Sheriff

Henry W. Sheriff, a farmer residing near Franksville, was born in Caledonia, Township, December 27, 1860, a son of Edward and Elizabeth (Thompson) Sheriff. The father, who was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1835, reached the age of seventy-four years, passing away in 1909, while his wife, who was born in Toronto, Canada in May, 1840, died August 22, 1915. They were married in Iowa and in 1859 became residents of Caledonia Township, Racine County, where the father first engaged in business as a teamster. In 1862, however, he invested the money which he had saved from his earnings in … Read more