JAMES BUCHANAN SHERER. born Mar. 16, 1848, is a retired citizen in Allentown. He was reared upon the farm and his educational advantages were such as the common schools then afforded and these he attended for four months in a term When he was 16 years old he began learning the curriers trade with Joseph Hecker with whom he served an apprenticeship of three years. He continued the trade as a journeyman until in 1898 then he formed a partnership with T. H. Boyer under the name of Boyer & Sherer and they incorporated in 1902. Four years later Mr. Boyer died and Mr. Sherer purchased the controlling interest in the firm and the corporate name was changed to Sherer Leather Co. which continued until 1910, when the business was discontinued, Mr. Sherer in 1910 produced the last side of leather manufactured in Lehigh county. Politically he is an independent voter, but was elected as a republican in 1880 from the Third Ward to the common branch of the city council. He is a member of the following lodge: St. James Commandery, No. 68, Knights of Malta. Mr. and Mrs. Sherer are members of the Linden Street M. E. Church, which he served on the official board for upwards of thirty years, and is now trustee and treasurer.

He married in 1868 Sarah Gilbert, a daughter of David and Eliza (Hackert) Gilbert, a widely known drover and hotel-keeper at East Texas. Mrs. Sherer departed this life Mar. 19, 1892, at the age of 45 years. They had two sons Edward S. and Jacob D.

Mr. Sherer was married second to Isabella Kuhns in 1893, a daughter of John Kuhns who was killed in the battle of Pocotaglio in the Civil War. She was first married to George Kinsey, who was killed upon the railroad in 1885.

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