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Born 1845, Washington Township
From The history of Warren County, Ohio .. (1882)
WILLIAM J. SHERWOOD, farmer; P. 0. Oregon; son of Jonathan and ! Elizabeth Sherwood; was born in Washington Township, Nov. 22, 1845; he was reared on a farm. At the age of 17, he began as clerk for his brother, Frank Sherwood, in Freeport, and continued in that employment till April, 1864, when he enlisted in Co. H, 146th Regimental Battalion, 0. N. G.; he received an honorable discharge at Camp Denison, Ohio, August, 1864. He then re-entered the store and clerked five years, and since then has farmer; he Was married May 19, 1872, to Miss Maggie E. Murray, born in Washington Township, Feb. 14, 1846. Of their three children two are living — Harry M., born July 4, 1874; and Edith, born Sept. 13, 1875; Gussie; (deceased), born Dec. 6, 1876, died Feb. 6, 1877. Mr. Sherwood owns 63 acres of land, and is a Republican.
As printed in The history of Warren County, Ohio .. (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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