Central Normal Autograph Album 1878-1899

AUTOGRAPH ALBUM
Daniel B. Sherry, Graduate of C. N. C.
Entries were made in the 5” by 3” album by college friends, teachers and
others beginning with Prof. Frank P. Adams. Although the entries were made
randomly in the book, they are arranged by date in this transcription.
1. Dec. 27, 1878. Dear Friend,
May you ever be surrounded, as now, by warm friends.
I hope and
believe that your future will be bright
Yours truly,
C.N.C. F. P. Adams
Danville Dec. 27, 1878
[Prof. Frank P. Adams was Principal and President, as well as one of the
teachers of Central Normal College, Danville, Hendricks County, Indiana.
He died in Danville at the age of 30 on Nov. 25, 1882.]


2. Dec. 31, 1878. “Heaven is not reached at a single bound, But we
build the ladder by which we rise From the lowly earth to the
vaulted skies, And we climb to it’s summit round by round.”
Let each day find one round higher, gained.
Sincerely your friend
A. Kate Huron
[A. Kate Huron was a teacher of Arithmetic, Algebra and Latin at C.N.C.
Shown as Amanda C. Huron in the 1880 census, she was a resident of
Washington Twp., Hendricks Co., age 30, teacher, daughter of Catherine and
Benjamin, a farmer. She was a sister of Mary E., below and Willis B., who
made a later entry in the book.]

3. Dec. 31, 1878. “Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind
exceeding small;
Though with patience he stands waiting, With exactness grinds he all.”
Your friend, with many good wishes, Mary E. Huron,
Avon, Indiana
“The last day in the evening” of – 1878.
[In 1880 Mary Huron was a resident of Washington Twp., Hendricks Co., age
24, living at home with her sister A. Kate Huron and two brothers. Mary was
an 1878 graduate of the Scientific class. In the March, 1881 issue of the
Central Normal News, p. 7, it was noted that D. B. Sherry was principal of
the schools at Avon and Mary Huron was his assistant.]





4. Jan. 1, 1879. Dear Friend,
Let us ever keep this day in our memories for in so doing we
will have pleasant thoughts of the ‘Normal’ ‘our class’ and dear
Prof. Adams. And let us take the advice he gave this morning, not
to be everforming resolutions to do the right, but do our duty each
minute.
Your very best but most talkative friend,
Effie A. Campbell
Danville, Ind.
[Effie was a student in the Scientific class. She married Thad S. Adams,
attorney, on May 6, 1880.]


5. Jan. 2, 1879. My Friend,
Whatever else life may teach you, here is a truth= humanity
formed from the hand of God and he pronounced it good. Through the long
labor of progressive ages we have no reason to think it not better.
We can be most like him under-makers, if we assist in making it best.
Very truly yours,
C. Jennie Lieuellen
Wilmington, Ohio
C.N.S. Danville, Ind. Jan. 2, ’79
[Miss Dora Lieuellen was a teacher of history, geography rhetoric,
letter-writing and composition at C.N.C. C. Eldora J. Lieuellen was
listed in the 1880 census in Danville as a teacher, age 27. An
obituary of Miss CeDora Liuellen in the “Republican,” Danville, dated
Jan. 25, 1917, indicated she died in Ohio and described her as
brilliant woman and gifted instructor for many years connected with
Central Normal College, and for years sole director of the
Scientific course. She had been a personal friend of James Whitcomb
Riley.]


6. Jan. 5, 1879. “Time, like a stream, is gliding by; We’re on its shore
to-day; A moment more and we may pass From mortal sight
away.”
Your Friend,
Hassie Sherrill
[Hassitine, 20, student, and Sidney, 22, housework, (below), are
listed in the 1880 census in Danville as daughters of James Sherrill,
who was minister of the Baptist church.]


7. Jan. 8, 1879. My Kind Friend,
When you have gone from my home an the Normal and have entered
upon the duties of life, Will you ever stop for one moment to reflect
over the past? Will you ever think of her whom you so often delighted to
tease? May you ever be as true to God, yourself and humanity as
you now are.
Your faithful friend
Cidney Sherrill
Danville, Ind.



