MISS NANCY SHERRARD, for nearly twenty years principal of the Washington (Penn.) Female Seminary, is a native of Ohio, born in Jefferson county. Her parents were Robert A. and Jane Sherrard, the former of whom was well known in the community in which he lived, and was noted for his upright character and earnest convictions of duty, the latter a woman of much strength of character. From both parents Miss Sherrard inherited strong religious impressions, which have always been carried into her life. After attending the public schools of her native county, she entered the Steubenville (Ohio) Female Seminary in 1847, and was graduated from that institution in 1851. After an extended experience as a teacher in seminaries and other excellent schools, she was, in 1874, elected principal of the Washington Female Seminary, entering upon her duties in September of the same year. This excellent and time-honored school was established in 1836. From that time until the present it has always had the reputation of keeping abreast with other institutions of its class. It has been noted for the excellence of its teachers in all departments, and the Christian influences which have been exerted in the school and which have gone out from it. The school has steadily increased in numbers and influence, until the catalogue for 1892-93 shows a larger attendance than ever before.

Text taken from page 391 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed June 1997 by Kathy Petty of Evansville, IN as part of the Beers Project. Published June 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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