Sherrill, William

Student file of William Sherrill, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, who entered the school on December 14, 1893, graduated in 1897, and departed on May 18, 1897. The file contains a student information card, a letter, a returned student survey, and a report after leaving indicating that in 1911 Sherrill had married Mollie Trexler and…

Student information card of William Sherrill, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, who entered the school on December 14, 1893, graduated in 1897, and departed on May 18, 1897. The file indicates Sherill was married to Mollie Trexler and was living in Wolf Point, Montana in 1913.

Note: A descendent has sent in the correction that…

Studio portrait of tweleve female and fourteen male students. 

The caption reads: GRADUATING CLASS OF ’97. INDIAN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, CARLISLE, PA.

Samuel Gruett, Chippewa. Rob’t. Depoe, Siletz. Clarence Whitethunder, Sioux. Edw. Rogers, Chippewa. Brigman Cornelius, Oneida. Mary Miller, Chippewa. Frank…

Portrait of twelve female and fourteen male students posed outside on the school grounds. The students are identified below the image. 

This is a page from The Red Man, March 1897. The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: 14A-02-01 and 15-28-01. 

The commencement program for the Eighteenth Anniversary and Ninth Graduating Exercises of the Indian Industrial School at Carlisle, Pennsylvania.  The program includes a schedule of events as well as a photograph of the graduating class of 1897.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a list of the Graduating Class of 1897 of the Carlisle Indian School to W. N. Hailmann along with his assessment of their character and efficiency.

Richard Henry Pratt responds to a request from W. N. Hailmann regarding the qualifications of former student William Sherrill for a position in the Indian Service.

Report on the health of current and former Cherokee students of the Carlisle Indian School.