BIOGRAPHY: Wallace SHERBINE, Cambria County, PA 

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From Wiley, Samuel T., ed. Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Cambria 
County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Union Publishing Co., 1896, p. 335-6
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WALLACE SHERBINE, a sucessful merchant of Wilmore, and a descendant of 
Revolutionary ancestors, is a son of Philip and Elizabeth (Mullholland) 
Sherbine, and was born in Summerhill township, Cambria county, Pennsylvania, 
January 30, 1868. He was reared on the farm, received his education in the 
public schools, and at twenty years of age engaged in the general mercantile 
business at Wilmore, under the firm name of Robertson & Sherbine. A year later, 
in 1889, he purchased Mr. Robertson's interest, and since then has conducted a 
very successful business. He carries a large stock of general merchandise, 
handles all kinds of agricultural implements, and has an extensive and 
remunerative trade.
     Mr. Sherbine is an active and energetic republican, who always supports the 
principles and platform of his party. He has held different local offices, and 
is now tax collector and a member of the school board of the borough of Wilmore. 
He was appointed postmaster by President Harrison in 1889, and served until 
1893, when he was succeeded by a democrat, upon the Democratic party coming into 
power. He is a member and one of the present trustees of the United Brethren 
church, in whose work and progress he takes an active interest. Mr. Sherbine is 
a member of Wilmore Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Wilmore Council, 
No. 192; junior Order of United American Mechanics; and of the Order of Chosen 
Friends. Mr. Sherbine is an industrious, intelligent, hard-working man of 
business, who has improved every good opportunity, and thus secured an ample 
measure of success.
     On April 14, 1891, Wallace Sherbine was united in marriage with Alice 
Shaffer, whose father, Christian Shaffer, is a resident of Summerhill township. 
To their union have been born three children: Clarence, who died in infancy; 
Lura; and John, who died at three months of age.
     The Sherbine family is of that German race whose many sterling qualities 
have made its members the best of citizens. Daniel Sherbine came from Germany 
and served in the Revolutionary war. His son, Daniel, Jr., was a miller by 
trade, and in the first half of the present century removed from Luzerne county 
to the southern part of Cambria. He followed milling, and later in life 
purchased and tilled a farm, on which he died in 1884, aged seventy-four years. 
Of his sons, one was Philip, the father of Wallace Sherbine, whose name appears 
at the head of this sketch. Philip Sherbine was born on the old Frankstown road, 
near Johnstown. He was reared on the farm, attended the district schools, and 
followed farming up to the time of his death. He died June 17, 1892. His farm 
was in Summerhill township, near Wilmore. He served in the late Civil War.
     Philip Sherbine was a whig and republican in politics, and held various 
township offices, being a school director for many years. He was a consistent 
member of the United Brethren church, of which he was a steward and trustee at 
the time of his death. He took an active part in political matters and religious 
affairs, and was well respected in his community. He was a good soldier, and 
held membership in the Grand Army of the Republic.
     He married Elizabeth Mullholland, whose father, Robert Mullholland, was of 
Irish descent. To their union were born four children, three sons and one 
daughter: Wallace, Cora, Chauncey, and Alvin. The Sherbines have always been 
patriotic, and the military records of his grandfather in the Revolution, and of 
his father in the Civil War, are ones of which Wallace Sherbine has reason to be 
proud.