Uncle Joe (Joseph I) – The Sharmers

Jochim Scharmer of Elmshorn

How the first Joseph Sharmer was found: born Jochim Scharmer in Elmshorn, Holstein, on 25 May 1829.

The 1898 and 1907 Sidney newspapers on the deaths of Joe’s father, “Uncle Joe” Sharmer, and his mother, Katie O’Connor Sharmer.

I saw Aunt Lizzie & her children for the first time … She is 72 and a dead ringer for Mama.

All of the cattle commonly referred to as “Sharmer cattle,” are and have been the property of my wife Katie Sharmer.

Twelve months after date we promise to pay to the order of James R. Williams One Hundred and Fifty Dollars.