8. Jan. 8, 1879. My Friend,
I sometimes wonder what will be the future history of our “class”, I
know not what object you have before you as your life work, but
what ever it may be, always “trust in yourself in humanity and in
God,” and you will be successful.
Don’t forget your friend
Mary Smith.
Hadley, Ind.
[Mary Smith, 23, was a teacher living with her mother Susan in Clay twp.,
Hendricks Co. in 1880. Hadley was in Clay twp. She was in the 1879 Special
Science class.]

9. Jan. 10, 1879. Danville, Ind.
Classmate Sherry:
My idea of friendship is such that I believe my strongest pledge
would be to subscribe myself
Your Friend,
Fucis L. Wayland.
Class of ’79, Central Normal.
[Listed in the 1880 census in Danville is Confucius L. Wayland, 21,
teacher, living with his parents and sister Calista L., 24; their father
was a merchant. Confucius Lane Wayland was living in Seattle, W. T. in
1885.]

10. Jan. 16, 1879. Now a classmate. Ever a friend.
Ella B. Hall
Seattle, W. T.
CNC
[In the 1880 census, Ella Hall, 21, student, an adopted daughter, is listed
in Seattle, Wash.]

11. Jan. 16, 1879. Compliments of
Ella B. Dickerson
Danville, Ind.
Central Normal
[Ella was a student in the Special Science course.]














12. April 16, 1879. “Whither are we drifting,” as we tread the pathway of
life? With its deep waters through which we must pass,
hills difficult of ascension, closed passages which must needs be
surmounted, and battles to be overcome, all of these we meet face to
face; yet are we ennabled to pluck flowers and see beauties, though
these may be passing clouds to hide the sunlight: through
all these may you ever be led and directed by Him who guided through to
the “foune river of water of life, clear as crystal,” upon whose
banks grow flowers that never fade, and which leads to the “City of
our God,” whose “Gates are afar” for His own.
One who desires to be remembered as a friend.
Maggie J. Nelson, Hayesville, Ohio
[Listed in the 1880 census in Haynesville, Ohio is Margaret J. Nelson, 30,
school teacher.]

13. April 21, 1879. “Oh small beginnings ye are great and strong
Based on a faithful heart and a weariless brain! Ye build the future
ye conquer strong, ye earn the crown and wear it not in vain.” Lowell
Yours in the Normal faith
S. M. Cutler
[He was a graduate of the first Classic class and was a teacher of German
Language and debating at C. N. C.]


14. May 26, 1879. You have been to us all a true friend could be, and by
your gentle ways have wielded an influence over us for good. My wish
is, that your influence living after your death will remain –
“A rill, a river, a boundless sea,” upon whose waters numberless trophies
shall be borne, to adorn your triumph, when you take your place among the
victors in the kingdom of God:
Your friend,
Cassie

15. May 27, 1879. “Every man’s heart is a living drama; every death is a
drop-scene; every book only a faint footlight to throw a little
flicker on the stage.”
May your highest anticipations be realized and may God’s blessing rest upon
you.
Love Friend Lottie Kaderly
C.N.C. May 27th, 79
[Lattie Kaderly is listed in the 1880 census of the campus residents in
Danville as a music teacher, age 23. She was from New Philadelphia, Ohio.]








16. May 30, 1879. Danville, Ind.
Mr. Sherry,-
Kind words are precious birds on the tree of life, which unfold in
all their grandure and beauty as the years roll on.
Etta Pentacost,
Mt. Meridian, Ind.
[Etta Pentacost is listed in the 1880 census of the campus residents in
Danville as a teacher, age 20.

17. June 3, 1879. Danville, Ind. C.N.C.
Friend Divico:-
“Oh! remember my friend though the earth may be bright, Time drives on its
years with untameable flight, And the deeper its spell round the spirit is
cast, The darker the struggle to leave it at last.”
Your friend, Erie Morgan
[Erie Morgan is listed in the 1880 census of Danville as age 19, attending
school, living with her family where C. Eldora J. Lieuellen, teacher, is a
boarder.]

18. June 4, 1879. Dear Friend,- “Kind words can never die,” but they
freshen the sterile life, and often times plant beautiful flowers in
the heart garden, to shed their delightful fragrance, and thus to
sweeten the bitter cup of sorrow and make sunshine in the lives of
those with whom they come in contact. May your life be as bright and
beautiful as a day in June. May you always enjoy the pleasures, that
may obtained by patient, earnest labor, is the wish of your friend and
classmate.
Cin T. Lafferty
McPherson, Ill. June 4, 1879. C.N.S.

