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Note: Extract from " The Story of the Sherman Brigade " by Wilbur F. Hinman, Lt. Colonel - Sixty-Fifth Regiment of the Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry. Published by the author in Alliance, Ohio - 1897 "William Schearer enlisted as a private for a 3 year term and was mustered into Company H of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry on Nov. 20, 1861. He was appointed Corporal on July 29, 1864 during the siege of Altanta, Ga. and on Feb. 1, 1865, he was promoted to Sergeant. William served until December 3, 1865, when he was mustered out with the company." William Sherer-Enlistment Date: 20 November 1861 DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Side Served: Union State Served: Ohio Unit Numbers: 1901 1901 Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 20 November 1861 at the age of 20 Enlisted in Company H, 64th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 20 November 1861. Promoted to Full Corporal on 29 July 1864 Promoted to Full Sergeant on 01 February 1865 Mustered out Company H, 64th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 03 December 1865 in Victoria, TX Source Information: Historical Data Systems, comp. Military Records of Individual Civil War Soldiers. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com 1900 US Census, Monroe Twp, Henry, Ohio Sherer, William, 58, Dec 1841, mar 32 years, b. Pa, father b. Pa, mother b. Germany German, farmer Sarah, wife, 52, Feb 1848, 6 children, 5 living, b. Oh, father b. NY, mother b. Pa Archer O, son, Sep 1888, 11, Ohio, PA, OH, at school Hacker?, Dewitt S., grandson, Feb 1887, 12, OH, OH, OH, at school 1910 US Census, Chesterfield Twp, Fulton, Ohio Sherer, William, 68, married once, 42 years, Pa, Pa, Germany German, farmer Sarah E, wife, 61, married once, 42 years, Ohio, Ohio, Ohio Archer O., son, 21, single, Oho, PA, Ohio, farmer Heacock, Etta M., daughter, 41, divorce 1 child 1 child living, Ohio, Pa, Ohio, own income 1920 US Census, City of Monroe, 3rd Precinct, Monroe, MI Raymo, Frank, 49, Mich, Canada (French), Canada (French), stationary engineer, Implant Co. Jennie, wife, 44, Ohio, PA, Ohio Leo, son, 26, Mich, Mich, Mich, core maker, foundry Marion, daughter, 20, Mich, Mich, Mich, no occupation Helen, daughter, 12, Mich, Mich, Mich Sherer, William, father, 78, widowed, PA, Pa, Germany German no occupation Monroe Evening News, 23 May 1921, page 1, col 6 "WILLIAM SCHERER DIED SUNDAY William Scherer, age 79, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Frank Raymo, 719 East Fourth street, Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Mr. Scherer was a Civil war veteran and moved from Wauseon, Ohio, two years ago, to make his home, with his daughter. The Knights of Pythias, of which the deceased was a member, will hold services at the home Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, after which the remains will be taken to Wauseon, where services and burial will take place Wednesday. Besides Mrs. Ramo (sic), the deceased leaves four other children." Wauseon Union Cemetery - Section S Row 2S SHERER. Sarah E. (NWRC) 1849 - 1919 SHERER. William GAR 1841 - 1921 from Fulton County Tribune, Wauseon, Ohio, June 2, 1921 WILLIAM SHERER William Sherer who passed into rest from the home of his daughter, Mrs. Frank Raymo, in Monroe, Michigan on Sunday May 22nd, was born in Harrisburg, Penn., December 1, 1841; he had attained the age of seventy-nine years, five months and ten days. He was the son of Peter and Elizabeth Sherer; one of a family of nine children; the entire family have preceded him in death. February 11, 1868 he was united in marriage to Sarah Feighner who died September 9th 1919 after a long and tedious illness. To this union where born six children, five of whom are living to bless the memory of faithful, loving father and mother, Mrs. Tillie Howell, of Superior, Wis.; Mrs. Jennie Raymo, of Monroe, Mich; Mrs. Anna Parsons, of Superior, Wis.; William of St. Louis, Mo.; and Archer of Defiance, Ohio. Charles, another son, died in infancy. Besides these children he leaves four grand children and three great grandchildren. He enlisted in Company H, 64th Regiment O.V.I. at Mansfield, Ohio November 1861 and was discharged from the Service as a Sergeant, December 3rd, 1865, by reason of peace having been declared. Confirmed in childhood in the German Reformed Church, he united in 1884 with the Presbyterian church of Holgate, Ohio of which church he remained a member to the time of his decease. He was also a member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge of Monroe, Michigan. For a number of years he has been a member of Losure Post G.A.R.; on removing to Monroe he took his transfer from Losure Post but on account of poor health he was never able to present it to the G.A.R. post of Monroe. When the Civil War was upon the Nation; though young in years he was found ready to serve his country and his Flag; marching with the "Boys in Blue" on that famous march from "Atlanta to the Sea," never quitting until the surrender of Lee. The casket containing Mr. Sherer's remains after services held in Monroe, was brought to the Edgar VanRensselaer undertaking rooms on Tuesday May 24th and on Wednesday afternoon escorted by his comrades of Losure Post the casket was taken to the Methodist church where Rev. S.R. Dunham and Frank E. Kenyon conducted funeral services. Wauseon Lodge No. 156 Knights of Pythias committed the casket to its last resting place in Wauseon cemetery with the beautiful ritual of that order."
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