Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
Page 637
CHARLES W. SHERWOOD

Charles W. SHERWOOD, a farmer living on section 6, of Allen Township, came to Harrison County, in the autumn of 1876--the Centennial year. He came in without means and commenced working by the month on a farm, continuing this for a year and a half, then rented land until 1889, when he bought the land he now occupies, which consists of one hundred and sixty acres of partly improved land.

Our subject was born in Clinton County, Iowa, October 6, 1858. He is the son of John and Rosilla S. SHERWOOD, natives of Ohio and Connecticut, respectively. They reared a family of four children as follows: Louis M., (deceased); Winfield S., (deceased); Lewis J., and Charles W. Our subject remained with his parents until he had reached his majority, when he moved to Crawford County, Iowa, this being about 1872. He bought land in Crawford County. He and his brother worked together and remained there four years, when he and the family came to Harrison County. His father and mother make their home with him. The father is seventy-two years of age, and the mother is sixty-four, and in poor health. She was in the hospital at Keokuk, Iowa, two years during the civil war, for which she now draws a pension.

Our subject is still single, and tries to make the remaining years of his good parents' lives as pleasant as possible.

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