[2] He graduated from Mount St. Mary's College, in Emmitsburg, Maryland, in 1838, where he studied law.
[2] McSherry began practicing law in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, with Thaddeus Stevens.
He was a frequent contributor to the "United States Catholic Magazine", and also wrote "Pere Jean, or the Jesuit Missionary" (1849).
[2] He published "Willitoff, or the Days of James the First: a Tale" (1851), republished in German (Frankfort, 1858).
His son James was chief judge of the Court of Appeals of Maryland.