Family Group Sheet
Husband:
Orsamus Sherwood
Born: 15 Dec 1815
Married: 10 Oct 1858
Died 1: 28 Mar 1897
Died 2: 28 Mar 1897
Father:
Solomon Sherwood
Mother:
Aurelia Bigelow
Other Spouses: Ann M. Caine
Wife: Lovesta Brewster
Born: 27 Sep 1840
Died: 04 Oct 1921
Father: Timothy Seymour Brewster
Mother: Lovesta Howard
CHILDREN
1. F Name: Nettie Lovesta Sherwood
Born: 16 Aug 1862
Died: 01 Feb 1919
Married: 10 Dec 1885
Spouse: Charles W. Holden
2. M Name: Irving Howard Sherwood
Born 1: 23 Dec 1868
Born 2: 23 Dec 1868
Died: 15 Jun 1950
Married: 25 Aug 1904
Spouse: Henrietta "Etta" Koeckert
in: Genessee County, NY
in: Rockport, Cuyahoga, OH
in: Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH
in: Cleveland, OH
in: Rockport, Cuyahoga, OH
in: Portland, Multnomah, OR
in: OH
in: Cuyahoga County, OH
in: Royalton, Cuyahoga County, OH
in: Royalton, Cuyahoga, OH
in: Portland, Multnomah, OR
in: Cleveland, Ohio
Family Group Sheet
Husband: Orsamus Sherwood
Source: (1) DSS Tree #2 -- A Sherwood pedigree chart, (Unknown date).
(2) DSS Family Group Record, Solomon Sherwood.
(3) DSS Family Group Record, Orsamus Sherwood.
(4) Births and Deaths and Marriages, typewritten notes, probably by DSS
atan unknown date..
(5) sherwood9-00.FTW, Date of Import: Jan 29, 2002.
(6) Karen Sherwood laptop to Dell.FTW, Date of Import: 22 Jul 2004.
Born: 15 Dec 1815
in: Genessee County, NY
Source: (1) sherwood9-00.FTW, Date of Import: Jan 29, 2002.
(2) Karen Sherwood laptop to Dell.FTW, Date of Import: 22 Jul 2004.
Died: 28 Mar 1897
in: Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH
Source: (1) Short Death Notices -- Found by Wayne Sherwood in the Western
ReserveHistorical Society Library, Cleveland, OH, and recorded in his notes.,
Cleveland Plain Dealer, 3/29/1897.
(2) sherwood9-00.FTW, Date of Import: Jan 29, 2002.
(3) Karen Sherwood laptop to Dell.FTW, Date of Import: 22 Jul 2004.
Relationship with Father: Solomon Sherwood - Natural
Relationship with Mother: Aurelia Bigelow - Natural
Reference number: 1291
Burial: 31 Mar 1897
North Royalton Cemetery, OH
Source: (1) sherwood9-00.FTW, Date of Import: Jan 29, 2002.
(2) Karen Sherwood laptop to Dell.FTW, Date of Import: 22 Jul 2004.
Description: Tall (6'2"), black hair, dark eyes, sometimes likened to Abraham
Lincoln
Source: (1) sherwood9-00.FTW, Date of Import: Jan 29, 2002.
(2) Karen Sherwood laptop to Dell.FTW, Date of Import: 22 Jul 2004.
Occupation: Farmer and timber contractor
Source: (1) sherwood9-00.FTW, Date of Import: Jan 29, 2002.
(2) North Royalton Historical Society, The History of North Royalton 1811-1991,
(1992 Produced for the The North Royalton Historical Society by King's
Court
Communications, Inc., Brunswick, OH 44212-0429 (ISBN: 0-89139-043-X)),
pg.9, "Finally a new brick Town Hall was built and on November 1, 1870
the
trustees met and accepted this building which had been contracted by Orasmus
Sherwood. For this he received $2,985.00 and $10.00 for chairs. This was
later
used as a high school after being checked in 1904 by the Board of EDucation
Committee for safety."
