Joseph E. Sherrill (1852-1929) was born in Indiana and died in Long Beach, California. He was a Baptist minister who was pastor to four churches in the White Lick Association in Indiana. He also owned and operated The Normal Publishing House, which published educational and religious books and the teaching journal, The Normal Teacher. In early 1885, he became interested in Christian Science and wrote to Mary Baker Eddy, asking for information about Christian Scientists practicing in the Danville, Indiana, area.

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