The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-10-17
Little Phirs Life Story, Told
by Himself.
rke Here's birth .ss K.riy Youth
B~ns On Besax seids<r-ws.s
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HIS yirss ssssis-ssis War fisrss
The Ride 10 wfsshsss~r.


termination. - his cherished hafe
shat before death overlook him he
might zee hi 'fnemoirz completes.
For the past tao yeaFs Gen sheridan
has teea carefasiy preparing this
record % bis life. and much u Il IA
written by hts 0zn haasi Has career
was one filled uitb incidents and per
sonai experiences that noae bzt his
pen could tell. and yet throughout the
entire narrative fur Szeis i ts--he ex-
hibsis . n.oIessy and heassty that
impress the re1sser wtth \ deeper ap-
rseeiasIas 81 the mar himself.
The EalshinE tossebSs were given 20
the work 81 SoaqHlss Mass, ~ the
little evtfage overlooking the sea- A
large part OF his raanusesips had al
ready been pat IN type. and be Ger
rectesl the proof wifh extraordinary
care while stili hi4 life was hanging
sIonbtgaIly tetUeen bis recnsrsnt at
tacks II heart failure. IL was naofe
than wear ago tlsat he sent HE FIRST
consignment Of copy % Charles i.
Webster x Co.. ol SeN YORK, whom
be selected a. his pablisherz-
In his perfaee s'er. saefsssAn wialess
AN offering this record penHed By
mv vwu hand. u the events of my
life AMI II nv participation In oar
great struggle iof national existence.
human Iiberty and political equality.
make no f,gesenxinFs 10 literary merit.
The Importance ii the sahieef-matter
OF my narrative i sny only claim 90
a.. rs.4@4 : atfsfsf1sSu
ms fAEEsrAsg
my parent, john and Mary sheFi-
dan. came 10 America IN lsn. having
been Induced by the representations OF
my fathers uncle Thomas Gaiaor,
then living IN Albany, n. u, % Try
their fOrtuncs in the New World
They weFe born ami reared in The
County gasan. ireland. ahere from
early manhood my fathsr had titled a
IsaSehald on the estate OF Cherry
mount. and the sale OF his leasehoid
provided him wsih means 20 seek q
new hosne across the sea. Ny parents
we're blood reiatians~-eUtiSins IN the
SECOND degree mother, whose
maiden maine was Minor. having
descended from collateral branch OF
my father'- family. Before leaving
ireland they had two children, and
on DE 9TH II March, lssi. the year
after their arrival Ia this country, !
wat born iH Albany. n T., the third
child ia She family. which eventually
increased - si1-fouf boys and two
girls
,.rhe prospects for gaining iiyeii.
hood 10 Albany did not meet the ex-
pectations which my parents had
been lefi 20 entertain. 80 III ir,2 they
removed e. the West, 70 establish
themselves in the village q Somerset,
In Perry county, o., which section, In
The carrie days af the state, bal
been eolenlxei from Pennsylvania and
Maryland. ~ this period the great
pubic safks of the Nofthwes,-tlie
canals anti maeadaniiEed. reatls a result
OF elau5T for internal Improvement
we're iu course Of construction, ard
my father turned biz attention e. them.
believing that they oileFe8 appofiuni-
tics for successful occupation.
Encouraged bY 70 civil cngi-
neeF namesl Bassess, Who ha9
takssa tame to him. be pat ia
bids for d snasll contract uu lhc Cum.
boriand road. known rs Flse National
road. witch Va. then being extended
west ffusa sht uhsariye 4 little sac-
cess III ttsIs FIRST enterprise led him %
take up raftfaetiag as a business,
which he fallowea on various canal
and maeaiamSeal roads then huildiag
In different paris ~ the state 81 Ohio.
with some good fortune for awhile.
hut In iss} what little means he had
saved were swallowed up In bank
ruptgy caased rs the failure of the
Sciat8 & Hooking Valley Railroad
Company. for whleh be was fulfilling
contract II the time, and this di-as e.
ieft him finally Gully q small farm,
just outside the village OF Somerset,
whore be slsest antii hiss death. Ia ISIS.
MS StgLY seHeoEis8.
MY father occupation kept htm
away from home much Of the tigne
during my boyhood. ami as conse.
qtgrnce | gteN ue under the sole
Euidaace and trsiuius ~ uy mother.
whoso excellent common sense and
clear discerament tn every way ttte.i
htr tnr saeh maternal euties Ms
mother has died s,uer tae afsage uas
written T. II. $. When o.deneurh
was ses3t io thc village school, which
was taught hy an aia-Nmr Irish mas
ter -une ii those sinerant doninies 81
the early tTputies MIN. hul5ilug thar
10 pare the rcd ws- 60 spo1l the
child Ii guafie 20 6elect ihe real euj-
pfit Nhcn any oiSense h1a haen cam
mltted soRM consist atty auu,y
the Nitgh 10 ths whofe ,chaos
without Discrimination Is must
he conceded titst i,v thn means
be ueyey fs8lsd a. catch
the guilty Wsiss hses maker The s.has,i
year NaS Divided tHto ferss 0i three
nlonihs Hae teaeacT hgsns rshi 81