenger farm. This building, stored with associations for so many of the inhabitants of Bucks county, has since been torn down. Mr. Sherm has been a lifelong farmer and has reaped the success which comes from practical ability and long experience. In connection with his agricultural pursuits he carries on the produce commission business, having a flourishing trade and shipping goods from Lansdale to Philadelphia. His political affiliations are with the Republicans, and he is a member of St. Peter’s Lutheran church at Hilltown. Mr. Sherm married, May 27, 1861, Caroline, daughter of Jacob and Lydia (Snyder) Savacool, and they are the parents of the following children: 1. Minerva, who was born September 16, 1866, and became the wife of Henry Hetrick. 2. Wilhelmina, born May 31, 1868, married Samuel Campbell, and is the mother of two children, Irene and Willie. 3. Harvey S., born December 1, 1870. 4. Jacob S., born October 26, 1872, and married Christian Mull. He and his wife are both deceased, leaving three children—John George, Sylva and Minerva. 5. Martha, born Jul 7, 1875, and is now deceased. 6. J. Frank, born July 4, 1878, married Amy Cassel. 7. M. Elizabeth, born January 22, 1881. 8. William S., born August 19, 1886. Text taken from page 677 of: Davis, William W.H., A.M. History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania [New York-Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1905] Volume III Transcribed Aug 2008 by Thera; tsh@harborside.com; as part of the Bucks Co., Pa., Early Family Project, http://pagenweb.org/~bucks/biographies/bucksindex.html Published Sept 2008 on the Bucks County, Pa., USGenWeb pages at http://pagenweb.org/~bucks



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John B. SHERM