(3) North Royalton Historical Society, The History of North Royalton 1811-1991,
(1992 Produced for the The North Royalton Historical Society by King's
Court
Communications, Inc., Brunswick, OH 44212-0429 (ISBN: 0-89139-043-X)),
pg.12, "Among the priceless original records is that of District 14. The
minutes
read that on April 14, 1851 Harvey Edgerton, Eli Dunsha, and Dexter Rice
were
elected directors with Henry A. Carter, secretary and Lorenzo Carter, treasurer.
It
was in December of that year thee men voted a tax of $350.00 for leasing
a lot and
bujilding a schoolhouse. The following year it was agreed that Orson (sic)
Sherwood would 'Furnish all materials and build a school house and two
outhouses
for $300.00.' Ten dollars was paid for a stove. This building was located
on
Edgerton road and today has been remodelede and is occupied as a house.
In 1851 the school year was reported as fall, winter, and summer terms
totaling
seven months, the number of days in each varying with the summer being
the
longest."
(Additional information about this school can be found in this source on
pgs. 13-14
which makes for interesting reading, especially the difference in the salaries
for men
and women.).
(4) Karen Sherwood laptop to Dell.FTW, Date of Import: 22 Jul 2004.
Residence: 73 Pearl Street, West Side
Source: (1) sherwood9-00.FTW, Date of Import: Jan 29, 2002.
(2) Karen Sherwood laptop to Dell.FTW, Date of Import: 22 Jul 2004.
2
Family Group Sheet
Address and Phone(s)
Medical
Notes
[Karen Sherwood laptop to Dell.FTW]
[sherwood9-00.FTW]
"Services were from his late residence, #92 Cortland Street, Monday, March
31, at 10 a.m. Standard time. Friends
invited. Burial private at North Royalton. Please omit flowers." -- Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer obituary follows, as recorded by Wayne Sherwood
at the Case Western Reserve
Genealogical Library:
"He was a Prominent West sider and an Early Settler.
Orasmus (sic) Sherwood, at one time one of Cleveland's representative business
men, died at his home, No. 98
Courtland Street, Sunday afternoon of paralysis, at the age of eighty-one
years and three months. He was born in
Genessee County, N.Y., and came here when seventeen months old with his
parents on a small sailing vessel from
Buffalo, and was carried in his mother's arms for fourteen miles to what
is now called Royalton. He lived there for
45 years, with the exception of frequent trips to Cleveland. Cleveland
was at that time a great wilderness.
Mr. Sherwood's recollections of Cleveland were very interesting as he related
them. He forded what is now the
mouth of the Cuyahoga River to Whisky Island. At that time it was possible
to enter the old river bed from the lake.
Mr. Sherwood is the inventor of the apparatus for sawing spiles under water,
and of the hoisting apparatus
which made it possible to unload ore from the hold of a vessel. he was
a prominent abolitionist, and took great
interest in all public improvements. His mind retained its remarkable vitality
to the hour of his death.
The interment will take place Monday in Royalton at the old family burying
ground.
Mr. Sherwood was a distant relative of Ethan Allen of revolutionary fame."
Wayne also said that he viewed the old Census Records for Ohio on microfilm
and he saw the handwritten census
records for the farm in Royalton, which is just outside Cleveland (southwest),
listing all the people who were living
there in the Sherwood family (and he thought a couple of others). Headed
by Orsamus Sherwood. The records said
he had previously (at the same of the 1830 census) been in Albany County
, New York. There are a lot of
Sherwoods in that part of New York state at that time, and they have good
records in Albany County, but he never
followed up on this, other than to ascertain the name of somebody in that
region, near Schenectady, who knows
quite a bit about their records in that area.
At the Case Western Reserve Library, he also found a microfilm clipping
of Orsamus Sherwood's death notice in the
newsletter, which memtioned that he was sort of a builder and inventor,
and also called him a "prominent
abolitionist." He made a copy of that and it should be in the materials
that Carol Hosler has.
He also gave the library a copy of Lovesta's "autobiography," which they
eagerly snatched out of his hands.
