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Sherer, Sylvester. - In the year 1826, Robert Sherer and his wife, Elizabeth Smith, having then only one child,
Louisa, a year and a half old, found their way westward through the then almost unknown wilderness, to the place
now known as Sherer's Corners, though then miles from any road. Here they cleared a spot, constructed a cabin and
established a home, which they occupied till removed by death. In the years that followed there were born to them
seven other children: Mary, Sarah, who died in infancy, Lewisa, Daniel, Robert and Betsey (twins), and Sylvester.
Soon after the birth of the last child the wife and mother died, but the father lived to see the seven children
grown to manhood and womanhood, himself surrounded by grandchildren, the wilderness turned into orchard and garden,
and " made to blossom as the rose. At present there are only three of the immediate family living - Louisa,
Robert, and Sylvester, who owns and occupies the homestead, he having married Mary Jane Irvin, after serving his
country nearly three years, during the Civil war. He enlisted in the 141st Regt. N. Y. State Vols., and was with
them in each of the fifteen actions in which they were engaged. Some of the most noted were Lookout Mountain, Missionary
Ridge, Culp 's Farm, and Peach Tree Creek, in which he was wounded on July 20, 1864. On July 20, 1895, a reunion
was given to the surviving members of Co. H, of the 141st Regt. of which Mr. Sherer was a member, by himself and
family consisting of his wife and daughter, Bettie, they having buried their son Irvin in the year 1878, at the
age of eleven years. Mr. Sherer is a Republican in politics, a member of the G. A. R. Abram Allen Post No. 194
Canisteo, N. Y., and with the family belongs to the M. E. church. In the winter of 1860-61 a religious revival
swept this part of the country with the result of the forming of the 2d M. E. Society of the town and the erecting
of a church edifice, which in 1890, was remodeled and enlarged. It stands upon ground contributed to the society
by Robert Sherer who also paid largely toward the first erection, and is connected with fine cemetery grounds also
donated by him to the society and where his remains now rest.
From:
Landmarks of Steuben County, New York
Edited by: Hon. Harlo Hakes
Assisted by: L. C. Aldrich and others
D. Mason & Co., Publishers
Syracuse, N. Y. 1896
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