19. June 5, 1879. Mr. Sherry
Shakespeare makes Hamlet say: “Those friends thou hast, and
their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel,” And
this my friend above all things heed. “To thine own self be true, And it
must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any
man.”
Your friend and classmate
Eva Harper, Lizton, Ind.
Danville, Ind. June 5th, 1879, C.N.C.
[An Eva Harper, 20, student, was boarding in Terre Haute in 1880.]







20. June 6, 1879. Danville - C.N.S.
Mr. Sherry:
Advice would never benefit you from one so imperfect as myself: yet
I think twould be well for us all to remember, that
“The world is just what we make it.”
Your friend.
Anna V. Jeffery, Lebanon, Ohio
[She was a student in the Scientific course in 1878-79.]

21. June 12, 1879. Friend Sherry:-
Ever remember me, as one of the surveyors who aided in
running the
line N87½ W16.75, and as one of your best friends.
D. A. Myers,
Logansport, Ind.
[David A. Myers, 20, is listed in the 1880 census in Logansport by himself,
studying law.]

22. June 20, 1879. Remember your fellow boarder and classmate,
J. P. Wright.
[J. P. Wright was from Centerville, Ind.]

23. June 22, 1879. Mr. Sherry:-
I can not find words to express my thoughts, I think you to be
a true noble man and shall ever remember you as such.
Yours in truest friendship
C.N.C. Sudie Wilson
[Sudie Wilson was from Independence, Ky., a graduate of the 1879 Teachers
class.]

24. July 8, 1879. My friend,
As you are nearing the close of your very successful Normal
course, as a student, I sincerely hope your Life work may prove equally
so and may you ever remember fondly the many of your Normal Friends.
Belle McLeod Burnsville, Ind.
[Belle McLeod, 26, was a shown in the 1880 census as a milliner living with
her family in Rock Creek twp., Bartholomew Co. Burnsville is located in
that township.]








25. July 27, 1879. Friend Dan:
May your weighs of after life be as harmless and beneficial as
the innumerable “spats” which we have indulged in our years work
together, and may your success in school be a type of your future
prosperity.
Your old-time friend,
Normaldom Frank F. Prigg
[Prigg, of Muncie, graduated from the Teachers Dept. in 1878 with D. B.
Sherry. In the 1880 census, Frank F. Prigg, 26, was a school teacher living
in North Salem with his wife Minnie. The March, 1881 issue of “Central
Normal News,” reported that he was principal of the Clayton schools and
will be in the Normal as soon as school closes. In the July, 1882 issue, it
was reported that he will attend law lectures in Ann Arbor next year. The
Jan. 1884 issue reported that he had charge of the public schools in
Danville last year and was now principal of the schools in Hutchinson,
Kansas at a large salary.]

26. July 30, 1879. Our school year is about gone, but I hope that we will
not cast aside our books and quit working, rather let us work the
more. Remember our ups and downs that we have gone through with since
students of the C.N.S.
Yours in friendship,
E. M. Palmer
Warren, Ind.
[Ella M. Palmer, 23, was living in 1880 with her father, a doctor, and
siblings in Warren, Huntington Co., Ind., no occupation shown.]

27. August 4, 1879. Friend Sherry.
When you look upon this page may it recall many incidents in of
our school life, such as the hour spent in the tower; the stray pin; a
certain night in which the china boots were lost, these and many
other things I would not have you forget. May your labors be crowned with
success.
Your true friend
L. Hattie Workman
On inner margin – The morning of leaving Danville Aug. 4, 79
[The Oct., 1881 issue of “Central Normal News,” reported that Hattie
Workman stated on July 9 that she recently closed a very successful term as
Superintendent of the Hayesville, Dubois Co. schools.]












28. Feb. 1, 1880. [very difficult to read, some words are best guess]
Huron’s, Avon, Ind.
Dear Friend: Have such a transparent soul that through it, not you, but God
and Nature shall appear. Remember that the curds of ages have flitted
through the mystic winds of Confucius, Mohamed, Swedenborg & down to Joseph
Smith, but a pilot is yet to command on humanity’s surging orator back? of
actual virtue, whose cargo, Heaven’s salute to man, sent from the part of
the Absolute Good to be anchored again on certainty’s strand, moved by a
chain, alternate-linked with links of light silvery Hope and beautiful
Golden Charity. I would have you stand for the Oneness of political
America, be a thought-speaker, an affectation-spurner, an inherent-(?)
lecturer, one of Laurel’s? stalwart men, but a ever all, try to be Sherry
as God has made him. Understand me, know me, tell me, ask me, & then while
I demand try and deserve, & still my friend.
Candidly,
C. L. Wayland
[This may be Fucis L. Wayland listed earlier.]