KST 4/24/03 research from records of death shows he died at 81 years 3
mos. while living at 92 Courtland. Died
from Valvular heart disease, apoplexy.
Lived at 63 Courtland St. during 1876-1879. Looking at old maps in the
Fairview Park City Library show
Courtland St. is now 54th St. as we drove down this street we found an
Old Catholic Church there and further
down was an old building with "The Covrtland" ( this was the spelling with
a "v" on the side of the building which
seemed to prove to me that it was once Courtland St. This was quite an
exciting find.
Ron, Karen's husband went into St. Stephen's Catholic Church and found
out that it dated to 1869.
KST 4/24/03 research also from city Directories of Cleveland shows:
Reel 1 1883-84
Sherwood, Orsamus, residence 63 Courtland
Sherwood, Strieginger & Geissendorfer (Orsamus Sherwood, Jacob Striebinger
and John Geissdorfer), breakwater
contrractors, nr. head of river bed.
Orsamus
Reel 2 1884-85
Sherwood, Orsamus, carp. r. 382 Franklin Ave.
3
Family Group Sheet
Reel 2 1885-86
Sherwood, Orasmus (sp. error), Contr. 382 Franklin Ave.
Reel 3 1887-88
Sherwood, Orasmus (sp. error), removed to Kansas
My research is some what inaccurate as to the dates on the reels as we
were in a hurry as the library was ready to
close and I need to recheck some dates as I also show another reel as follows:
Reel 3 1887-88
Sherwood Orsamus, cont. 382 Franklin Ave.
It was difficult to tell which year was which as there were usually two
years on a reel. Reel 6 did not show an
Orsamus and I am not sure what date that was, obviously haste makes waste
and confusion.
KST research looks like the marriage to Lovesta was Oct 10 instead of the
11th, 1858 as was previously in the
records.
Family legend has it that Orsamus's brother, Samuel, married Caroline
Stewart who was related to several significant people from England:
third cousin to Queen Elizabeth of England; 2nd cousin to Mary, Queen
of Scots; and 2nd cousin to Charles Fox. Caroline Stewart's mother
(Hayes) was first cousin to Rutherford B. Hayes. Obviously much work
is required to support this legend.[sherwood9-00.FTW]
"Services were from his late residence, #92 Cortland Street, Monday, March
31, at 10 a.m. Standard time. Friends
invited. Burial private at North Royalton. Please omit flowers." -- Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer obituary follows, as recorded by Wayne Sherwood
at the Case Western Reserve
Genealogical Library:
"He was a Prominent West sider and an Early Settler.
"Orasmus (sic) Sherwood, at one time one of Cleveland's representative
business men, died at his home, No. 98
Courtland Street, Sunday afternoon of paralysis, at the age of eighty-one
years and three months. He was born in
Genessee County, N.Y., and came here when seventeen months old with his
parents on a small sailing vessel from
Buffalo, and was carried in his mother's arms for fourteen miles to what
is now called Royalton. He lived there for
45 years, with the exception of frequent trips to Cleveland. Cleveland
was at that time a great wilderness.
"Mr. Sherwood's recollections of Cleveland were very interesting as he
related them. He forded what is now the
mouth of the Cuyahoga River to Whisky Island. At that time it was possible
to enter the old river bed from the lake.
"Mr. Sherwood is the inventor of the apparatus for sawing spiles under
water, and of the hoisting apparatus
which made it possible to unload ore from the hold of a vessel. he was
a prominent abolitionist, and took great
interest in all public improvements. His mind retained its remarkable vitality
to the hour of his death.
"The interment will take place Monday in Royalton at the old family burying
ground.
"Mr. Sherwood was a distant relative of Ethan Allen of revolutionary fame.
Wayne also said that he viewed the old Census Records for Ohio on microfilm
and he saw the handwritten census
records for the farm in Royalton, which is just outside Cleveland (southwest),
listing all the people who were living
there in the Sherwood family (and he thought a couple of others). Headed
by Orsamus Sherwood. The records said
he had previously (at the same of the 1830 census) been in Albany County
, New York. There are a lot of
Sherwoods in that part of New York state at that time, and they have good
records in Albany County, but he never
followed up on this, other than to ascertain the name of somebody in that
region, near Schenectady, who knows
quite a bit about their records in that area.
