Individual Details

Charles Willard MCSHERRY

(1 May 1887 - 18 Jan 1974)

Charles was the son of Joseph and Euka Mitchell McSherry of Waverly, Kansas. He moved with his family to Grand Junction, Colorado, then went to Ft. Collins, Colorado. While there, he took a Prep Course at the Colorado Agriculture College and continued his education. He returned to Iowa and engaged in farming with his father-in-law on the farm five miles southeast of Brooklyn. He then continued farming on his own and later retired.
He was a member of the Grace United Methodist Church in Brooklyn. He was also a member of the Corinthian Lodge No. 174 A.F. and A.M., Past Worthy Patron of Eastern Star of Brooklyn Chapter No. 131 and 50 year member, a 50 year member of Poweshiek Lodge #198 Knights of Pythias, Charter member of the Farm Bureau and a 50 year member of the Royal Arch Masons.

Events

Birth	1 May 1887	Waverly, Coffee, Kansas, USA
Marriage	2 Aug 1911	Warren Twp., Poweshiek, Iowa, USA - Alma Belle BRENIMAN
Marriage	2 Aug 1911	Warren Twp., Poweshiek Co., IA - Alma Belle BRENIMAN
Death	18 Jan 1974	Brooklyn, Poweshiek, Iowa, USA
Death	18 Jan 1974	Brooklyn, Poweshiek Co., IA
Burial	21 Jan 1974	Brooklyn Memorial Cemetery, Brooklyn, Poweshiek, Iowa, USA
Burial	21 Jan 1974	IOOF Cemetery, Brooklyn, Poweshiek Co., IA
Reference No		1219
ChildParent

Families

Spouse	Alma Belle BRENIMAN (1893 - 1976)
Child	Frederick Charles MCSHERRY (1912 - 1912)
Child	Joseph Stewart MCSHERRY (1913 - )
Child	Edna Elizabeth MCSHERRY (1915 - )
Child	Mary Frances MCSHERRY (1919 - )
Child	Living
Child	Margery Ardella "Ardella" MCSHERRY (1926 - 2003)

Father	Joseph Street MCSHERRY (1850 - )
Mother	Erika MITCHELL ( - )

Notes

Marriage

Charles was a student at the Colorado Agriculture College in Fort Collins, Colorado when he met Alma Breniman. When the Brenimans moved back Iowa to care for the farms, he moved to Iowa, too. After he and Alma married, they lived on one of the Breniman farms.
Notice in the paper...At the Home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred F. Breniman in Warren Twp, Poweshiek Co, Iowa, Wednesday at 10:30 A.M. on the 2nd Aug 1912, Charles W. McSherry and Miss Alma Belle Breniman were married. The Rev C.F. Edwards of the M.E. Church of Brooklyn, Iowa, officiated.

Burial

Birth: May 1, 1887
Waverly
Coffey County
Kansas, USA Death: 1974
Brooklyn
Poweshiek County
Iowa, USA

Family links:
Spouse:
Alma Belle Breniman McSherry (1893 - 1976)*

Children:
Frederic C. McSherry (1912 - 1912)*
Margery Ardella McSherry Taylor (1926 - 2003)*

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Burial:
Brooklyn Memorial Cemetery
Brooklyn
Poweshiek County
Iowa, USA
Plot: Block XIII lot 12
Created by: Harold Nevenhoven
Record added: Nov 29, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 62307920

Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com, online http://trees.ancestry.com, (), "One World Tree," online database, Ancestry.com (http://trees.ancestry.com : accessed 16 Feb 2012), entry for Alma Bell (Belle) Breniman..

2. Cemetery Photos and Data: , by williamknight57; ; findagrave.com, . Online www.findagrave.com; John Alden Headstone; Printout dated 29 May 2017, "Findagrave.com," online database (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 Feb 2012), entry for Charles Willard McSherry, Compiled by Harold Nevenhoven, 2010, Poweshiek, Iowa # 62307920..

3. Daughters of the American Revolution, , Daughers of the American Revolution, database (http//:dar.org : accessed 6 Dec 2012), entry for Seth Robinson, # A097738. Washington, DC..

4. Poweshiek Historical and Genealogical Society: Poweshiek County Historical and Genealogical Society, Montezuma, Poweshiek, Iowa (accessed 27 Dec 2012). Family Group Sheet for Charles Willard McSherry and Alma Belle Breniman. Prepared by Patricia Breniman Rowell, Montezuma, Iowa, 2002., , 200 S. 3rd St., Montezuma, IA 20171.

5. Poweshiek Historical and Genealogical Society: McSherry, Charles W. "Charles W. McSherry Rites Held Monday," undated clipping, c. Jan 1974, from Brooklyn Chronicle (Brooklyn, IA)., , 200 S. 3rd St., Montezuma, IA 20171.

6. Ancestry.com, online http://trees.ancestry.com, (), "One World Tree," online database, Ancestry.com (http://trees.ancestry.com : accessed 16 Feb 2012), entry for Alma Bell (Belle) Breniman..

7. Daughters of the American Revolution, , Daughers of the American Revolution, database (http//:dar.org : accessed 6 Dec 2012), entry for Seth Robinson, # A097738. Washington, DC..

8. Poweshiek Historical and Genealogical Society: Poweshiek County Historical and Genealogical Society, Montezuma, Poweshiek, Iowa (accessed 27 Dec 2012). Family Group Sheet for Frederick Francis Breniman and Mary Belle "Mollie" Weatherbee. Prepared by Patricia Breniman Rowell, Montezuma, Iowa, 2002., , 200 S. 3rd St., Montezuma, IA 20171.

