Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
Page 637
LEWIS J. SHERWOOD

Lewis J. SHERWOOD has been a resident of Harrison County since the spring of 1880, and he is now a prosperous farmer located on section 7, of Allen Township. When he first came to the county he rented land in this township for two years, and then moved to Allen Creek, and rented land for eight years, and then bought the farm he now occupies, consisting of eighty acres of partly improved land, upon which he erected a building, 12x14 feet, one story and a half high, also set out an orchard of eighty five trees.

He was born in Delaware County, Ohio, June 27, 1853, and is the son of John and Drusilla SHERWOOD, natives of Ohio, who have a family of four children, our subject being the third. The family were Lewis M., (deceased); Winfield, (deceased), Lewis J., and Charles W.

Our subject remained in Ohio, until he was two years old and accompanied his parents to Clinton County, Iowa, and remained at home until his majority, and then moved to Crawford County, Iowa, where he purchased a farm and cultivated that for five years, then moved to Monona County, remained one year, and then came to Harrison County.

Our subject was united in marriage, May 7, 181, to Nellie BENJAMIN, daughter of George P., and Julia BENJAMIN, natives of New York and who were the parents of eight children, our subject's wife being the sixth in number--Charles, three died in infancy, Emma, Nellie, Ell, Jay.

Politically, Mr. SHERWOOD affiliates with the Democratic party.

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