Lake County IN Archives Biographies.....Sherart, Frank P. 1836 - 
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Author: T. H. Ball (1904)

FRANK P. SHERART.

    When the tocsin of war sounded in 1861 and men from all stations and walks
of life flocked to the standard of the country to uphold the Union cause, Frank
P. Sherart was among the number who donned the blue uniform and went to the
south in defense of the nation's starry banner, and in all matters of
citizenship he has been equally loyal even though he has not worn the dress of
the soldier. A native of Erie county, Ohio, he was born on the 28th of December,
1836, and is a representative of an old Pennsylvania family of German lineage.
His father, George Sherart, was born in Pennsylvania in 1800 and in 1809
accompanied his parents on their removal to Erie county, Ohio, where he was
reared, educated and married. He then located on a farm, removing afterward to
Allegan county, Michigan, where he lived until 1853, when he came to Lake
county, Indiana. He located in the southern part of this county and spent his
remaining days upon his farm in West Creek township, where he died at the age of
sixty-three years. He was a Whig in his political affiliation in early manhood,
and upon the dissolution of that party he joined the ranks of the new Republican
party. His religious faith was indicated by his membership in the Presbyterian
church. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Mary Cuddeback, was born in New
York in 1799 and died in 1892 at the very advanced age of ninety-three years.
She was of Holland descent. In the family of Mr. and Mrs. George Sherart were
seven children, three sons and four daughters, all of whom reached adult age.

    Frank P. Sherart, now well known in Lowell and Lake county, was the fifth
child and third son of that family. He came to Lake county in 1854, when but
seventeen or eighteen years of age. His education was acquired in the public
schools of Michigan, Ohio and Indiana, and about 1858 he went from the last
named state to Caldwell county, Missouri, where he was engaged in teaching in
the district schools for four terms. About 1861 he returned to Lake county and
began farming in West Creek township, but the same year he responded to his
country's call for aid to preserve the Union, enlisting as a member of Company
B, Twentieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He served as a private of that company
for two years and was then honorably discharged on account of physical
disability. He returned to his home, but as soon as he had sufficiently
recovered his health he re-enlisted, this time becoming a member of Company C,
One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He joined the regiment
as a private and was afterward commissioned second lieutenant of Company C, with
which he served for three months, after which he returned to Indianapolis,
Indiana. His next enlistment made him a member of Company K, One Hundred and
Forty-second Indiana Infantry, but though he joined this command as a private he
was soon made second lieutenant and was afterward promoted to the rank of
adjutant of the regiment. He served until after the close of the war when, in
July, 1865, he was honorably discharged. He was a brave and loyal soldier and
gallant officer and he never faltered in the performance of any duty throughout
his military experience.

    On returning to private life Mr. Sherart engaged in farming in West Creek
township, Lake county, but in 1865 removed to Lowell, where he began
merchandizing, carrying on that pursuit for a number of years. He was also for
several years engaged in contracting and bridge building, but is now living
retired, having acquired a competence which enables him to put aside his
business cares and spend his remaining days in the enjoyment of the fruits of
his former toil.

    On the 23d of September, 1868, Mr. Sherart was united in marriage to Miss
Sarah Craft, a daughter of H. W. and Mary R. (Beach) Craft, who came from
Fredericktown, Knox county, Ohio, to Lake county, Indiana, in March, 1857. They
settled at Crown Point. The Craft family traces its ancestry back to 1050. About
that time the spelling of the name was changed from Croft to its present form.
H. W. Craft, the father of Mrs. Sherart, was a miller and millwright by trade
and built a mill at Crown Point and also one at Lowell. He also became a large
landowner and was prominent and influential in industrial circles in this part
of the state. To him and his wife were born seven children, two sons and five
daughters, of whom Mrs. Sherart is the third child and third daughter. By her
marriage she has become the mother of two children: Maude, the elder, is the
wife of Theodore Henry, who is assistant manager of the Denver Republic,
published at Denver, Colorado, and they have one son, Sherart, who is now four
months old. Charles, the younger child, is an electrician located at Hammond,
Indiana.

    Mr. Sherart has voted for each presidential candidate of the Republican
party since casting his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln in i860. He
has been a trustee of the town of Lowell, but has never been very active in
seeking public office, preferring to do his duty as a private citizen. His
business interests have largely claimed his time and attention, and through
their careful  conduct he has eventually won a very gratifying measure of
prosperity.


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ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF
Genealogy and Biography
OF
LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA,
WITH A COMPENDIUM OF HISTORY 
1834—1904

A Record of the Achievements of Its People in the Making of a Commonwealth and
the Founding of a Nation.

REV. T. H. BALL
OF CROWN POINT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO   NEW YORK
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1904


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