Trying to make a connection to these families who eventually settled in Lincoln county. Descendants of JOHN A?. SHERROW Generation No. 1 1. JOHN A?.1 SHERROW He married ELIZABETH MIDDLETON. Notes for JOHN A?. SHERROW: AS A CHILD MY FATHER WOULD STOP ANY TIME WE WERE NEAR THE CAMP NELSON NATIONAL CEMETERY AND LOOK FOR THE GRAVE OF WHAT I REMEMBER AS HIS GREAT GRANDFATHER JOHN SHERROW. AS AN ADULT I WENT BACK THERE AND WITH THE HELP OF A MAP EASILY FOUND WHAT I THINK IS THAT GRAVE. I WAS TOLD IN THE OFFICE THAT IF I COULD FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HIM A NEW STONE WOULD BE ERECTED GIVING THE DATES AND WHICH WAR HE SERVED IN. SO FAR I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION BUT WILL CONTINUE TO SEARCH. MY FATHER MUST HAVE KNOWN SOMETHING TO SPEND SO MUCH TIME SEARCHING. THIS WAS BEFORE THERE WERE LOCATER MAPS AT THE ENTRANCE. I WISH I HAD PAID MORE ATTENTION. Child of JOHN SHERROW and ELIZABETH MIDDLETON is: 2. i. JOHN AMERICAN2 SHERROW, b. March 15, 1856, LINCOLN CO. KENTUCKY; d. March 28, 1927, STANFORD, KY.. Generation No. 2 2. JOHN AMERICAN2 SHERROW (JOHN A?.1) was born March 15, 1856 in LINCOLN CO. KENTUCKY, and died March 28, 1927 in STANFORD, KY.. He married (1) AMANDA R. DELANEY December 30, 1880 in LINCOLN CO. KENTUCKY, daughter of FRANKLIN DELANEY and ELIZABETH JACKSON. She was born October 12, 1859 in LINCOLN CO. KENTUCKY, and died April 08, 1915 in STANFORD, KY.. He married (2) LOU ADA DYE October 13, 1915 in LINCOLN CO. KENTUCKY, daughter of JOHN DYE. She was born September 18, 1898 in LINCOLN CO. KENTUCKY. Notes for JOHN AMERICAN SHERROW: JOHN GAVE HIS MIDDLE NAME AS 'AMERICAN' [ANERCIN?} IN HIS BIBLE, WHICH IN 1998 IS IN THE POSSESSION OF HIS DAUGHTER MARGARET BOSWELL. IT IS VERY POOR CONDITION AND HARD TO READ. IT RECORDED ONLY HIS SECOND FAMILY AND THEIR BIRTHS. JOHN BUILT STONE FENCES AROUND TURNERSVILLE, KY. IN LINCOLN COUNTY. HE WAS ALSO A MILLER AND A FARMER. HE IS BURIED IN BUFFALO SPRINGS CEMETERY IN STANFORD. More About JOHN AMERICAN SHERROW: Fact 2: WORKED IN A MILL Children of JOHN SHERROW and AMANDA DELANEY are: i. NELLIE3 SHERROW, m. ROBERT CARRIER. ii. ROSE SHERROW, m. GARFIELD HUNT. iii. MAGGIE ELIZABETH SHERROW, b. April 27, 1882, TURNERSVILLE, LINCOLN COUNTY; d. May 1943, LINCOLN CO. KENTUCKY; m. WILLIAM BENJAMIN KING, GARRARD CO.; b. 1872, RICHMOND KENTUCKY; d. April 07, 1932, LINCOLN CO. KENTUCKY. Notes for MAGGIE ELIZABETH SHERROW: It is anybody's guess as to how to spell Maggie's last name. I have found dozens of varieties. One explanation could be the lack of education of recorders of court documents. They spelled it the way they heard it. Some variations are: Shearer, Shears, Sherrer, Shear, Sherrow, Shearrow. The last living members of our family to carry that name used "Sherrow" The variations that I use in the documents are as I found them. Obit. from an unknown newspaper. DEATH COMES SUDDENLY TO MRS. KING Mrs. Maggie E. King, 62, died suddenly at the home of Mrs. Goens, on Gilbert's Creek Friday. She was the widow of W.B. King, who died in 1932, and is survived by the following children. Mrs. Lee[Ethel] Kirkpatrick, Stanford, Mrs. Amanda Hines, Cincinnati, Mrs Oliver[Sally] Leigh, West Va., Mrs Monsdie[Nancy]Martin, McKinney, Mrs. Edith Humphrey,Stanford, Mrs. Ruth Coffman, Stanford, Silas King, Cincinnati, John King, Cynthiana, Robert King, now serving his county overseas. Mrs. King was a devoted mother and had many friends who are saddened by her taking. Funeral services were conducted by Rev Ralph Saunders in Morgan and Ball's Funeral Parlor Sunday morning and burial followed in the family burying ground near Mason's Gap., More About MAGGIE ELIZABETH SHERROW: Cause of Death: Heart disease Fact 1: Buried at the family farm at the end of Skyline Drive in Lincoln County Notes for WILLIAM BENJAMIN KING: "Bill" and "Lizzie" began their married life living with her parents in Garrard County as reflected by the 1900 Garrard census. William 'Bill' King was an extremely skilled carpenter. When he bought the farm in Lincoln County in 1910, it was also necessary to build a house. This he did, even cutting his own shingles. The house had a full basement to hold the many canned goods necessary to feed his large family. Maybe the home site was not the best, because there was no water there and they had to walk six miles to bring back all the water for the family's needs. It is said that BiIl loved flowers and trees, and had an orchard with every kind of frail and nut possible. There were abundant berries also on the farm. Whenever he was out somewhere and saw a new or different flower, bush or tree he would ask for a cutting. Eighty years later those plants are still growing around the site where the house once stood. In his later years Bill suffered a massive stroke which prevented him from working. His son John, then in his early teens, took over as the head of house to support the family. The farm is still in the possession of the descendants. More About WILLIAM BENJAMIN KING: Cause of Death: Stroke Fact 1: Carpenter; farmer Fact 2: Buried at family farm iv. GUY ROY SHERROW, b. June 02, 1900. Children of JOHN SHERROW and LOU DYE are: v. WALTER MACK3 SHEARER, b. August 06, 1916. vi. BERTHA MAE SHEARER, b. October 07, 1918; m. HASKELL SURCEY. vii. WOODROW SHEARER, b. March 27, 1921; d. April 27, 1961. viii. MARY MARGARET SHEARROW, b. March 29, 1923; m. JAKE BOSWELL; d. WASHINGTON CO., KY. ix. CHRISTINE SHEARER, b. June 14, 1925; m. /////HARDGROVE. Kay Withers