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F. L. Sherrer, M. D., Portland, Ark. The career of Dr. Sherrer as a physician and surgeon is well and favorably known to the citizens of Ashley County, for he has built, up a patronage highly complimentary to his ability in the medical profession. He owes his nativity to Alabama, his birth occurring in that State on September 24, 1841, and is a son of John M. and Jane I. (Reed) Sherrer, the father a native of Georgia, and the mother of Kentucky. John M. came to Ashley County, Ark., in 1859, located at Poplar Bluff, and there his death occurred in 1868. His wife had died in 1852, and he had married, the second time, to Miss Emma Seymour. He reared five children—three by his first wife and two by his second. Only one of these besides our subject now living, Loraine, wife of John Heard now residing near Shiloh, La. The second wife died in 1874. Dr. Sherrer resided in Alabama until sixteen years of age, attending school in Selma, Ala., and came with his father to Arkansas. He remained here one year, and then went back and studied medicine under Dr. Pickering at Perryville. He took two courses of lectures at Atlanta, Ga., and graduated in the class of 1859 and 1860 at the University of Louisiana. He immediately selected Ashley County as the scene of his future labor, and here he has since remained actively engaged in the discharge of his duties. In April, 1862, he enlisted in a company that formed part of the Second Arkansas, and was detailed to hospital practice most of the time. In the latter part of the year 1863 he was transferred to the Fifth Louisiana Cavalry. Returning home after the war, he again resumed his practice, and is one of the very skilled practitioners of Ashley County, and ranks among the highest in his profession. He was married on May 1, 1861, to Miss Amanda Barringer, and they had two children, one living, Louey, who is twenty-three years of age, and who is taking his second course of lectures at the Memphis Medical University. Dr. Sherrer lost his wife on February 15, 1868, and his second marriage occurred on May 3, 1869, to Mrs. Rosamond Gaily nee Carmmark, who bore him one son, Morell, who is now eighteen years of age. Mrs. Sherrer is a member of the Baptist Church. Socially the Doctor is a member of the Masonic fraternity and the K. of H. He is the owner of 300 acres of bayou land, and has 100 acres under cultivation. He is one of the first-class citizens of the county. Generous to a fault, hospitable and courteous, it is a pleasure to see and hear him talk. He is a great lover of field sport and has had many an adventure with bear, panther and deer. Even now he delights in a day’s outing with a good dog and a trusty gun.