Descendants of Jacob Sherrill

Descendants of of Jacob Sherrill
submitted by Virginia Freeman Taylor

Transcribed from Jacob Sherrill, Son of Adam and Elizabeth and Some of Their Descendants by William Andrew Sherrill, published 1983.

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Samuel Wilson Sherrill, first child of Archibald Sherrill and his first wife, Nancy Elizabeth Anderson and some of his descendants

The following information was recorded by W.A.S. on Jan 24, 1968. Information was obtained from Will recorded Nov. 1895, Rebekah Oliver, W. E. Sherrill Chart # 11 and from Ledger of Samuel Burdon Sherrill, Sr.

7.1.3A.1. Samuel Wilson Sherrill, son of Archibald Sherrill and his first wife, Nancy Elizabeth Anderson, was b. 13 Nov 1813 in Wilson Co., TN. married 6 Jun 1836 to Eliza Ann Bomar, b. 6 Jun 1819, daughter. of William Johnson Bomar and Elizabeth Terry. Eliza Ann d. 2 Sep 1897 and Samuel Wilson d. Jan 15, 1895. Both are buried at Sherrill Cemetery, Gladeville, Wilson Co., TN. Had issue:

1. Elizabeth Jane Sherrill, b. 11 May 1837 in Wilson Co., TN. M. (1), William H. Robinson, (2), E. B. Jones. D. 25 Jan 1914. Buried Sherrill Cemetery, Gladeville, Wilson Co., TN.
2. Nancy Emeline Sherrill, b. 6 Oct 1839 in Wilson Co., TN. M. J. Frank Huddleston. d. 1 Jan l882. Buried Sherrill Cemetery, Gladeville, Wilson Co., TN.
3. William Anderson Sherrill, b. 9 Jun 1841. M. Jennie C. Martin, Jan 1871. d. 20 Jul 1880, buried in Sherrill Cemetery, Gladeville, Wilson Co., TN. Was a Confederate Soldier.
4. Samuel Burdine Sherrill, b. 10 Jun 1854, m. Myra L. Baley on the 8 Mar 1886. d. 24 Feb1895. buried Sherrill Cemetery Gladeville, Wilson Co., TN.
5. James Edgar Sherrill, M.D. b. 13 Feb 1856, m. Fanny Ward Jan 1878. Died 5 Apr 1887. Buried in Sherrill Cemetery, Gladeville, Wilson Co., TN.
6. Lillard LeGrand Sherrill, b. 7 Nov 1856 in Wilson Co., TN. M. (1), Bettie Stead on 7 Dec 1881, (2), Katherine Whitsett and (3), Mae Vandergrift. D. 12 Jul 1937. Buried in SherrillCemetery, Gladeville, Wilson Co., TN.
7. Joseph Thomas Sherrill, b. 1 Nov 1860 in Wilson Co., TN. m. Daisy Mason in Jan 1890.
8 Robert Hatton Sherrill, b. 12 Apr 1862 in Wilson Co., TN. M. Emmie Baley (sister of Myra, see # 4) in Aug 1887. D. 21 Jun 1898, buried in Sherrill Cemetery, Gladeville, Wilson Co., TN.

Note by William Andrew Sherrill: The above dates are not guaranteed, sources contradict each other, and correct dates are not available.

Elizabeth Jane Sherrill, First child of Samuel Wilson Sherrill And Eliza Ann Bomar and some of her descendants

The following information was recorded by W.A.S. on Jan 24, 1968. It was obtained from Rebekah Oliver, W. E.. Sherrill, Chart # 11, Virginia McMenaway, Tombstone in Sherrill Cemetery, Gladeville, TN, Jane Armijo and Mrs. W. W. Lustre.

