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FRANK M. STERRETT, Postmaster, Troy. The above gentleman was born in Clark Co., Ohio, Oct. 18, 1845. Samuel W., father of Frank, was born in Champaign Co., Ohio, Nov. 19, 1810. Washington, father of Samuel, was a native of Virginia, and one of the pioneers of Ohio; Samuel W. was formerly a resident of this county, but now of Clark Co., to which he removed in 1842, and where he now resides. He was married to Sarah, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Ullery, in 1835, who bore him ten children, seven of whom are living, viz., Eliza, Lucinda, William H. H., Frank M,, John A., Catherine and Ellen. The deceased are Jacob R., Benjamin G. and Lavina B. April 16, 1861, Jacob enlisted in Co. D of the 11th O. V. I., being the first man from Pike Township, Clark Co., to enroll his name on the scroll of fame. The services this noble old regiment did for its country are so well engraven on the minds of the people, that in this work a reiteration of its valor is unnecessary; suffice it to say, Jacob R. Sterrett was always found at the post of duty, and in the sanguinary and ever-memorable battle of Chickamauga, in which our forces suffered the extremity of severity, Jacob R. fell, badly wounded, pierced by enemy’s bullets, on the 14th of September, 1863; he fell into the hands of the enemy, with whom he remained nine days before being exchanged, and during the latter part of the following month (October) died from the effects of his wounds, in the 22d year of his age; his remains were secured, after several ineffectual attempts brought home and interred in the McKendree Cemetery, where a beautiful monument has been erected to his memory. On Aug. 28, 1863, our subject enlisted in Co. D, of the 5th Ind. Bat. of O. C, which was commanded by Maj. Ijams. Saw much active service in Southeastern Kentucky, contending with the many guerrillas that infested that region; promoted to Commissary Sergeant Sept. 25, 1863; at the expiration of his term of service, he was mustered out in Cincinnati, Feb. 15, 1864; May 2, 1864, he re-enlisted in Co. I, of the 147th O. V. I., and was soon after detailed with seven others from his battalion, to the Coast Survey force, and laid out the National Cemetery on an estate of Gen. R. E. Lee, which formerly belonged to the Washingtons; after these duties were completed, he was appointed Clerk to the Adjutant General, a position he held until mustered out, Aug. 30, 1864; upon his return home, he entered the Delaware Wesleyan University, in which he remained during the school years of 1864-65; in June of the latter year, to recruit his failing energies and bodily health, took a trip to Europe, visiting England, Ireland, Germany, France and Holland, returning in the same year, decidedly improved in health and strength; upon his return, he read law one year with Shellabarger, Good & Bowman, when, on account of failing health, he was again obliged to relinquish his designs; after traveling for S. K. Harter & Co., ten months, he taught school in Tippecanoe City, Miami Co., Ohio, one year, after which he traveled extensively for ten years as a commercial salesman; Feb. 22, 1879, he was commissioned by President R. B. Hayes as Postmaster of Troy; the duties of the office have been so efficiently discharged that this takes the lead among the best conducted and well regulated offices of the State, an honor the patrons are proud of, and a distinction Mr. S. is well able to retain. Sept 19, 1872, he was married to Mabel, an accomplished daughter of Charles A. and Mary C. Binkley, residents of Troy; she was born in the above place Oct. 20, 1854.