At the Case Western Reserve Library, he also found a microfilm clipping
of Orsamus Sherwood's death notice in the
newsletter, which memtioned that he was sort of a builder and inventor,
and also called him a "prominent
abolitionist." He made a copy of that and it should be in the materials
that Carol Hosler has.
He also gave the library a copy of Lovesta's "autobiography," which they
eagerly snatched out of his hands.
KST 4/24/03 research from records of death shows he died at 81 years 3
mos. while living at 92 Courtland. Died
4
Family Group Sheet
from Valvular heart disease, apoplexy.
Lived at 63 Courtland St. during 1876-1879. Looking at old maps in the
Fairview Park City Library show
Courtland St. is now 54th St. as we drove down this street we found an
Old Catholic Church their and further down
was an old building with "The Covrtland" ( this was the spelling with a
"v" on the side of the building which seemed
to prove to me that it was once Courtland St. This was quite an exciting
find.
Ron, Karen's husband went into St. Stephen's Catholic Church and found
out that it dated to 1869.
KST 4/24/03 research also from city Directories of Cleveland shows:
Reel 1 1883-84
Sherwood, Orsamus, residence 63 Courtland
Sherwood, Strieginger & Geissendorfer (Orsamus Sherwood, Jacob Striebinger
and John Geissdorfer), breakwater
contrractors, nr. head of river bed.
Orsamus
Reel 2 1884-85
Sherwood, Orsamus, carp. r. 382 Franklin Ave.
Reel 2 1885-86
Sherwood, Orasmus (sp. error), Contr. 382 Franklin Ave.
Reel 3 1887-88
Sherwood, Orasmus (sp. error), removed to Kansas
My research is some what inaccurate as to the dates on the reels as we
were in a hurry as the library was ready to
close and I need to recheck some dates as I also show another reel as follows:
Reel 3 1887-88
Sherwood Orsamus, cont. 382 Franklin Ave.
It was difficult to tell which year was which as there were usually two
years on a reel. Reel 6 did not show an
Orsamus and I am not sure what date that was, obviously hast makes waste
and confusion.
KST research looks like the marriage to Lovesta was Oct 10 instead of the
11th, 1858 as was previously in the
records.
Family legend has it that Orsamus's brother, Samuel, married Caroline
Stewart who was related to several significant people from England:
third cousin to Queen Elizabeth of England; 2nd cousin to Mary, Queen
of Scots; and 2nd cousin to Charles Fox. Caroline Stewart's mother
(Hayes) was first cousin to Rutherford B. Hayes. Obviously much work
is required to support this legend.
Marriage Information
Wife: Lovesta Brewster
Married: 10 Oct 1858
Beginning status: Married
in: Rockport, Cuyahoga, OH
Source: (1) Lovesta Brewster Sherwood's memoirs.
(2) sherwood9-00.FTW, Date of Import: Jan 29, 2002.
(3) Karen Sherwood laptop to Dell.FTW, Date of Import: 22 Jul 2004.
Marriage Notes
[Karen Sherwood laptop to Dell.FTW]
[sherwood9-00.FTW]
She was only 18 when she married, her husband was 42. They were married
by John Barnum, Esq. There were
children from a previous marriage older than she.
DSS Tree #2 says they were married in Cleveland.
[sherwood9-00.FTW]
5
Family Group Sheet
She was only 18 when she married, her husband was 42. They were married
by John Barnum, Esq. There were
children from a previous marriage older than she.
DSS Tree #2 says they were married in Cleveland.
6
Family Group Sheet
Wife: Lovesta Brewster
Source: (1) DSS Tree #2 -- A Sherwood pedigree chart, (Unknown date).
(2) DSS Tree #5 -- A pedigree chart apparently developed for reference
purposes
on Dec 1, 1984 when DSS was doing genealogy work at SLC, UT.