7.1.3A.1.1. Elizabeth Jane Sherrill, first child of Samuel Wilson Sherrill and Eliza Ann Bomar. Was b. 11 May 1837, prob. in Wilson Co., TN. married (1) to William H. Robinson of Meridian, MS. William H. Robinson's mother, whose maiden name was Lowrey, was the daughter of the Governor of Mississippi. He d. 2 May 1884 according to his Tombstone in Sherrill Cemetery, Gladeville, TN, but Jane Armijo gives his death date as 1876. Issue were:

1 .Nimrod Porter Robinson, b. 1857 Wilson Co., TN. M. Ada McPeak. D. 1944.
2 .Samuel Wilson Robinson, b. 1859 Wilson Co., TN. Died 1884.
3 William Henry Robinson, Jr., b. 1861, Wilson Co., TN. M. Elsie Old.
4 Wallace Barrett Robinson, b. 1863 Wilson Co.TN. Married Lizzie (?)
5 Tolbert Fanning Robinson, b. 1866, Wilson Co., TN.Married, first, Nettie Lannon. Married, second, Mattie (?).
6. Annie Bradshaw Robinson, b. 1869, Wilson Co., TN. Married George W. Alexander.D. 1958.
7. Alice Burdine Robinson, b. 8 Nov 1870, Wilson Co., TN. M. Thomas Luke McMenaway in 1896. He was b. 1866. He was the Sheriff of Wilson Co. for many years. He d. 8 Jun 1923. She d. 6 Apr 1964. Both are buried in Sherrill Cemetery. Gladeville, Wilson Co., TN.
8. Kate Geneva Robertson, b. 1879. M. Edward C. McCullach.

Elizabeth Jane Sherrill m. (2) to E. B. Jones. Issue:

1.(?) Jones, a daughter.

Nancy Emeline Sherrill, second child of Samuel Wilson Sherrill and Eliza Ann Bomar and some of her descendants

The following information was recorded by W.A.S., May 18, 1967. It was obtained from the Will of Samuel Wilson Sherrill, Headstones in Sherrill Cemetery, Gladeville, TN, Jim Huddleston, Wanda Clark and Nancy Huddleston Packer.

7.1.3A.1.2 Nancy Emeline Sherrill, second child of Samuel Wilson Sherrill and Eliza Ann Bomar, was b. 6 Oct. 1839 in Wilson Co., TN. She became the second wife of Joseph Franklin Huddleston, son of George Huddleston and Harriett S. Cummings. Joseph m. (1) Victoria Spickard and had one child, a son, Joseph Huddleston. (Joseph, who was born in 1865 grew to adulthood and married Barbara Hass.) When Nancy Emeline died 1 Jan 1882, Joseph m. (3) Elizabeth Barrett. Nancy Emeline Sherrill was buried in the Sherrill Cemetery, Gladeville, TN. The children of Nancy Emeline and Joseph Franklin were:

1. May Huddleston, b. 1867. M. Robert B. Baggerly.
2. George Samuel Huddleston, b. 11 Nov 1869. He dropped the "Samuel" in his name in 1891. m. in 1917 in Bessemer, AL, to Bertha L. Baxley. D. 29 Feb 1960.

George Huddleston, father of Joseph Franklin Huddleston, married Harriett S. Cummings in 1824 in Wilson Co., TN. She was a daughter of George Cummings. He had at least three other children: William LaFayette Huddleston, G. Perk Huddleston and a daughter, name now unknown, who married Major David Cavender Singleton, C.S.A. George Huddleston was one of the developers of Huddleston's Cross Roads Community. George was the son-in-law of George Cummings who settled on 1000 acres of land.

George Huddleston built a store house and shop at the point where Hurricane Road ran east and Flatwood Road west from the road to Lebanon and Murfreesboro shortly after 1800.

By 1832 this place was the trade center of a large region and had a Post Office on the 55 mile long mail route from Nashville to Liberty, receiving weekly mail from each direction.

