John F. Sheriff

Birth Date

1817-12-11

Death Date

1895-11-23

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Williamstown, Kentucky, merchant. Ireland native. Appointed postmaster of Williamstown on January 14, 1858. Merchant in Williamstown in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Williamstown, p. 185. Find A Grave, "John F. Sheriff (1817-1895)," Memorial #118770483, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=sheriff&GSfn=john&GSiman=1&GScid=228867&GRid=118770483& (accessed March 17, 2017). Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, Vol 14, p. 619 (accessed via Ancestry.com).

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