Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Lewis Publishing Company, 1904,
pp 452-453 [McCracken]

     JEFFERSON T. SHERRELL, one of the oldest and best known citizens of
Paducah, Kentucky, was born in Green county, Kentucky, May 22, 1819, and
is a son of William and Elizabeth (Jones) Sherrell, the former of whom
was a native of Kentucky.  His paternal grandfather was born in North
Carolina, and after serving in the Revolutionary war settled in
Kentucky, where he died, being more than one hundred years old at the
time of his death.  The mother of our subject was born in Warren county,
Kentucky, and was a most excellent lady.  William Sherrell was a horse
dealer in early life.  Later in life he became a shoemaker, and followed
that occupation for a good many years.  His wife died in Montgomery
county, Tennessee, in 1832, and the father died in Warren county,
Kentucky, in 1842.
     The early life of Jefferson T. Sherrell was spent in Hopkinsville,
Kentucky, where he was reared and obtained a common school education.  In
August, 1846, he was united in marriage with Elizabeth Sanders, the
ceremony being performed in Tennessee.  After their marriage Mr. and Mrs.
Sherrell made their home in Christian county, Kentucky, until 1848, wher
[sic] they came to McCracken county, where he operated a country
blacksmith shop between Paducah and Blaudville till in 1850, when he
removed to Paducah.  In Paducah he operated a blacksmith shop until about
1875, when he embarked in a grocery business.  Continuing in that line
until 1881, he retired from active business and is now living retired.
     Mr. and Mrs. Sherrell were the parents of two children, both of
whom are living, viz.: Mrs. Mary J. Edwards and James William Sherrell,
the latter of whom is a well known and successful business man of
Paducah.  Mr. Sherrell is a Republican in politics, but in local matters
casts his vote for the man he considers the best for the office.  He
cast his first presidential vote for Henry Clay, and continued to
support the Whig ticket until after the war.  Fraternally he is a Master
Mason. 

Sherrell Jones Sanders Edwards
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Green-KY NC Warren-Ky Montgomery-TN Christian-KY

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