Education
He graduated from Mount Saint Mary"s College, in Emmitsburg, Maryland, in 1838, where he studied law.
He graduated from Mount Saint Mary"s College, in Emmitsburg, Maryland, in 1838, where he studied law.
James McSherry, Junior. (July 29, 1819 – July 13, 1869) was an American lawyer and writer He was admitted to the bar in 1840 and began practicing in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, but returned to Maryland in 1841. McSherry continued to practice law in Frederick, Maryland, until his death in 1869.
McSherry was the son of James McSherry and Anne Ridgely Sappington, and the grandson of Patrick McSherry.
Patrick McSherry came from Ireland to Pennsylvania in 1745, where he settled in Adams County and raised 12 children, some of whom later moved to Maryland. McSherry married Eliza Spurrier on September 30, 1841.