Major David Cavender Singleton, C.S.A., a native of Campbellsville, Kentucky, had come to Huddleston's Cross Roads during the war on a mission of buying horses for the Confederate Army. The Yankees surprised and almost captured him. George Huddleston, although a Union sympathizer, shoved the Major into the attic and sent a slave hurrying away on the suspicious black horse hitched at the store porch. Major Singleton later married a daughter of George Huddleston.1

George Huddleston, Sr. was reared and educated by his grandfather, Samuel Wilson Sherrill. George's father died when he was a child. He was educated at Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee. He moved to Birmingham, Alabama, where he established a law office. He represented the Ninth Congressional District (Birmingham, Alabama) in the U. S. Congress for 25 years in Washington, D. C.2

There is a letter from his uncle, Samuel Burdon Sherrill, Sr. who was a cotton broker in Jackson, Mississippi, dated May 20th, 1891 and addressed to:

George Huddleston,
Cumberland University,
Lebanon, Tennessee.

Dear Nephew:-

I received your welcome letter a few days ago, and was glad indeed to hear of your continued welfare- When I arrive in Nashville, I will do my very best to find you a place and in addition I will consult with those qualified to know what course it will be best for you to pursue, and when I get home I will lay all of the facts before you-

I believe any boy can succeed provided he has fully made up his mind to succeed. Success like all good things hangs on a high limb and it requires constant and patient climbing to reach it. Impatience and a lack of industry wrecks the career of many young men.

A man should aim high, and then learn to "labor and to wait" and though slow at first, perhaps for months, even years, he may wait, success invariably comes.

To succeed in any avocation, requires industry, patience, morality and last but not least economy.

It is absolutely important that a young man avoid the association of wild and dissolute associates and be able to say NO! A thousand temptations will be thrown in his way and unless he knows what is right, and dares to do it, he will fail.

Learn the habit of close patient thought - to think, to reason from cause to effect and to see results in mind, before they practically take effect. Most of the errors in life, result from a lack of thought -- How often have you heard it said "I never thought! - if I had thought, I would not have said or done it." It is by thought, these errors and mistakes are to be avoided in life ----

Try to "Know thyself" and cultivate and strengthen when strength is needed. If I have had any success at all it is because, I have learned to "think" and in whatever sphere of action, circumstances or choice has placed me, I have always done my best.

I have faith and confidence in your ultimate success, and whatever will contribute to the attainment of this, is well advised ----You must do your very best at Commencement--Prepare yourself thoroughly, and go out into the woods and practice your speech often--Study your gestures and your attitudes well--Remember practice always improves-- In other words so your best, try to excel ---- Send me a program of your exercises by June 3rd to Nashville, C/O Nicholson House.

With the kindest wishes of both your Aunt Maya & myself - I remain, affectionately,
Your uncle Dick (sic)

I am in receipt of a letter today from home, telling me that father is improving.

George Huddleston, Jr. died September 14, 1971, in Washington, D.C., according to the Alabama Legion. He like his father represented Alabama's Ninth Congressional District, doing so after the retirement or death of his father.2

William Anderson Sherrill, M.D., son of Samuel Wilson Sherrill and Eliza Ann Bomar and some of his descendants

The following information was recorded by W. A. S. on 18 May 1967. It was obtained from the Will of Samuel Wilson Sherrill, Lebanon, TN and from Bettie Roudabush.

7.1.3A.1.3 William Anderson Sherrill, M.D., was born 9 Jun 1841. He was the third child of Samuel Wilson Sherrill and Eliza Ann Bomar. He was a member of the 38th Tennessee Volunteers of the Confederate Army. He was crippled for life by a shot through the knee at the Battle of Munfordsville, Kentucky, in September 1862. (According to Bettie Roudabush, he was serving in the Confederate Army as a surgeon when he was shot at Shiloh.) He was married Jan 1871 to Jennie C. Martin, dau. of J. D. Martin. She was born 5 May 1851, d. 12 March 1875, buried in Matthews Cemetery, Gladeville, TN. His second wife was a Mrs. Davis. William Anderson Sherrill d. 20 Jul 1880 and was buried Sherrill Cemetery, Gladeville, TN. He and his first wife, Jennie C. Martin had one surviving child:

