U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- McSherry, Richard (1792-1873) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Aler's History of Martinsburg and Berkeley County, West Virginia by F. Vernon Aler, 1888 Printed for the Author by The Mail Publishing Company, Hagerstown, MD. CHAPTER VIII. Historical Pen Sketches of the Early Residents of Berkeley County by the late Hon. Chas. James Faulkner. Pages 88-89, DR. RICHARD McSHERRY Was born in the County of Berkeley, upon the farm known as "Retirement," near Leetown, on the 2Sth of May, 1792, and was the eldest son of Richard and Anastatia McSherry, who both lived and died on the estate. He was educated at an academy at Fredericktown, Maryland, then at Hagerstown, and lastly at Georgetown College, D. C, where he went through a full course of instruction. He commenced the study of medicine under Dr. Samuel J. Creamer, a graduate of Edinburg, and a very accomplished physician, residing at Charlestown. From thence he went to Philadelphia, and entered the office of Prof. Nathaniel Chapman, of the University of Pennsylvania, at which University he graduated in medicine in 1816. Meantime, while attending the lectures, the war of 1812 broke out, and he joined a company from his native county, and marched to encounter our British invaders; and upon the death of the medical officer attached to the command, he was commissioned in his place, and served as a surgeon in the army until the end of the war. In 1816, he commenced the practice of his profession in Martinsburg, and enjoyed an extensive and lucrative practice until 1871, when he withdrew from the practice. He was married in January, 1817, to Miss Ann C. King, daughter of Mr. George King, Georgetown, whose family were of the early Maryland colonists. He died in Baltimore, at the residence of his son, on the 20th of December, 1873, and his remains were interred in the Catholic cemetery of Martinsburg. No man enjoyed a more enviable reputation than Dr. McSherry. As a physician he stood in the first rank of his profession and by constant study, kept progress with the advance of medical science. His mild and amiable temper, bland and courageous deportment to all, made him a general favorite. His reading extended beyond the scope of his professional studies, and his familiarity with history and general literature, made him at all times an agreeable companion. He was kind and charitable, and bore throughout life a reputation of unsullied integrity. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Berkeley County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/berkeley/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------