BIO: JOHN SCOTT STERRETT, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

   

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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,

  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, page 224

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    JOHN SCOTT STERRETT, who passed away Feb. 10, 1868, is still remembered

  among the older business men of Carlisle and Cumberland county. He was born

  June 4, 1803, in Lancaster county, and there grew to manhood. His first

  business venture was merchandising in Mt. Joy, that county, and he was a man

  of thirty-five when he came to Cumberland county, where he resided on the

  farm in Dickinson township now occupied by his children. This place came into

  the possession of its present owners (heirs and children of John Scott

  Sterrett) through the mother, to whom it had been presented by her father,

  Capt. Samuel Woods, who was known as "the poor man's friend." Capt. Woods

  earned his title through service in the war of 1812. He was a prosperous,

  generous and kind-hearted man, and his death was sincerely mourned by scores

  of people, the friends who admired him and the numerous recipients of his

  benevolence. He married Lillian Ker.

  

    John S. Sterrett married Mary Jane Woods, daughter of Capt. Samuel and

  Lillias (Ker) Woods, and to this union were born the following named

  children: Lillias, who is living at the old home; Martha E., wife of A.

  Foster Mullen, of Mt. Holly Springs, this county; Samuel Woods, of Rochester,

  N. Y., a lumber merchant; Mary E., at the old home; William Ker, who died in

  childhood; J. Thomas, deceased; J. Calvin, living retired at the old home;

  and Alice Irene, who died in childhood. The mother, who was a devout

  Christian woman, passed away Dec. 26, 1880. Mr. Sterrett was an earnest

  member of the First Presbyterian Church of Carlisle and a Christian who lived

  up to the principles he professed. He was well versed in the Scriptures and

  made a practice of holding family worship in his home.

  

    Mr. Sterrett was well known in financial circles in Carlisle as a bank

  officer and organizer, and his ability and integrity in such matters were

  never questioned.