T. M. Sherlock
T. M. Sherlock is one of the prominent farmers of Berlin Township. His father, Abraham Sherlock, was born in County Antrim, Ireland, in 1798. He first came to America in 1816, and engaged as a boatman on the Mississippi River, but afterward returned to Ireland, crossing the Atlantic Ocean altogether five times. In 1830 he married, in County Antrim, Ireland, Miss Sarah Hall, and came directly to America. In the spring of 1831 they arrived in Holmes County, where he purchased a farm in Berlin Township, and became one of the representative and enterprising farmers. In politics he was a Democrat, and was an attendant of the Presbyterian Church. He died in 1874, and his widow still survives him at the age of seventy-seven years. Thirteen children were born to their union, seven of whom are still living: Samuel H., and attorney at law, at Fort Smith, Ark.; Emma Jane, widow of David McCulloch, of Salt Creek Township; William Edward, a farmer of DeKalb County, Ind.; Sarah F., wife of John Lytle, of Fredericksburgh, Wayne County; Robert H., of DeKalb County, Ind.; Theophilus M., our subject; and Chalmers Payson, who was born September 10, 1854. He was educated in the township schools and is a farmer by occupation, residing with his brother, T. M.; in politics he is a supporter of the Democratic party.
T. M. Sherlock was born August 30, 1852. He was educated in the township schools and the Smithville Academy, and has always lived on his present farm. August 3, 1876, he married Miss Effie S., daughter of John Lewis, of Berlin Township, and they have three children: John W., Maude F. and Guy L. Mr. Sherlock is a supporter of the Democratic party. His wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Samuel H. Sherlock, a brother of our subject, served through the late Rebellion in the Ninety-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was captain of his company.
From Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Wayne and Holmes, Ohio, J. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1889