Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Sterrett, Samuel W. 1849 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

SAMUEL W. STERRETT.

   The gentleman whose name appears above is one of the prominent citizens of
Rock Creek township and is the father of a large and well-known family.

   Samuel W. Sterrett, farmer, Rockfield, Indiana, was born on February 12,
1849, on the old Wilson farm on the banks of the Wabash river, in Rock Creek
township, and is a son of James and Elizabeth (Wilson) Sterrett. He was reared
on the home farm and attended the public schools at Logansport, Indiana. Mr.
Sterrett has always been a prosperous and well-to-do agriculturist, and is the
present proprietor of the famous "Water Melon Farm," consisting of one hundred
and sixty acres, situated three and a half miles north of Rockfield, on route
No. 1. He is an earnest Republican, but has never taken any part in politics.
Fraternally, he is a member of Mt. Zion Lodge No. 211, Free and Accepted Masons,
and is a large stockholder in the telephone company and the elevators at Rockfield.

   James Sterrett, father of Samuel W., was born in 1823 or 1824, in Juniata
county, Pennsylvania, and came to Indiana when a young man. At the time of his
marriage he had but little money, but at once began teaching school, and soon
saved enough for living expenses. His wife fell heir to a good tract of land,
and after some time they moved to Wyoming, where Mr. Sterrett lives, at the
advanced age of over ninety years. He was united in marriage with Elizabeth
Wilson, daughter of William Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. Sterrett moved to Wyoming,
which was then a territory, Mrs. Sterrett dying there in 1912. They were the
parents of nine children, six of whom were living in 1915—Samuel W.; Charles is
a civil engineer in Wyoming; David lives in Washington township, Carroll county;
Lawrence is in Wyoming; Frank makes his home in California, and Etta is the wife
of Ed Parish, of Monticello, Indiana. William Wilson, the maternal grandfather,
donated one hundred acres of land for the county seat of Carroll county in 1828.

   Samuel W. Sterrett was united in marriage, February 28, 1878, with Jennie
Clark, daughter of Samuel and Jennie (Johns) Clark. She was born on March 13,
1860, in Cass county, and was educated in the district schools. Mr. and Mrs.
Sterrett are the parents of one of the largest families in Carroll county,
consisting of thirteen children—Lewis, Morgan, Floyd, Maude, Judson, Ruby and
Pearl, twins; Icie, Gillard, Charles B., Jennie, Vance and Ruth.

   Lewis Sterrett is a mechanic and electrician of Terre Haute, Indiana; Morgan
is a successful lawyer and lecturer, and lives at Willcot, Indiana; Floyd is
established in a successful law practice at Lafayette, Indiana; Maude became the
wife of William Moore, and lives in Ontario, Canada; Judson follows farming in
Carroll county; Ruby and Pearl are both married, the former living at Lafayette,
and the latter in Rock Creek township; Icie Sterrett is the wife of George
Moran, and lives in Ontario, Canada; Gillard is an expert mechanic; Charles
follows agriculture.

   Mr. Sterrett has the confidence and respect of the entire community, and is a
man of splendid personality.


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Biographical Section of
HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana

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