Sherbondy Artifacts

This page has photos of artifacts from Sherbondy Families over many generations. Most of them are in possession of the Sherbondy Family Association, acquired either by purchase or contributed to us. They are identified by Clan with an introduction and additional information about the family we have identified it originated from. As with all documents in the SFA archives, these artifacts will ultimately be contributed to a historical society in Pennsylvania for future safekeeping.

Click on the Clan letter, the picture or the Link in the description for additional photos.

The Sherbondy Hill, Akron, Ohio Clans

Sherbondy Basketball Jersey, Tank Top, from Sherbondy Park, Sherbondy Hill, Ohio. 1950’s.

Clan A

Joseph P. Sherbondy Family Bible. Published in 1880. It’s large, 12 pounds, 848 pages. The family pages contain marriage of Joseph P. Sherbondy (1856-1924) and Mary Ginther (5 Oct 1881), plus mostly Ginther family records including 1 other marriage, 7 births and 6 deaths. Also includes an obituary of Joseph’s father Levi Sherbondy (1900, newspaper clipping). Joseph and Mary had one son, Frederick G. Sherbondy b 1884. Fred had 2 wives but no children. This was received 5 Oct 2023 from Roxy Brooks, great-niece of Fred’s 2nd wife Alma Shreffler.

Clan A

Ashtray, from Sherbondy and Jensen Upholstery, Anita, Iowa. Robert (1919-1984) and Lola Holste (1919-1969) Sherbondy were in the used furniture and upholstery business in Anita and Massena, Iowa, probably in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s.

Clan A

Antique pocket watch, from Sherbondy & Son, What Cheer, IA, 1870’s. Homer Sherbondy (1836-1900) was a successful mercantile businessman during the 1870’s who owned a jewelry store, drug store and other businesses. He also had his son Byron (b 1859) in business with him. He had another son, Warren, born in 1875.

Clan A

1956 Calendar, from Sherbondy’s Pure Oil Service, Akron, Ohio. Proprietor Marion Bruce Sherbondy (1902-1978), parents Dewitt and Mary Delozier Sherbondy. Per calendar, services include tires, batteries, accessories.

Clan A

Two Bibles published in 1898 and 1928. The 1898 Bible was given to Mabel L. Sherbondy 25 Dec 1898 at age 6. Parents George Frank and Clara Belle Hall Sherbondy. Mabel married with one son Fred F. Foster (1915-1988). Fred married and moved to the St. Louis, MO area.

The 1928 Bible was given by Grace Hershberger Arthur to her daughter Dorothy Eve Arthur at Christmas, 1928. Dorothy later married Fred F. Foster. It was then passed down to her daughter Patricia Foster on June 10, 1945.

These Bibles were sent to us by a non-relative (Levi Starks) who found them at a garage sale in St. Louis. Also shown are the pages with some Sherbondy and Foster family death information.

Clan B

Antique Sherbondy Water Jug, 1906, from Sherbondy Spring Water Co., Akron, Ohio. Proprietor Curtis Charles (C. C.) Sherbondy, b 1853. This was purchased in 2012 from a seller in Lyndhurst, Ohio who acquired it from an estate sale in Akron. The attached PDF has a history of Water sources in Akron. It mentions C.C. Sherbondy Water Company in the 1860’s on page 4 but that is not correct. C. C. Sherbondy was born in 1853 and the Akron city directories from 1904-1907 identify him as a spring water dealer. He passed away in 1911.

Clan E

Ceramic calendar plate, from A. G. C. Sherbondy General Merchandise, Normalville, PA, 1908. Andrew Gregg Curtin Sherobndy (1863-1941) was engaged in mercantile pursuit during the late 1880’s and early 1900’s in Springfield Township, Fayette Co, PA and the community of Normalville. We know of at least two versions of this plate, one with a cat drawing and another with a sailboat on a lake with cabins in the background.

