Morgan
Sherwood
Born about in Dryden, Tompkins County, New York
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Sherwood
and Mary (Pettis) Sherwood
Husband of
Lavina (Morgan) Sherwood
— married
1843 in Tompkins County, New York
Descendants 
Father of
Catherine (Sherwood) Norton, Nancy Jane (Sherwood) Rich, Lafayette Sherwood, Delilah Sherwood, Frank Sherwood, Sarah E. Sherwood, Harriet (Sherwood) Fulkerson and Cora Adelle Sherwood
Died
at about age 45
in Nashville, Tennessee
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Apr 2016
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Biography
Morgan Sherwood was born about 1818. He was the youngest son of Thomas and Mary (Pettis) Sherwood of Dryden, Tompkins County, New York. Morgan’s father was born in 1776, the son of Andrew Sherwood (1746-1831) a native or Orange County, NY, who served as a private and 1st Sergeant during the Revolutionary War. Andrew moved to Dryden, Tompkins County, New York where he received bounty land for his service. Sometime after 1818, he moved to Allegany County, NY. [1]
Morgan Sherwood married Lavina Morgan about 1843 and they settled in West Dryden. Their nine children were Catherine, Nancy Jane, Lafayette, Delilah, Mary, Sarah, Frank, Harriet and Cora. The youngest was just a toddler when war broke out. [2]
On August 14, 1862, at the age of 42, Morgan enlisted as a Private in Company I of the 143rd NY Infantry volunteers. He died November 15, 1863 at Nashville, Tennessee. He is buried in the Nashville National Cemetery, Section E Site 72, 1420 Gallatin Road, South Madison, TN. [3] [4]
There is also a memorial to Morgan Sherwood in Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Ithaca, New York. [5]
Sources
- ↑ Andrew Sherwood Memorial: Find A Grave Memorial# 105816359; The Story of Andrew Sherwood, at alleganyhistory.org.
- ↑ U. S. Federal Census: 1850, 1860, Dryden, Tompkins County, New York.
- ↑ U. S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865; online database, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT.
- ↑ New York, Registers of Officers and Enlisted Men Mustered into Federal Service, 1861-1865; online database, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT.
- ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 27391903; http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=27391903
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