29. March 11, 1880. Be your pathway ever plain O’er spread by sun or
shade. On, ‘til you the acme gain, - Never yield to toil or pain, -
E’en ‘til your crown is made. From your words may true light shine;
‘Round your deeds no sin e’er twine; On your brow be no deep line
Marked by sorrow’s fairy. But may Truth, and Hope, and Love Ever
beckon you above ‘Til you rest, no more to rove, - is The wish of your
sister Mary.
Avon, 3- 11- 80.
[I do not know why she signed as sister – perhaps she was Mary Huron, who
assisted him at Avon schools]


30. March 15, 1880. Mr. Sherry:-
Dear Brother:
We have been together so long that it doesn’t seem real that we
are about to dissolve partnership. But you know my favorite quotation,-
“Forever and forever as long as that river flows, as long as the heart
has anguish as long as life has woes.” And so I suppose it will always
be, first we meet. Then we become acquainted. Then strangely attracted
and then ------ are torn assunder to go on and do the same things over
again. May the winter spent in “the Office No. six be long and pleasantly
remembered by you as it will by me, and in after years when other hands
tickle you, lock you in, cut your hair etc. and other persons have your
room and help to assassin midnight marauders in the shape of dogs &
mice. Please think kindly of the harem scarem member of the Avon P.O.D.
Sincerely yours Willis B. Huron, Avon
[Willis B. Huron, 22, is listed in the 1880 census in Danville, with
parents and family, including sisters A. Kate and Mary, noted previously.
Occupation, at school. He graduated from the ’80 Classic class and the ’81
Scientific class. In the Oct. 1881 issue of “Central Normal News,” W. B.
Huron was reported to be principal of a school in Osgood in Ripley Co.,
Ind. In the 1900-1930 census, he was shown as a physician in Tipton, Ind.
He had a wife and four children.]


31. March 24, 1880. Henderson Hornaday,
Avon, Ind.
[same page] George Blank,
Avon, Hendricks Co., Ind.
Last day of school Mar. 24th, 1880.

32. No date. Lou Gunn
Etta Haywood
Lou Fucett
Kate Hurin [I believe she was a niece of A. Kate Huron.]
Lillie Gunn, Plainfield, Ind.
Lulie Shipman, Avon, Ind.
Jesse C. Pike [born May 14, 1861]
J. W. Ferree, Avon, Ind.

33. No date. “Not enjoyment and not sorrow Is our destined end or way, But
to live that each tomorrow Finds us further than today.”
Be too proud to act unmanly.
Your Friend,
Jennie Rands
[Jennie Rands, 22, is listed in the 1880 census as a student among those
shown on the campus of the college. In the March, 1881 issue of “Central
Normal News,” Jennie Rand of Morning View, Ky. was said to be one of the
old Normalites teaching in Hendricks Co.

34. No date. Friend and schoolmate:-
I earnestly wish you all the happiness that you could enjoy, all the
success that you could wish and everything else that is good.
Yours truly
Reno, Ind. Chas. Vickrey
[Charley Vickrey, 20, is shown with his family in the 1880 census in Marion
twp., Hendricks Co., at school]

35. No date. The pathway of life is beset with many evils. The greatest of
which is deception. It wins charmingly and insensibly upon us until
its purpose has been accomplished and ---, Lo: What a change!
South Bloomingville, Ohio J. C. Stone
[He graduated from the Teachers Dept. in 1878 with D. B. Sherry. In the
1880 census, J. C. Stone, 23, teacher, was listed in Danville along others
on campus. The March, 1881 issue of “Central Normal News” reported that
Prof. J. C. Stone was principal of the schools in Pittsboro and also that
he had conducted with D. B. Sherry and others, a rousing county Normal at
Muncie last summer.]

36. No date. Friend Sherry,
You are nearing the close of a faithful year’s work but, at the
same time, the beginning of life of earnest effort. May God help you to
merit success.
W. T. Eddingfield
[W. T. Eddingfield was a teacher of Bookkeeping and in Special Charge of
the Business Department of C.N.C. in 1878. He was also a student,
graduating from the Classics course. The 1880 census shows him in Danville
as William T., 29, a teacher with wife Lavina A., 27, and brother James C.,
24, a student.]

