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Ft. Myers News-Press
Monday July 16, 1944

MR. AND MRS. L. M. SHEROUSE

-- MARRIED FIFTY YEARS --
Mr. and Mrs. Sherouse of 213 Second Street observed their 50th wedding anniversary quietly July 2nd at their home. Mr. and Mrs. Sherouse were married at Citra, Fla., in 1894 and moved to Ft. Myers in 1914. They have six living children, Mrs. Dorthoy L. Heath of Royal Palm Avenue, Maj. Kenneth B. Sherouse of Miami, now stationed in the Hawiian Islands; R. Le Roy Sherouse of West Palm Beach; Mrs. J. F. Jeffcoatt,Jr. of Cleveland Avenuse; Mrs. L. J. Moriarty of Alexandria, La; Carlisle Sherouse of Fort Myers; and one son who is dead; L. Edgar Sherouse. Their two great-grandchildren are Sonny and Penny Peoples. Their grandsons who are in the service are
First Lt. Robert L. Heath Jr stationed in Texas and recently returned from overseas; Cpl. L. J. Jeffcoa, III, serving in the Pacific; Kenneth B. Sherouse, serving with the Marines in the Pacific; L. J. Moriarty Jr. attending a Naval radio school at Galveston, Tex.; Philip R. Peoples , P.O. Box 3-C, Jacksonville. Mrs Sarah A. Smith, 86 years of age, makes her home with her daughter, Mrs. Sherouse.

Additional Info:
Son Of Henry W. and Delia M. Watson Sherouse who came from Pioneer families of Florida
Birth: 18 DEC 1873 in Mc Meekin Putnam Co., FL
Death: 24 MAR 1953 in Ft. Myers, Lee Co., FL
Burial: Ft. Myers, Cemetery Lee Co., FL
Note: Lewis Marion Sherouse died in a hospital in Miami Dade County, FL

Name: Cornelia Annettia SMITH
Birth: 15 NOV 1878 in Will Co., IL
Death: 2 JUL 1963 in Ft. Myers FL.
Burial: Ft. Myers, Cemetery Lee Co., FL
Father: Edgar Sorton SMITH b: 22 DEC 1846 in Everton, Lancashire England
Mother: Sarah Ann BOGARDUS b: 22 AUG 1858 in Will Co., Ill
Marriage Lewis Marion SHEROUSE b: 18 DEC 1873 in Mc Meekin Putnam Co., FL
Married: 3 JUL 1894 in Citra, Marion Co., FL

Submitted by Norita Shepherd Moss

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