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Transcription contributed by Arne H Trelvik 3 October 2003 |
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The History of Warren County Ohio Part V. Biographical Sketches Washington Township (Chicago, IL: W. H. Beers Co, 1882; reprint, Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1992) |
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WILLIAM J. SHERWOOD, farmer; P. O. Oregon; son of Jonathan and Elizabeth Sherwood; was born in Washington Township, Nov. 22, 1845; he was reared on a farm. At the age of 17, he began as clerk for his brother, Frank Sherwood, in Freeport, and continued in that employment till April, 1864, when he enlisted in Co. H, 146th Regimental Battalion, O. N. G.; he received an honorable discharge at Camp Denison, Ohio, August, 1864. He then re-entered the store and clerked five years, and since then has farmed; he was married May 19, 1872, to Miss Maggie E. Murray, born in Washington Township, Feb. 14, 1846. Of their three children two are living – Harry M., born July 4, 1874; and Edith, born Sept. 13, 1875; Gussie (deceased), born Dec. 6, 1876, died Feb. 6, 1877. Mr. Sherwood owns 63 acres of land, and is a Republican. |
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