1. John Samuel Sherrill, b. 21 Dec 1871 and d. 11 Jan 1893. Samuel Burdine Sherrill, the brother of William Anderson. Sherrill wrote in his family ledger in 1893:
"John Samuel Sherrill was a young man of fine personal appearance, well educated, a universal favorite, but just at maturity, with a promising life before him was stricken down by that Destroyer of all earthly hopes and ambitions -- Death."

Samuel Burdine Sherrill, son of Samuel Wilson Sherrill and Eliza Ann Bomar and some of his descendants

The following information was recorded by W.A.S. 25 May 1967. It was obtained from Jane Armijo. W.A.S. visited the gravesite in Nov 1967 and ascertained that dates are correct.

7.1.3A.1.4 Samuel Burdine Sherrill, the fourth child of Samuel Wilson Sherrill and Eliza Ann Bomar. was b.11 Jun 1854 in Wilson County, TN. married 8 Mar 1887 to Myra Lenore Baley, who was b. 15 Aug 1865 in Jackson, MS. She was the daughter of Pinckney T. Baley and Emmeline Adams. Samuel Burdine Sherrill d. 24 Feb 1895. He was buried in the Sherrill Cemetery, Gladeville, Wilson Co., TN. After his death, his widow, Myra L. Baley, moved with her children to Boulder, CO.

1. Samuel Burdon Sherrill, Jr., b. 11 Jan 1892 in Jackson, MS. M. Merle W. Wren, 11 Feb 1928. D. Ben Lomand, CA. Buried (?) Boulder, CO. No issue:
2. Myra B. Sherrill, b. 27 Sep 1894 in Jackson, MS. M. Col. Kinzie B. Edmunds (U.S.A. Ret.) May 1917. She d.14 Jan 1972. Both buried in Military Cem., San Antonio, TX.

Samuel Burdine Sherrill was a graduate of Cumberland University, Lebanon, TN, in 1872. He was elected Chief Clerk of the Lower House of the Tennessee Legislature in January 1877. He filled the Chair of Latin and Physics alternately of the City High School of Nashville, TN, from 1880 to 1884.

He moved to Jackson, MS in September 1885 and thereafter was engaged in buying cotton for domestic and foreign spinning mills.

In March 1886, he was married to Myra L. Baley, the second daughter of Dr. P. T. Baley, deceased, of Jackson, MS. Myra L. Baley was the granddaughter of Judge George D. Adams and Anne Whissaker, (?) who were originally from Frankfort, KY.

Judge Adams was at one time, Attorney General of the State of Mississippi, and died while holding the Office of U.S. District Judge, by appointment of President Andrew Jackson. Two of the sons of Judge Adams were officers in the Confederate Army. General West (?) Adams being a Major General of Cavalry, and his brother being a Brigadier General of Infantry.
(Signed) S. B. Sherrill 3

The foregoing is an autobiographical sketch of Samuel Burdine Sherrill, copied from his family ledger.

The middle name, Burdine, evolved to the name Burdon and those in later generations are named "Burdon" and called "Don" for short. Burdine was a surname, taken from a Dr. Burdine who was a friend of the family. (# Footnote - Wanda Clark)

Lillard LeGrand Sherrill, (son of Samuel Wilson Sherrill, and Eliza Ann Bomar) married, first, Bettie G. Steed. This lists some of Their Descendants.

The following information was recorded by W.A.S. It was obtained from Jean Smith, Jane Armijo, Wilson County, TN Records, Bible Records, Tombstone Inscriptions." W. A. S. viewed the headstones in Sherrill Cemetery, Gladeville, TN. Also information from Bettie Roudabush. The latter was actually named "Bettie." She was Lillard LeGrand Sherrill's second cousin through Eliza Ann Bomar.

