Charles Marion Schermerhorn & Cora Ferris

Charles Marion Schermerhorn

Charles Schermerhorn and his family lived with his father until the
latter's death in 1904, when he homesteaded fifty miles north of Great
Falls, Mont. Drought, wind, hailstorms and grasshoppers destroyed so
many crops that he returned to Indiana and visited with various cousins
there and in Michigan until his second marriage at Lawrence Mi, where he
lived the rest of his life. He was a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge for
over fifty years. He was a great lover of music and was gifted with a
good voice. He wrote much unpublished poetry and composed some songs one
of which was in honor of the 100th anniversary of the purchase of the
Schermerhorn farm in Indiana. Throughout his life he was a respected
citizen of high moral standing with ever keen interest in setting a good
example of conduct in every community he lived.

Cora Ferris