The late Velma (Chaffee) Spangler wrote in a letter, dated 9/9/87, "Uncle Jerry's real name was Lamb. I don't know how or why, but evidently both his parents died. I do know he was adopted by a family named Sherrer and given their name. I think the man (who adopted 'Jerry') was a relative but anymore I am not that sure. At any rate Jerry always considered himself to be a 'real' Sherrer."
This is his birth family.
June 1, 1870 Census. LAMB household.
Morgan County, IL.
Joseph, 36, Farmer, b.England.
Fanny, 37, b.N.Y.
John W., 4, b.IL.
George H., 1 month, b.IL.
Joseph, 2, b.IL.
(His adoptive parents were Jeremiah & Elizabeth Sherrer, his uncle & aunt)
Jerry Sherrer married(1) Nora A. Brigham, dau. of James H. & Alice M. Brigham. She died 2/1/1898 & is buried in Hamlin Cemetery, Brown County. He married(2) Della May Chaffee Mar 26, 1905 in Hiawatha, Ks.
From the Nov 18, 1955 Brown County World:
Jere L. Sherrer, 83, prominent Brown county farmer of the Hamlin community, died in his sleep at the home of his son, Leonard Sherrer, near Hamlin, early Friday morning, Nov 11, 1955. He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. Mrs. Leonard Sherrer of Hamlin; and grandchildren, Judy and Jere Sherrer.
Funeral services will be held from Meek's chapel at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, November 13, by Rev. Norman Lewis of Forrest City, MO. Interment will be at the Mt. Hope cemetery.
This is his birth family.
June 1, 1870 Census. LAMB household.
Morgan County, IL.
Joseph, 36, Farmer, b.England.
Fanny, 37, b.N.Y.
John W., 4, b.IL.
George H., 1 month, b.IL.
Joseph, 2, b.IL.
(His adoptive parents were Jeremiah & Elizabeth Sherrer, his uncle & aunt)
Jerry Sherrer married(1) Nora A. Brigham, dau. of James H. & Alice M. Brigham. She died 2/1/1898 & is buried in Hamlin Cemetery, Brown County. He married(2) Della May Chaffee Mar 26, 1905 in Hiawatha, Ks.
From the Nov 18, 1955 Brown County World:
Jere L. Sherrer, 83, prominent Brown county farmer of the Hamlin community, died in his sleep at the home of his son, Leonard Sherrer, near Hamlin, early Friday morning, Nov 11, 1955. He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. Mrs. Leonard Sherrer of Hamlin; and grandchildren, Judy and Jere Sherrer.
Funeral services will be held from Meek's chapel at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, November 13, by Rev. Norman Lewis of Forrest City, MO. Interment will be at the Mt. Hope cemetery.
The late Velma (Chaffee) Spangler wrote in a letter, dated 9/9/87, "Uncle Jerry's real name was Lamb. I don't know how or why, but evidently both his parents died. I do know he was adopted by a family named Sherrer and given their name. I think the man (who adopted 'Jerry') was a relative but anymore I am not that sure. At any rate Jerry always considered himself to be a 'real' Sherrer."
This is his birth family.
June 1, 1870 Census. LAMB household.
Morgan County, IL.
Joseph, 36, Farmer, b.England.
Fanny, 37, b.N.Y.
John W., 4, b.IL.
George H., 1 month, b.IL.
Joseph, 2, b.IL.
(His adoptive parents were Jeremiah & Elizabeth Sherrer, his uncle & aunt)
Jerry Sherrer married(1) Nora A. Brigham, dau. of James H. & Alice M. Brigham. She died 2/1/1898 & is buried in Hamlin Cemetery, Brown County. He married(2) Della May Chaffee Mar 26, 1905 in Hiawatha, Ks.
From the Nov 18, 1955 Brown County World:
Jere L. Sherrer, 83, prominent Brown county farmer of the Hamlin community, died in his sleep at the home of his son, Leonard Sherrer, near Hamlin, early Friday morning, Nov 11, 1955. He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. Mrs. Leonard Sherrer of Hamlin; and grandchildren, Judy and Jere Sherrer.
Funeral services will be held from Meek's chapel at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, November 13, by Rev. Norman Lewis of Forrest City, MO. Interment will be at the Mt. Hope cemetery.
This is his birth family.
June 1, 1870 Census. LAMB household.
Morgan County, IL.
Joseph, 36, Farmer, b.England.
Fanny, 37, b.N.Y.
John W., 4, b.IL.
George H., 1 month, b.IL.
Joseph, 2, b.IL.
(His adoptive parents were Jeremiah & Elizabeth Sherrer, his uncle & aunt)
Jerry Sherrer married(1) Nora A. Brigham, dau. of James H. & Alice M. Brigham. She died 2/1/1898 & is buried in Hamlin Cemetery, Brown County. He married(2) Della May Chaffee Mar 26, 1905 in Hiawatha, Ks.
From the Nov 18, 1955 Brown County World:
Jere L. Sherrer, 83, prominent Brown county farmer of the Hamlin community, died in his sleep at the home of his son, Leonard Sherrer, near Hamlin, early Friday morning, Nov 11, 1955. He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. Mrs. Leonard Sherrer of Hamlin; and grandchildren, Judy and Jere Sherrer.
Funeral services will be held from Meek's chapel at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, November 13, by Rev. Norman Lewis of Forrest City, MO. Interment will be at the Mt. Hope cemetery.
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