9. Poweshiek Historical and Genealogical Society: Poweshiek County Historical and Genealogical Society, Montezuma, Poweshiek, Iowa (accessed 27 Dec 2012). Family Group Sheet for Charles Willard McSherry and Alma Belle Breniman. Prepared by Patricia Breniman Rowell, Montezuma, Iowa, 2002., , 200 S. 3rd St., Montezuma, IA 20171.

10. Newspaper Article, Brooklyn (Iowa) Chronicle, date unknown.

11. Poweshiek Heritage (1991), 1991, page 233.

12. Marriage Record, Poweshiek Co., Iowa, Recorders' Office, Book H, page 342, No. 5382.

13. GEDCOM file submitted by Patricia Breniman Rowell, Montezuma, Poweshiek, Iowa. Imported on 26 May 2017..

14. Poweshiek Historical and Genealogical Society: McSherry, Charles W. "Charles W. McSherry Rites Held Monday," undated clipping, c. Jan 1974, from Brooklyn Chronicle (Brooklyn, IA)., , 200 S. 3rd St., Montezuma, IA 20171.

15. Poweshiek Historical and Genealogical Society: McSherry, Alma. "Alma McSherry Funeral Last Week," 29 Jun 1976, Brooklyn Chronicle (Brooklyn, IA)., , 200 S. 3rd St., Montezuma, IA 20171.

16. Ancestry.com, online http://trees.ancestry.com, (), "One World Tree," online database, Ancestry.com (http://trees.ancestry.com : accessed 16 Feb 2012), entry for Alma Bell (Belle) Breniman..

17. Cemetery Photos and Data: , by williamknight57; ; findagrave.com, . Online www.findagrave.com; John Alden Headstone; Printout dated 29 May 2017, "Findagrave.com," online database (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 Feb 2012), entry for Charles Willard McSherry, Compiled by Harold Nevenhoven, 2010, Poweshiek, Iowa # 62307920..

18. Daughters of the American Revolution, , Daughers of the American Revolution, database (http//:dar.org : accessed 6 Dec 2012), entry for Seth Robinson, # A097738. Washington, DC..

19. Poweshiek Historical and Genealogical Society: Poweshiek County Historical and Genealogical Society, Montezuma, Poweshiek, Iowa (accessed 27 Dec 2012). Family Group Sheet for Charles Willard McSherry and Alma Belle Breniman. Prepared by Patricia Breniman Rowell, Montezuma, Iowa, 2002., , 200 S. 3rd St., Montezuma, IA 20171.

20. Poweshiek Historical and Genealogical Society: McSherry, Charles W. "Charles W. McSherry Rites Held Monday," undated clipping, c. Jan 1974, from Brooklyn Chronicle (Brooklyn, IA)., , 200 S. 3rd St., Montezuma, IA 20171.

21. Obituary Obittree.com, online website, entry for Daniel Guy Fader, d. 12 Jan 2012, https://obittree.com/obituary/ca/ontario/niagara-falls/morse--son-funeral-home/daniel-fader/1095181/, Brooklyn (Iowa) Chronicle, date unknown.

22. GEDCOM file submitted by Patricia Breniman Rowell, Montezuma, Poweshiek, Iowa. Imported on 26 May 2017..

23. Cemetery Photos and Data: , by williamknight57; ; findagrave.com, . Online www.findagrave.com; John Alden Headstone; Printout dated 29 May 2017, "Findagrave.com," online database (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 Feb 2012), entry for Charles Willard McSherry, Compiled by Harold Nevenhoven, 2010, Poweshiek, Iowa # 62307920..

24. Poweshiek Historical and Genealogical Society: Poweshiek County Historical and Genealogical Society, Montezuma, Poweshiek, Iowa (accessed 27 Dec 2012). Family Group Sheet for Charles Willard McSherry and Alma Belle Breniman. Prepared by Patricia Breniman Rowell, Montezuma, Iowa, 2002., , 200 S. 3rd St., Montezuma, IA 20171.

25. Poweshiek Historical and Genealogical Society: McSherry, Charles W. "Charles W. McSherry Rites Held Monday," undated clipping, c. Jan 1974, from Brooklyn Chronicle (Brooklyn, IA)., , 200 S. 3rd St., Montezuma, IA 20171.

26. Obituary Obittree.com, online website, entry for Daniel Guy Fader, d. 12 Jan 2012, https://obittree.com/obituary/ca/ontario/niagara-falls/morse--son-funeral-home/daniel-fader/1095181/, Brooklyn (Iowa) Chronicle, date unknown.

27. Tombstone, Poweshiek Co., Iowa, IOOF Cemetery, Brooklyn, Iowa.

28. GEDCOM file submitted by Patricia Breniman Rowell, Montezuma, Poweshiek, Iowa. Imported on 26 May 2017..

29. Poweshiek Historical and Genealogical Society: Poweshiek County Historical and Genealogical Society, Montezuma, Poweshiek, Iowa (accessed 27 Dec 2012). Family Group Sheet for Charles Willard McSherry and Alma Belle Breniman. Prepared by Patricia Breniman Rowell, Montezuma, Iowa, 2002., , 200 S. 3rd St., Montezuma, IA 20171.

30. Poweshiek Historical and Genealogical Society: Poweshiek County Historical and Genealogical Society, Montezuma, Poweshiek, Iowa (accessed 27 Dec 2012). Family Group Sheet for Charles Willard McSherry and Alma Belle Breniman. Prepared by Patricia Breniman Rowell, Montezuma, Iowa, 2002., , 200 S. 3rd St., Montezuma, IA 20171.