Obituary for Mrs. Kesiah SHERRILL
The Rushville Times, October 31, 1907
Mrs. Kesiah Sherrill, a former resident of Browning township, died at her home in Virginia on Tuesday of last week at the advanced age of eighty-four years. John Sherrill of Browning is one of the three surviving children.
The decedent was born in Indiana, but removed to Illinois in 1830, and has been a resident of Virginia, Cass County, for the past quarter of a century. She was married to Isaac Sherrill in Schuyler county in 1849, and to them were born nine children, three of whom survive, namely: Mrs. Tabitha Witcher of Canton, Ill., John Sherrill of Browning and James Sherrill of this city, together with twelve grandchildren and twenty-one great-grandchildren. Her husband died in 1862, while serving as a soldier in the civil war. Mrs. Sherrill was a devout member of the Church of Christ, from which her funeral was held Thursday afternoon, Rev. Benj. N. Mitchell officiating. Interment in Walnut Ridge Cemetery.
Obituary for Mrs. Kesiah SHERRILL
The Rushville Times, October 31, 1907
Mrs. Kesiah Sherrill, a former resident of Browning township, died at her home in Virginia on Tuesday of last week at the advanced age of eighty-four years. John Sherrill of Browning is one of the three surviving children.
The decedent was born in Indiana, but removed to Illinois in 1830, and has been a resident of Virginia, Cass County, for the past quarter of a century. She was married to Isaac Sherrill in Schuyler county in 1849, and to them were born nine children, three of whom survive, namely: Mrs. Tabitha Witcher of Canton, Ill., John Sherrill of Browning and James Sherrill of this city, together with twelve grandchildren and twenty-one great-grandchildren. Her husband died in 1862, while serving as a soldier in the civil war. Mrs. Sherrill was a devout member of the Church of Christ, from which her funeral was held Thursday afternoon, Rev. Benj. N. Mitchell officiating. Interment in Walnut Ridge Cemetery.
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