Posted on: PaloAlto County Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/PaloAltoObits/10638 Surname: Sherlock, Eagan, Hartnett, Harvey, Joyce, Burke ------------------------- Emmetsburg Thursday Reporter, May 20, 1943 James Sherlock Dies Saturday James E. Sherlock, well known resident of Ayrshire, died at his home there Saturday. Funeral services were held Monday forenoon in Sacred Heart church at Ayrshire, with the Rev. Leo McCoy officiating. The pallbearers, all nehews, were W. F. Eagan, George Hartnett, A. L. Harvey, John Joyce, Len Sherlock and W. P. Sherlock. Burial was in Calvary cemetery at Ayrshire. The J. J. Martin and Son Funeral home was in charge of arrangements. The deceased was born at Lucan, Ontario, Canada, Jan. 12, 1859, and was 84 years old at the time of death. He was unmarried. Three brothers, Dan, Patrick and John Sherlock, and two sisters, Mary Sherlock and Sarah Ann Burke, preceded him in death. Survivors include 19 nieces and newphews and 35 grand nieces and nephews. Mr. Sherlock left Canada Dec. 8, 1869, and went to Fort Dodge, Ia. He came to Palo Alto county in 1871 and settled on a farm two and on-half miles northeast of Ayrshire. The homestead dwelling was used as a stage coach post office for several years. He attended the University of Iowa two years and taught school in Palo Alto county nine years. In 1925, he retired and moved ot the town of Ayrshire. In the death of Mr. Sherlock, this county loses another of its pioneers - brave souls, who lived usefully and unselfishly in accepting early-day privations to develop this area into its present luxuriant expanses.