7.1.3A.1.6A Lillard LeGrand Sherrill was the sixth child of Samuel Wilson Sherrill and Eliza Ann Bomar, b. 7 Nov 1854 in Gladeville, Wilson Co., TN. He married 7/9 Dec 1881 to Bettie G. Steed. She was b. 24 Sep 1865. She was the dau. of Noah G. Steed and Elizabeth Caraway. She d. 17 Apr 1896 and was buried in Rocky Valley Cem., 10 mi. from Lebanon on the road to Gladeville, TN. Issue born to Lillard LeGrand Sherrill and Bettie G. Steed were:

1. Nancy Gillum Sherrill, b. 14 Dec 1883 in Gladeville, TN. M. Walter Waldo Millett. She d. 31 Jul 1948 and was buried in Annapolis, MD.
2. William Andrew Sherrill, b. 26 Nov 1884 in Gladeville, TN. M. first Mary Ella England, 10 Jan 1909, and second to Lou Ella Gachet on 18 Jul 1819. He died 14 Jan 1936 at West Point, GA.
3. Carrie Bell Sherrill, b. 12 Oct 1888 in Gladeville, TN. M. first, James Gordon, 25 Jan. 1907, and second to William Hall. At her death, she was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., TN.
4. Edgar Bomar Sherrill, b. 14 Mar 1890 in Gladeville, TN. M. first, Ethel McCool and second, Ann Anderson. He died 20 Nov 1952 and was buried Gladeville Cemetery, Gladeville, TN. He had aleast one son.
....4.1. Edgar Bomar Sherrill Jr., who had one dau:
...........4.1.1. French Ann (?)
5. Mary Elizabeth Sherrill, b. 20 Aug 1894 in Gladeville, TN. M. first, L. A. Webb, second on 25 May 1915 to James H. Edmondson. She died 3 Feb 1976 and was buried Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., TN.
6. Lillard Sherrill, b. 4 Jul 1892 in Gladeville, TN. Died 9 Aug 1892. Buried in Sherrill Cemetery, Gladeville, TN.
7. LaGrand Sherrill, b. 4 Jul 1892 in Gladeville, TN, (apparently a twin), d. 5 Aug 1892. Buried Sherrill Cemetery, Gladeville, Wilson Co., TN.

Lillard LeGrand Sherrill, (son of Samuel Wilson Sherrill, and Eliza Ann Bomar) married, second, Martha Anthony Katherine Whitsitt. This lists some of their descendants.

The following information was recorded by W.A.S. Jr. l6 Mar 1967. It was obtained from Jean Smith, Mary Elizabeth Edmundson, Jane Armijo, Wilson County, TN records. Also the compiler copied information from the headstones in the Sherrill Cemetery, Gladeville, Wilson Co. TN.

The second wife of Lillian LeGrande Sherrill was Martha Anthony Katherine Whitsitt. She was b. ca 1850-52. They were married in 1897 in Nashville, Davidson Co., TN. She died 1915 and was buried "At her father's side" (?)

1. Eliza Eloise Sherrill, b. 4 Oct 1898 in Gladeville, Wilson Co., TN. She was mar. to Paxton Theodore Dixon. She was a school teacher and he was a Methodist preacher. Issue:
....1. Katherine Street Dixon, m. N. L. Shearouse, PhD.
....2. Ursula Gray Sherrill, b. 26 Dec 1900, in Gladeville, Wilson Co., TN.
....3. Jane Katherine Sherrill, b. 21 Mar 1902 in Lebanon, Wilson Co., TN. m. Jose Enrique Armijo.
....4. Samuel Whitsitt Sherrill, b. 4 Jan 1904 in Lebanon, Wilson Co., TN.

The third wife of Lillard LeGrand Sherrill was May Vandergrift. No issue.

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