Shawnee County KS Archives Biographies.....Sherer, A. W. 1878 - 
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Author: James L. King (1905)

A. W. SHERER.

    A. W. SHERER, who has been connected for some years with the auditing office
of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company at Topeka, has been a
resident of the State since the age of seven years. He was born in Strafford
County, New Hampshire, September 20, 1878, and is a son of Charles G. and Flora
A. (Craig) Sherer.

    Mr. Sherer comes of Revolutionary stock on the maternal side, and his
grandmother Craig, who resides with her daughter, Mrs. Charles G. Sherer, is a
cousin to one of the noted military men of that day. Charles G. Sherer was born
April 30, 1845, in Deering, New Hampshire, and was educated in the schools of
that locality. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he determined, although opposed
by his parents, to become a soldier, and finally became a member of Company D,
Seventh Reg., New Hampshire Vol. Cav., in which he served from 1861 to 1863,
taking part as a member of this regiment in the famous Wilson raid. In the
spring of 1864 he reenlisted in Company C, First Reg., New Hampshire Vol. Cav.,
and served until the close of the war, being honorably discharged July 12, 1865.
His father, who was also in the service, died of ship fever and was buried at sea.

    After the close of the war, Charles G. Sherer returned to New Hampshire and
learned the carpenter's trade and then spent one season in New Mexico in the
employ of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company. In 1886 he came to
Topeka and joined his family, who were established at Oakland, and continued to
work at his trade. He has served in office in Topeka, having been street
commissioner and road overseer under Mayor Bingham. He is a member of Topeka
Post, No. 71, G. A. R. of which he is past commander, and is also a member of
the Sons of Veterans and of the Knights and Ladies of Security. He is a member
of the Protestant Episcopal Church.

    On June 11, 1873, in Lowell, Massachusetts, Charles G. Sherer was married to
Flora A. Craig, and they have had four sons, three of whom still survive: A. W.,
Frank G. and Albert. Frank G. is a veteran of the Spanish-American War. He
served in Troop B, 15th United States Cavalry, in the Philippine Islands for two
years, being then discharged on account of disability.

    In 1886 A. W. Sherer came to Kansas with his mother and maternal
grandmother. After completing a good common-school education, he received a
certificate from the Oakland School, being then about 14 years old. For a time
he worked in a nursery and then in a grocery adjacent to the woolen mill in
Oakland. On May 15, 1898, he entered the employ of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe Railway Company, in the passenger department; beginning as ticket boy in the
auditor's office, he has climbed to his present position through his own
efforts. He has always been interested in military matters and has served seven
years in the Kansas National Guard, entering as a private and now ranking as
chief musician and quartermaster sergeant in the local company. He has the honor
of being division commander of the Sons of Veterans of the Division of Kansas.
He is eligible to membership in the Sons of the American Revolution. His
fraternal connections include membership in Orient Lodge, No. 51, A. F. & A. M.;
the Knights and Ladies of Security; Calla Division, No. 8, Uniform Rank, Knights
of Pythias; and Modern Woodmen of America, in which he has served as assistant
chief forester under Chief Forester L. N. Penwell, of Topeka. He has served as
assistant marshal of Oakland under Deputy Sheriff Wilson and Sheriff Lucas.

    Mr. Sherer was married December 25, 1901, to Marie Belle Duree, of Shawnee
County, and they have a bright little daughter of eight months bearing the name
of Frances Arvilla, named for her paternal great-grandmother and grandmother and
her maternal grandmother. Mr. Sherer is preparing a very cosy home at Oakland
where he has lately invested in some very desirable property and now owns some
six lots in the town, including a fine orchard.

    Mr. Sherer is one of the active Republicans of Topeka and does his full
share in furthering the interests of the party in Oakland. Both he and his wife
belong to the Presbyterian Church.


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HISTORY OF SHAWNEE COUNTY, KANSAS
AND
REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS

EDITED AND COMPILED BY
JAMES L. KING
TOPEKA, KANSAS 

"History is Philosophy Teaching by Examples"

PUBLISHED BY
RICHMOND & ARNOLD,
GEORGE RICHMOND; C. R. ARNOLD.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,
1905.

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