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John Hayes Schermerhorn & Laura Bishop Keith
John Hayes Schermerhorn was the son of
Horace Greeley Schermerhorn and Eveline Amelia Wemple
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was born December 26,1876 in Clearspring Twp., La Grange Co., Ind. He married Laura Bishop Keith
August 10, 1937 in Ellingson, S. Dakota. Laura Bishop Keith was the daughter of
Kiram Holmes Keith and Anna Holt
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was born November 30, 1890 in Menno S. Dakota.
John Hayes Schermerhorn
Name - John Hayes Schermerhorn
Birth - December 26, 1876 Clearspring Twp., La Grange Co., Ind
John Hayes Schermerhorn was born on and has always lived on the original
Ernestus Schermerhorn homestead in CLearspring Twp. In 1948 he was a
awarded a Certificate of Recognition of a Centennial Farm Family by the
Ind. Hist. Society. When he first married he remodeled the old frame
house which Ernestus had built and lived there until 1927, when he sold
that part of the farm to his sister Bess and bought the part of the farm
where he was born and moved back there. He taught school three years and
served in the militia for three years before he married. Later he served
on term as township assessor and was a member of the township advisory
board for two terms and of the county council for one term.
Laura Bishop Keith
Name - Laura Bishop Keith
Birth - November 30, 1890 Menno S. Dakota
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