James McSherry (jurist)
Jurist, b. at Frederick, Maryland, December 30, 1842; died there October 23, 1907
McSherry, JAMES, jurist, son of the above, b. at Frederick, Maryland, December 30, 1842; died there October 23, 1907. He received a collegiate education to the year before graduation at Mount St. Mary’s College, Emmitsburg, Maryland, but was compelled to leave there in 1861 on account of his outspoken Southern sympathies, being arrested and confined for a time at Fort McHenry Baltimore. He studied law in his father’s office and was admitted to the bar on February 8, 1864. On February 26, 1866, he married Miss Clara Louise McAleer; by whom he had six children. In 1887 he was appointed chief judge of the circuit court for Frederick and Montgomery Counties and, as such, a member of the court of appeals of the State, and was elected for the full term on November 8, 1887, without opposition. Judge McSherry was appointed chief justice of the court of appeals on January 25, 1896, which position he filled with distinction until his death. The degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon Judge McSherry by Mount St. Mary’s College in 1904 and by the University of Maryland in 1907.
J. P. W. MCNEAL