(3) DSS Tree #1 - Apparently a high school project circa 1930, with some
comments in her mother's handwriting..
(4) DSS Family Group Record, Timothy Seymour Brewster.
(5) Births and Deaths and Marriages, typewritten notes, probably by DSS
atan
unknown date..
(6) Record of Lovesta Brewster's Family, copied from information suppliedto
DSS
by her family..
(7) sherwood9-00.FTW, Date of Import: Jan 29, 2002.
(8) Karen Sherwood laptop to Dell.FTW, Date of Import: 22 Jul 2004.
Born: 27 Sep 1840
in: Rockport, Cuyahoga, OH
Source: (1) Timothy S. Seymour Bible, notes in DSS files.
(2) sherwood9-00.FTW, Date of Import: Jan 29, 2002.
(3) Karen Sherwood laptop to Dell.FTW, Date of Import: 22 Jul 2004.
Died: 04 Oct 1921
in: Portland, Multnomah, OR
Source: (1) Short Death Notices -- Found by Wayne Sherwood in the Western
ReserveHistorical Society Library, Cleveland, OH, and recorded in his notes..
(2) sherwood9-00.FTW, Date of Import: Jan 29, 2002.
(3) Karen Sherwood laptop to Dell.FTW, Date of Import: 22 Jul 2004.
Relationship with Father: Timothy Seymour Brewster - Natural
Relationship with Mother: Lovesta Howard - Natural
Reference number: 87
Burial: 1921
Riverview Cemetery, Portland, OR
Source: (1) DSS Family Group Record, Orsamus Sherwood.
Description: Chestnut hair, gray eyes, Medium height
Source: (1) sherwood9-00.FTW, Date of Import: Jan 29, 2002.
Residence: Michigan
Source: (1) sherwood9-00.FTW, Date of Import: Jan 29, 2002.
(2) sherwood9-00.FTW, Date of Import: Jan 29, 2002.
(2) Karen Sherwood laptop to Dell.FTW, Date of Import: 22 Jul 2004.
(2) Karen Sherwood laptop to Dell.FTW, Date of Import: 22 Jul 2004.
Address and Phone(s)
Medical
Notes
[sherwood9-00.FTW]
Dorothy said she was only seven when her grandmother died. "I remember
visiting her home in Portland. I loved
the wide stairway, her plants, her two pet canaries, and the pink peppermints
she always had ready for me when I
visited." (Photo of this home is in Smith children's scrapbook.)
[Karen Sherwood laptop to Dell.FTW]
[sherwood9-00.FTW]
Dorothy said she was only seven when her grandmother died. "I remember
visiting her home in Portland. I loved
the wide stairway, her plants, her two pet canaries, and the pink peppermints
she always had ready for me when I
visited." (Photo of this home is in Smith children's scrapbook.)
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Family Group Sheet
Child: Nettie Lovesta Sherwood
Source: (1) Births and Deaths and Marriages, typewritten notes, probably
by DSS atan
unknown date..
(2) sherwood9-00.FTW, Date of Import: Jan 29, 2002.
(3) Karen Sherwood laptop to Dell.FTW, Date of Import: 22 Jul 2004.
Born: 16 Aug 1862
in: OH
Source: (1) sherwood9-00.FTW, Date of Import: Jan 29, 2002.
(2) Karen Sherwood laptop to Dell.FTW, Date of Import: 22 Jul 2004.
Died: 01 Feb 1919
Source: (1) DSS Family Group Record, Family Summary on Orsamus Sherwood
by DSS..
(2) sherwood9-00.FTW, Date of Import: Jan 29, 2002.
(3) Karen Sherwood laptop to Dell.FTW, Date of Import: 22 Jul 2004.
Relationship with Father: Orsamus Sherwood - Unknown
Relationship with Mother: Lovesta Brewster - Natural
Reference number: 602
Address and Phone(s)
Medical
Notes
KST 4/24/03 research show marriage record for Nettie L. Sherwood[Karen
Sherwood laptop to Dell.FTW]
KST 4/24/03 research show marriage record for Nettie L. Sherwood
Marriage Information
Husband: Charles W. Holden
Married: 10 Dec 1885
Beginning status: Married
in: Cuyahoga County, OH
Marriage Notes
April 24, 2003 Karen Sherwood Tyrer and her husband Ron did some research
at the Archives Library of Cuyahoga
County.