37. No date. Mr. Sherry,
“Far off Bien” has returned to shake hands in spirit and in
truth
Trust the effect is the same May you always be successfull
C.I.N Bien A. Eddingfield
[Miss Bien Travers was married on May 1, 1879 to William Thompson
Eddingfield, above.]

38. No date. [Drawing of a pyramid] Your little friend
Joni? Tingley, Danville, Ind.

39. No date. “Our lives are albums, written through With good or ill, with
false or true. And as the blessed angels turn the pages of your years,
God grant they read the good with smiles , and blot the bad with
tears” This is the sincere wish of your friend
Helen M. Dickerson
D. B. Sherry (Classic Retreat)
[Helen M. Dickerson, 51, keeping house, is listed in Danville in 1880 with
her husband Henry L., in the ministry (Presbyterian)].

40. No date. Ever Remembered Friend:
“A good heart adds power to intellect, not only by infusing into it
its own deep enthusiasm but by leading its faculties to the
richest fields of thought, and to the grandest objects.”
Your Delaware County friend
Minnie Garrard
[Minnie was from Muncie, enrolled in the Teachers course one term. Minerva
Garrard was age 12 in Hamilton twp., Delaware Co. in 1870; not found in
1880]

41. No date. Dear Friend,
Thy path like most by mortals trod, Will have its thorns and flowers.
Its stony steps, and velvet sod, Its sunshine and its showers.
Jere. Garrard
[Jeremiah Garrard, 35, is a clerk in a store in Royerton in 1880, living
with his wife, Savanna, 31. He was the census enumerator for the township
in 1880.]



42. April 1, 1880. “A little sunshine, a little sorrow, A little pain or
pleasure, more or less. What will it matter when the full tomorrow
With perfect joy and peace the soul shall bless”
Mollie White
Royerton, Ind.
[Mary A. White, 23, is listed in the 1880 census in Hamilton twp., Delaware
Co. with parents Samuel and Mary and siblings.]

43. April 4, 1880. Royerton, Ind. Friend Dan:-
Our paths and lives may be separated by many, very many, miles;
but I would have you always remember that we have been firm good
friends and that time and distance cannot mar our friendship –
Geo. R. Green
[George R. Green, 28, physician, is listed in Royerton, Hamilton twp.,
Delaware Co. in 1880 with wife Mary and son Dwight, age 1.]


44. April 4, 1880. Royerton, Ind. Dear Friend,
Wherever thy lot may be cast, remember that those at home think often
of the absent boy, and wish for his return.
Your friend
Mary E. E. Green
D. B. never refuse to eat green plums.}


45. Apr. 4, 1880. “May your life be composed chiefly by major chords; but
as minor ones must needs occur, be consoled with this knowledge, that
the melody of their music is always the sweetest.
Very truly yours
R. W. Monroe
[Robert W. Monroe, 29, was a law student living in Muncie in 1880 living
with his brother-in-law, a lawyer.]

46. April 15, 1881. My Dear Friend:
As I with joy ascend the hill Success, I hope to never meet one D.
B. S.
Your Friend,
Good (bad) Friday L. T. Farabee,
April 15, 1881 Plainfield, Ind.
[Louy F. Farabee, 37, teacher, is shown in the 1880 census of Guilford
twp., Hendricks Co. with his wife Hattie, 30. The March, 1881 issue of the
“Central Normal News” reported that L. T. Farrabee was principal of the
Plainfield schools.]






47. April 18, 1881. Let us, then, be what we are, and speak what we think,
and in all things Keep ourselves loyal to truth, and the sacred
professions of friendship.”
Not “if you want to.”
Emma L. McCurdy
Danville, Ind.
[Emma L. McCurdy, 21, student, is shown in the 1880 census in Danville
living with her family.]

48. Jan. 3, 1882. Philosophy is born of wonder, And is so ineffectual as
thunder.
Geo. O. Moore
C.N.C. Tuscola, Ill.
[George O. Moore, 21, is shown in the 1880 census of Tuscola twp., Douglas
Co., Ill., living with his parents and teaching school.]

