Family: James Murrah Sherrill / Chany Ann Hartley (F1509)

• Father | Male James Murrah Sherrill

  
  

  Born	Abt 1825	Tennessee, USA
  Died	Between 1854-1860
  Buried
  Married	Abt 1850-1852  [1, 2, 3]
  Father	Ambrose Sherrill | F1510 Group Sheet
  Mother	Peggy Hopkins | F1510 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Chany Ann Hartley

  
  

  Born	18 Feb 1828	Dickson County, Tennessee, USA
  Died	Aft 1880
  Buried
  Father	James Hartley | F288 Group Sheet
  Mother	Elizabeth Walker | F288 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female Sarah J. Sherrill

  
  

  Born	27 Jun 1852	Stockton, Cedar County, Missouri, USA
  Died	18 Feb 1921	Stockton, Cedar County, Missouri, USA
  Buried		Stockton, Cedar County, MIssouri, USA

  
  

  Child 2 | Male James M. Sherrill

  
  

  Born	About 1854	Cedar County, Missouri, USA
  Died
  Buried

  
  

• Sources

  [S1581] Harry Alexander Davis, The Billingsley Family in American (Rutland, Va.: Tuttle Antiquarian Books, 1936), 122-125; transcription, (http://thebillingsleys.net : accessed 19 September 2011). Stating that James Murrah Sherrill, born 1825 in Tennessee, was the son of Ambrose Sherrill and Peggy Hopkins; married "Chaney" [surname not stated] before 1852. It further adds that James Murrah Sherrill died about 1856-1857, and his widow Chaney was found in the 1860 Cedar County, Missouri, census. [S1490] 1850 U.S. census, Cedar County, Missouri, population schedule, District 17, p. 317 (penned, verso), p. 159 (stamped, verso), dwelling 465, family 465, James "Hartly" household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 395. Chaney Ann was residing in her father's home at the time of the census; her surname is difficult to decipher, but was certainly not "Sherrill." It is possible that she was married prior to 1850 and was bearing a married surname. [S1578] 1860 U. S. census, Cedar County, Missouri, population schedule, Stockton, [Lynn township, crossed out], p. 60 (penned), [no stamped p. no.], dwelling 432, family 432, Chaney Sherrill household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 613. Chaney is head of household, and probably a widow. She has with her two children, born about 1852 and 1854. This makes it likely that her marriage year was 1851. Members of Chaney's family had ventured to California in 1847, and others soon after to Montana. It is possible that her husband went on one of these trips from which he never returned.