About John D. Sherwood
Lived 1818 – 1891 (aged 72). John D. Sherwood was an American writer.
John D. Sherwood (November 24, 1818 – April 30, 1891) was an American author.
Early life Sherwood was born in Fishkill, New York, on November 24, 1818. He was a son of Ruth ( DuBois) Sherwood and Thomas Sherwood.
Career Immediately after graduating from Yale College in 1839,
Personal life He married, on October 29, 1863, Emmeline Catherine ( Dunn) Zimmerman, of Toronto, who survived him with four children. The former wife of Samuel Zimmerman, she was the daughter of Charles and Polly Dunn. A son, John Howard Sherwood, graduated Yale in 1890.
Sherwood died in Englewood, from pneumonia, on April 30, 1891, in his 73rd year. He had suffered from paralysis for many years before his death.
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American author (1818-1891)
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John D. Sherwood died on 30 April 1891.
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John D. Sherwood was a writer.
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