Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Benjamin F. Sherwood    
                Born: Jan-  -1839          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  1,2
                Died: Aug-14-1908           3
              Census: 1870, 1880, 1900     in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1890                 at Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV  4
             Resided: 1866                 in Doddridge Co, WV  
            Military: 1861 - 1865          Sgt, Co D, 11th WVa Inf, and Co K, 10th WVa Inf, Civil War  3,5
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Elizabeth Richards     
             Married: Mar-18-1866          in Doddridge Co, WV  2 (see note 1)
                Born: Oct-  -1839          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  1,2
              Census: 1870, 1880, 1900     in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1866                 in Doddridge Co, WV  2
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Father: John Webster Richards   (1800 -     ) 
              Mother: Sarah Sherwood   (1817 -     ) 
           M Child 1: Jesse L. Sherwood      
                Born: Apr- 1-1867           6
                Died: May-16-1894           6
              Buried:                      in Duckworth (Summit) Cemetery, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV  7
              Census: 1870, 1880           in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           M Child 2: William Harrison "Harry" Sherwood      
       Also known as: W. Harry Sherwood 6
                Born: Oct-20-1869           6
                Died: Mar- 3-1900          in Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV  6
              Buried:                      in Duckworth (Summit) Cemetery, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV  7
              Census: 1870, 1880           in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      school teacher at Arnolds Creek  8
           Education:                      Mountain State Business College  8
           M Child 3: George W. Sherwood      
                Born: Mar-  -1875           1
             Resided: 1915                 in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV  9
              Census: 1880, 1900           in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      jeweler  9
           F Child 4: Stella Sherwood      
                Born: Nov-  -1881           1
              Census: 1900                 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  

Sources:
(1) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District) 
(2) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(3) U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National 
Archives & Records Administration. 
(4) 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. 
(5) U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], National Park Service , 
Ancestry.com. 
(6) Headstone. 
(7) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) 
(8) Obituary. 
(9) West Union Herald, 10/7/1915. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Son of Mary Sherwood.







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