Clan J

Hosiery advertisment, from Keister, Sherbondy & Co., Orangeville, IL, early 1900’s. Joseph Wallace Sherbondy (1862-1939) lived in Orangeville, IL (aka Oneco Township) his entire life, son of Joseph Williamson and Catherine Sherbondy. According to this postcard and a newspaper article from 1908, Keister, Sherbondy & Co. were in the General Merchandise business in Orangeville and carried large and varied stocks.

Clan J

Sherbondy t-shirts from over 37 years of the Sherbondy-White families croquet tournaments and reunions starting in about 1986. Organized by Carol Sherbondy White and Charles White in Elgin, Illinois and Dana Sherbondy in Denver, Colorado. Displayed is a newspaper article from 2005 about the tournaments and the photos we have of t-shirts from several of the years.

Clan J

Joseph Shirey (1811-1883) Bible, printed 1859, purchased April 1866 in Greenburgh, PA. Joseph and Elizabeth Shirey’s daughter Catherine Shirey married Joseph Williamson Sherbondy (1832-1899). The Bible then went to his son Richard Allen Sherbondy (1866-1948) and then to his son Alden Kline Sherbondy (1902-1992) and then to Al’s grandson Jeffrey D. Sherbondy. The family records include 11 Shirey marriages (including Joseph Sherbondy and Catherine Shirey 1857), 19 Shirey births and 1 death.

Clan K

Ceramic Calendar Plate, from Sherbondy & Runkle Grocers, Spencer, Iowa, 1914. Clare Sherbondy (1874-1954), son of George and Lizzie Musser Sherbondy, was a self-employed merchant who was born in Illinois, moved to Spencer, IA in about 1900, then moved to Los Angeles in about 1930. Two of these plates are in possession of the SFA.

Clan L

Edward M. Sherbondy (b 1872) was the proprietor of Sherbondy’s Landing on Yellow Creek Lake providing boats, bait, groceries, cold drinks, tobacco, fishing licenses and free picnic and camping facilities in Claypool, Indiana from about 1933 to 1935. Attached is a PDF with an ad and more information from a publication in 1933 and a postcard mailed in 1935. Ed passed away in January, 1935.

Clan N

Antique Bottle / Can / Jar opener (circa 1920) advertising Sherbondy Brothers Plumbing and Heating Contractors, Rochester, Indiana. Otto Sherman Sherbondy (1877-1932) and Franklin B. Sherbondy (b 1880) (parents George W. and Mary E. Miller Sherbondy) moved to Rochester, IN in about 1915. They were both plumbers in Elkhart Co, IN prior to owning this business together in Fulton Co, IN.

Clan N?

Antique Decorative Lawn Sprinkler, for Sherbondy Brothers. Early 1920’s. Produced by the Chicago Flexible Shaft Company. Unknown family but may be Otto and Franklin Sherbondy (see Clan N above) of Rochester, Indiana.

Clan N?

Sherbondy Brothers, 1894 business directory, Chicago, Illinois. **working on this** ** along with the 2 records above**

Clan U

Sherbondy owner of Railway Electrical Engineers’ Handbook, published 1910 in Cleveland, OH. Sherbondy engraved on the outside leather cover. Inside signed “from George D. Sherbondy to Wm. Irwin”. The “Sherbondy” who is the original owner was Derane Ford Sherbondy (1849-1929). He was a locomotive engineer from 1870 to 1880 and later went into the oil well producing business. This handbook was passed down to his son Clinton Harmon Sherbondy (1889-1967) and then to George D. Sherbondy (1939-1986). At some point, George D. signed it and gave it to Wm. Irwin.

Clan A

Matchbook compliments of R. E. Sherbondy, from Wise Furnace Company, Akron, OH. Ray Edward Sherbondy (b 1884) was employed by Wise Furnace Company in Akron, OH from 1913 to at least 1939. He was both a foreman and a salesman during that time.