FRANK SHERWOOD
Frank Sherwood came in 1870, and settled at first on land owned by his father, on the southeast quarter of section 13. The place was wholly unimproved at that time, but he immediately began to make improvements, building a frame house and breaking a portion of the land. He has since purchased the north half of the same quarter section, and still makes it his home.
Frank Sherwood was born in the town of Shelby, Orleans county, New York, September 10, 1842. He grew to manhood on a farm in his native county, attending, in his boyhood, the district school. He afterward attended Millville academy ten terms, then one term at Medina academy. He graduated from Eastman's National business college, at Poughkeepsie, New York in 1864. November 3, 1869, he was married to Sabra Mans, also a native of Shelby, Orleans county. They remained in that county till the spring following, coming then to Cass county, as before stated. He has, since coming to this State, taught eleven terms of school. Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They have three children--Jennie May, Freddie H. and Ralph Emerson.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pp. 812.
