| Name |
Daniel SHERWOOD |
| Born |
CA 1814 |
Pennsylvania  [1, 2] |
- Age 40 in the 1860 Census puts his birth in about 1820. But age 55 in the 1870 Census puts it in about 1815, while age 85 in his 1898 death record puts it in about 1813.
|
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
1860 |
Doddridge Co, (W)VA |
| Census |
1870 |
New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV |
| Occupation |
farmer [1] |
| Occupation |
miller [3] |
| Occupation |
surveyor |
- In April 1846, on his first visit to Doddridge County, Joseph H. Diss Debar stopped at the inn operated by Ephraim Bee at Lewisport (now Blockhouse Hill). While there, Diss Debar happened to meet Daniel Sherwood, as described in this excerpt from Diss Debar's "Reminiscences of Doddridge County."
"At the mention of land on Cove Creek, a modest mannered young man, with an honest eye, and an expansive white forehead, who before dinner had been busy at a writing table in a corner, informed me that he had some knowledge of that ancient survey and I concluded at once that he might be of service to me. Noticing that he was then engaged in drawing very good maps on rather poor paper, I climbed on top of the coach and opening a trunk, extracted from it half a dozen sheets of superior article which he accepted with grateful surprise. Such was my first meeting with esteemed old neighbor, Daniel Sherwood, one of the most clever and unassuming men and able, conscientious surveyors I ever met."
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| Died |
6 Apr 1898 |
West Union, Doddridge Co, WV [2] |
| Buried |
Cowan Cemetery, Georges Camp, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV [2, 4] |
| Notes |
- 1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton Twp):
Daniel Sherwood, 55, b. Pa, farmer; Mary Sherwood, 78, b. Md; Sarah Richards, 54, b. Pa; Delilah Richards, 15, b. Va.
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| Person ID |
I83662 |
Doddridge County Roots |
| Last Modified |
19 Mar 2020 |
1814 - 1898 (~ 84 years)
