Thomas Sherrett

SHERRETT, CHRISTIE

Posted By: Jeanie
Date: 6/13/2005 at 12:56:29

Thomas Sherrett came to Tama county in 1865. He was employed in farming in the neighborhood of Traer for three years. Then in 1868, he settled on the west half of the northwest quarter of section 12, on land that he had previously purchased. He bought a house in West Union, which he moved to his farm. He lived in this house until 1882,when he erected the house in which he now lives. The same year he bought the east half of the northwest quarter of section 12, and now has 160 acres of well improved land. Mr. Sherrett is a native of Scotland, and was born in 1828. He was there reared on a farm. In 1856, he left the place of his nativity, and came to America. He landed at Quebec and went to Durham county, where he followed farming. In 1860, he crossed the line and located in Monroe county, New York. He lived in Henrietta township two years, then moved to Gates, where he lived until 1865, and then started for Iowa. He was married in 1859, to Miss Susan Christie, also a native of Scotland. They have been blessed with four children – Charles, John, Emma and Robert, who died when he was six weeks old.

History of Tama County, Iowa. Springfield, Ill., Union Publishing Company, 1883. Page 863.