49. Juli 12, 1882. [Written in German]
Lothia ?

50. July 18, 1882. When this Please Think of me Though many a mile Apart
we be.
Yours truly,
Ruth
In remembrance of the party.

51. August 5, 1882. God’s noblest works are honest men Says Pope’s
instructive line. To make a lovely woman, then, Must surely be divine.
Mary King
Danville, Ind.


52. August 10, 1882. Dear Friend:-
I shall ever think of you as a true man, and normal friend and
aurora brother. I predict grand success for you in the future.
Lou M. Riley
C.N.C. Paris, Illinois
[In 1880, Louis Riley, 21, was listed as a school teacher in Prairie twp.,
Edgar Co., Ill. Aurora was a literary society.]

53. August 10, 1882. Danville, Ind. Friend Sherry:
This morning we must part after spending many happy hours together. I
wish you the success which, from your nobleness of character you so
much merit.
Truly your friend
Colburn, Ind. D. H. Rohrabaugh




54. Sept. 11, 1882. Danville, Ind. Mr. Sherry:
I can wish you nothing more than a successful life.
This from your friend,
Brinley’s Sta. Ohio Lizzie Reid

55. April 19, 1885. Mr. Sherry:-
We will soon leave Neal’s school house. I will always think of
this place and our school with pleasure. Will you sometimes think of
your mad cap scholar with kindness?
Mary Bridwell.
[Mary Bridwell and brother Arthur were living in Denton, Texas in 1880, she
age 13, he age 6.]

56. No date. Dear Teacher,
When up the steep hill of life you go, I hope that you will not be
slow.
Arthur Bridwell
Osage Co, Dragoon, Kansas

57. June 7, 1888. “Dear” Friend
Oh; how sweet the conversation When two friends together meet;
But the thought of separating, Mingles bitter with the sweet.
Truly yours,
Maggie Gregory
Written in the corners, Love – leap year – Friendship

58. June 8, 1888. Dragoon Valley.
My dear brother:
“As the ray from the light house reaches afar out o’er the ocean
guiding many sailors to a safe harbor, may your light so shine o’er
the great ocean of life as to guide many weary sailors to that safe
port called Heaven.”
Your sister Belle Banning
[D. B. Sherry married Belle’s sister Josie on June 29, 1887.]

59. June 9, 1888. Mr. Sherry,-
Friendship is a silken tie That binds two hearts to geather, and
if you never break this tie; We will be friends forever.
Nancy Gregory

60. June 11, 1888. My dear brother,
“Art builds on sand; the works of Pride And human passion
change and full;
But that which shares the life of God with him surviveth all.”
With best wishes, from your sister Hettie
Written at outer side of page by D. B. Sherry – going to start to Ind.
today.
[Hettie Banning died of consumption on Feb. 10, 1894.]
61. April 4, 1899. Cowan, Ind. Mr. Sherry,-
May your joys be as great as the ocean
Your sorrows as light as its foam
Louise Clevenger
Forget-me-not
[In the 1900 census, Louise T. L. Clevenger is listed in Monroe twp.,
Delaware Co., b. July, 1884.]


62. April 4, 1899. Cowan, Ind. Friend Mr. Sherry:-
Love comes on Sunday night, When Edna & you are in the parlor.
Love comes and holds you tight And tells you not to holler.
Your pupil,
Lillie Houck
Remember me.
[In the 1900 census, Lillie Houch is listed in Monroe twp., Delaware
Co., born Jan., 1884.]


63. No date. Always be happy
And live at your
Ease have a good
Wife and do as you please
Miss Eliza Culbertson
[unidentified – probably his student at some time]






























