SAMUEL H. SHERLOCK OBITUARY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Submitted by: Nancy Eich Kayser Email: lrkayser@netins.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Files may be printed or copied for Personal use only. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAPT. SHERLOCK - An Old Citizen, Dies At Ft. Smith, Arkansas. The following is taken from the Fort Smith Daily News Record and is in reference to Samuel H. Sherlock, formerly of this county. (Obit was reprinted from the Holmes County Ohio Farm _______. Capt. S. H. (Samuel Henry) Sherlock ended an extensive and useful career at his residence on North Sixth street, Saturday morning, March 18, 1905, at 7:40, when his soul went to meet its Maker. The end was peaceful and came after many months of continued suffering. For a number of hours before his death, Mr. Sherlock was in a comatose condition, recognizing none of those about his bedside. Capt. Sherlock has been failing for several years and it was known for several days before his death that he could not live very much longer. The death of Capt. Sherlock removes one of the most prominent and useful citizens from the midst of Fort Smith citizens. He was born in Ohio 76 years ago and lived in that state until after the Civil War. He attended to the duties of assisting his parents, until he had finished his primary school education, when he went to Jefferson College in Pennsylvania, where he graduated with honor in a class of law. After his graduation, Capt. Sherlock returned to Ohio and practiced his profesion. He made a success in his chosen field and was building up a large practice, when the Civil War broke out. He then enlisted with the Union army as a private and fought through the entire war, coming out with the rank of captain. Capt. Sherlock took part in many of the most important battles of the war, and nothing pleased him more than to get with a number of Friends in this city who had been upon the other side, and talk with them of the battles in which they had participated. After the close of the war, Capt. Sherlock returned to his old home in Ohio and began the arduous labors of regaining his practice. Within a few months he decided that there was a remunerative field in the newspaper work and entered that work. Capt. Sherlock did not stay in the newspaper business long and abandoned it for practice of his profession. About that time he met and married Mrs. Sherlock, who survives the deceased. The young couple then moved to Dent County, Missouri, where Mr. Sherlock took up the practice of his profession and within a few years he was honored with the election to the county attorneyship. As soon as his term of office expired, Mr. Sherlock was an aspirant for the seat in the legislature from that county, and his ambitions were realized. After serving one term in the legislature Mr. Sherlock retired from politics and came to Fort Smith, arriving here in 1884. As soon as he came to Fort Smith Mr. Sherlock went into the abstract office of George H. Lyman and a year later became a partner in the firm, taking charge of the abstract business. These business relations were maintained until 1896, when the firm dissolved and Mr. Sherlock established for himself, which he attended to personally until a few months before his death. Capt. Sherlock was one of the best read men in the city. He was posted upon all topics, whether they are of medieval history or topics of the present day. He was an exceedingly charitable man and many people of the city can testify to his acts of kind heartedness. He was a broad-gauged business man strong of personality, cultivated, practical and selfdirecting, and a person any one would profit by coming in contact with. For over five years Capt. Sherlock's health was failing. The decline came when he went to Ohio several years ago to visit his mother, who was then more than ninety years of age. On the way he was in a railroad wreck, receiving injuries from which he suffered until his death. Mr. Sherlock was practically an invalid after that time and although he spent a great deal of his time in his office, he was never a well man. Besides the bereaved wife, two children survive Capt. Sherlock. They are Mrs. J. D. Southard and Will P. Sherlock. Will Sherlock is in the employe of the government in the horticultural department at Manila, P. I., and cannot reach the city to attend the funeral. The funeral will take place from the First Presbyterian church Sunday afternoon, at 2:40, Rev. McKay officiating. After services at the church, the remains will be taken care of by the Masonic fraternity, which will conduct the services at the grave, at the city cemetery. Capt. Sherlock was an enthusiastic member of the G.A.R. of this city and the post will attend his funeral this afternoon. Many elaborate floral offerings were sent to the residence of the deceased on Saturday afternoon, and the attendance at the funeral is expected to be as large as at any funeral which ever took place in the city, on account of the prominence of the deceased. (Submitted by Nancy Eich Kayser. e-mail: lrkayser@netins.net)