VMI Archives Historical Rosters: John Broome Sherrard

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John Broome Sherrard

Roster ID 214
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First Name:	John
Middle Name:	Broome
Last Name:	Sherrard
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Affiliation:	Class of 1845
Biography & Genealogy:	John Broome Sherrard, Class of 1845. b. 1822 Hampshire CO WVA d. 1912 Burnet, Texas; Parents- Robert Sherrard and Elizabeth Park Wilson; Civil War - Major, 13th Virginia Infantry Regiment CSA; merchant; married 1847 Susan A. Gibson. Died Burnet, Burnet County, Texas, November 20, 1919. (Nov 30, 1912?) Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Burnet, six blocks east of the courthouse square. Grave location: Under a large bushy tree, near the southeast corner of the first east-west road with the cemetery entrance road that's closest to S. Rhomberg St.

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