BACKGROUND INFORMATION – DANIEL BOONE SHERRY (1853-1928)
Daniel Boone Sherry was born 16 October, 1853 in Union twp., Delaware Co.
Indiana to David and Laruhama Battreall Sherry. He attended the Northern
Indiana Normal School at Valparaiso, Indiana. In 1877, he enrolled in
Central Indiana Normal School at Ladoga and, when the faculty and most of
the students moved to Danville in March, 1878 for the formation of the
Central Normal College, he went on to Danville. He was listed in the
“Second Annual Catalogue of the Central Normal College and Commercial
Institute, Danville, Hendricks County, Indiana, Departments: Preparatory,
Common School, Teachers, Special Science, Surveying, Collegiate and
Musical, for the year 1877-‘78,” Indianapolis, 1878. He is shown in the
Roll of Students under Teachers Department Graduates, 1878 as D. B. Sherry
of Muncie with 12 others in that category. The 1880 census, shows D. B.
Sherry, 26, included in a list of 124 students and teachers (#299/349) in
Danville at Central Normal School, although the school is not mentioned on
the census pages or in the entry.
In March, 1881, he was reported by the "Central Normal News" as principal
of the schools at Avon, Ind. In 1882, he graduated from the Classic Class
of C.N.C. The January, 1883 issue of the "Central Normal News" included an
oration by D. B. Sherry entitled 'Whom Follow We?”, which apparently had
been delivered by him at a commencement exercise in November, 1882. On the
front page of this same issue was an extensive report on the death of Prof.
F. P. Adams, president of the college.
While at C.N.C., Daniel obtained an autograph album in which his
classmates, teachers and friends recorded their thoughts, expressions of
friendship, and witticisms from 1878 up to 1900. The album was kept by his
family and given to me by his great-granddaughter Judy Hotzel Dodson of
Emporia, Kansas in January, 2004. She had received it from Anna Kitchen, a
granddaughter of Daniel.
Daniel taught grade school, high school and college. He moved from Indiana
to Kansas in 1883, first teaching at Valley Falls in Jefferson County. By
1885 he moved to Dragoon Valley, Osage County, where he was married on June
29, 1887. He returned to Indiana in June 1888 with a teaching job in
Hendricks County. In the 1890's, he took up farming and taught on a
homestead in Ness Co., Kansas, near Utica, but returned to Osage Co. after
crop failures. Upon his wife’s death of consumption in 1894, he was left
with four children; Homer, born 1888, Inez, born 1890, Edith, born 1892 and
Cameron, born 1894. By 1899 he returned to Delaware County, Indiana with
Inez and Cameron, while son Homer remained with grandparents and Edith
remained with an aunt.
Sometime after 1900, he left Indiana and became Superintendent of the Crow
Reservation, which is located primarily in south central Montana, comprised
of part of Big Horn, Carbon, and Yellowstone counties in Montana and parts
of Big Horn and Sheridan counties in Wyoming. He moved on to becoming the
Superintendent of the Blackfoot Technical College in Idaho, retiring in the
mid - 1920's.
Daniel took up government land in Montana, receiving a patent dated 18 Jan.
1916 from the Missoula, Montana Land Office for 120 acres, the N SW NW and
the NW SE of section 2 in township 20 north of range 23 west of Montana
Meridian. Also another dated 21 Oct. 1919 for the E SE SW and the SE SW of
section 2 in twp. 20 N, range 23 W. This land was located in Sanders
County in the Little Bitter Root Valley one mile west of the Little Bitter
Root River within the Flathead Indian Reservation. His son Cameron also
purchased a 120 acre adjacent grant and received a certificate dated 19
May, 1917. His daughter Inez said he was "the best man with an ax I ever
knew."
Obituary clipping dated April 19, 1928, excerpts:
Daniel Boone Sherry was born October 16, 1853, near Muncie, Indiana, and
passed from this life at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Arthur Kitchen,
near Lyndon, [Kansas] April 13, 1928, aged 74 years and 6 months.
--Making his own way in life from the age of 12 years, he educated himself,
attending Calparaiso University [Valparaiso] and Danville College,
graduating from the latter institution in the early eighties, and entered
the teaching profession, which he followed in different sections of the
country, principally in Indiana. He was active in this work until 1916.
During his educational career, he was principal of several schools and was
for a time, employed in the Government Indian schools.
He was a member of the Methodist church while a young man, and took an
active part in church work until recent years.
His wife passed away October 22, 1894, leaving to his care four children,
all yet living, whose addresses are: Homer Kent Sherry, Asbestos, Quebec,
Canada; Cameron B. Sherry, San Antonio, Texas, Mrs. Edith Archer, Larned,
Kansas; and Mrs. Arthur Kitchen, Lyndon, Kansas.
Funeral services were held at the Methodist church in Lyndon, April 17.
Interment made in Lyndon cemetery.
Transcribed and compiled by
Thomas L. Bowen
13341 N. Carefree Ct.
Camby, IN 46113
May 2, 2009
D. B. Sherry was a great uncle of the compiler, a brother of great-
grandmother Sarah Lillis Sherry Snyder.