The marriage record of Nettie to Charles was found.[Karen Sherwood laptop
to Dell.FTW]
April 24, 2003 Karen Sherwood Tyrer and her husband Ron did some research
at the Archives Library of Cuyahoga
County.
The marriage record of Nettie to Charles was found.
8
Family Group Sheet
Child: Irving Howard Sherwood
Source: (1) Elsie Meyers data, given on Jan 1, 1960, to Dorothy Sherwood
Smith who wrote
the information long hand..
(2) DSS Tree #1 - Apparently a high school project circa 1930, with some
comments in her mother's handwriting..
(3) DSS Tree #4 -- A pedigree chart developed about 1978..
(4) DSS Family Group Record, Irving Howard Sherwood.
(5) DSS Tree #5 -- A pedigree chart apparently developed for reference
purposes
on Dec 1, 1984 when DSS was doing genealogy work at SLC, UT.
(6) DSS Tree #2 -- A Sherwood pedigree chart, (Unknown date).
(7) Births and Deaths and Marriages, typewritten notes, probably by DSS
atan
unknown date..
(8) sherwood9-00.FTW, Date of Import: Jan 29, 2002.
(9) Karen Sherwood laptop to Dell.FTW, Date of Import: 22 Jul 2004.
Born: 23 Dec 1868
in: Royalton, Cuyahoga County, OH
Source: sherwood9-00.FTW, Date of Import: Jan 29, 2002.
Died: 15 Jun 1950
in: Portland, Multnomah, OR
Source: (1) sherwood9-00.FTW, Date of Import: Jan 29, 2002.
(2) Karen Sherwood laptop to Dell.FTW, Date of Import: 22 Jul 2004.
Relationship with Father: Orsamus Sherwood - Unknown
Relationship with Mother: Lovesta Brewster - Natural
Reference number: 32
Burial: 1950
Riverview Cemetery, Portland, OR
Source: sherwood9-00.FTW, Date of Import: Jan 29, 2002.
Description: Tall, light brown hair, gray eyes
Source: (1) sherwood9-00.FTW, Date of Import: Jan 29, 2002.
Occupation: Electrical Engineer
Source: (1) sherwood9-00.FTW, Date of Import: Jan 29, 2002.
Religion: Congregationalist
Source: (1) sherwood9-00.FTW, Date of Import: Jan 29, 2002.
Residence: Residence
Source: (1) sherwood9-00.FTW, Date of Import: Jan 29, 2002.
Will: Will
Source: (1) sherwood9-00.FTW, Date of Import: Jan 29, 2002.
(2) Karen Sherwood laptop to Dell.FTW, Date of Import: 22 Jul 2004.
(2) Karen Sherwood laptop to Dell.FTW, Date of Import: 22 Jul 2004.
(2) Karen Sherwood laptop to Dell.FTW, Date of Import: 22 Jul 2004.
(2) Karen Sherwood laptop to Dell.FTW, Date of Import: 22 Jul 2004.
(2) Karen Sherwood laptop to Dell.FTW, Date of Import: 22 Jul 2004.
Address and Phone(s)
Medical
Notes
[sherwood9-00.FTW]
Irving was living in Lakewood, OH at the time of his Marriage. Age 36 years.
KST 4/24/03 research the 1900 census microfilm records showed Irving resided
in Wisconsin.
9
Family Group Sheet
Comments by Wayne Sherwood:
Marriage Information
Wife: Henrietta "Etta" Koeckert
Married: 25 Aug 1904
Beginning status: Married
in: Cleveland, Ohio
Source: (1) sherwood9-00.FTW, Date of Import: Jan 29, 2002.
Marriage Notes
(2) Karen Sherwood laptop to Dell.FTW, Date of Import: 22 Jul 2004.
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