SHERWOOD, Sidney

SHERWOOD, ADAMS, DAVIS, HAINES, HIGGINS, SCANLAN

Posted By: Nettie Mae
Date: 1/18/2003 at 13:35:59

SOURCE: "Biographical history of Crawford, Ida and Sac Counties, Iowa" Lewis Pub. Co., Chicago, 1893

SIDNEY SHERWOOD, one of the early settlers of Crawford county, was born in
Delaware county, Ohio, in August, 1827, a son of Lewis Sherwood, a soldier in the war of
1812. He was a son of John Sherwood, who was born of New England ancestry. The
mother of our subject was Lockey Adams, a native of New England. In 1856 the family
settled in Clinton county, Iowa, ten miles south of Maquoketa, Jackson county. The
mother died at the age of sixty-five years, and the father at the age of ninety-one years.
He was one of the last of those brave men who fought for their country in 1812, was a
farmer all his life, a Republican in his political views and a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. They had seven children, six sons and a daughter and two of the sons,
La Fayette and our subject were soldiers. La Fayette was a member of the Thirty-first
Iowa Infantry, was a brave and gallant soldier, and now resides at Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Sidney Sherwood worked at the wagon-maker's trade from the time he was
fourteen years old until his twenty-eighth year. In 1864 he enlisted in the Tenth Iowa
Infantry, and was in the campaign of Sherman's famous march to the sea and through the
Carolinas. He lost his health in the service and has never since been able to perform
manual labor. He remained in Clinton county, Iowa, until 1873, when he settled on the
farm he now owns in Crawford county. The place contains 160 acres, is improved in a
good manner, has a good dwelling, 20x22 feet, and a barn, 18x30 feet.

Mr. Sherwood was married in Clinton county, in November, 1856, to Elizabeth
Davis, a native of Vermont, and a daughter of Thomas T. Davis, a native of Canada, and
of Irish descent. The mother, nee Lydia Haines, was born in Vermont, of English descent.
The father died while on a visit in Clinton county, Iowa, aged fifty-two years, and the
mother died in the same place, aged seventy-three years. The former was a farmer all his
life, and was a member of the Congregational Church, in which he served as Deacon.
They were the parents of seven children, five sons and two daughters, six of whom are
now living. Sidney Sherwood and wife have had four children: Lockey, Roxana, Milton
and Logan. Milton was married January 23, 1892, to Julia Higgins, of Boone, Iowa, a
successful and popular teacher before marriage. She was a daughter of David and Ellen
(Scanlan) Higgins. Mr. Sherwood affiliates with the Republican party.