Elisha Cornelius Sherwood (1838 - 1918)

Born Oct 1838 in Southport, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 24 Nov 1918 at age 80 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Biography

Elisha Cornelius Sherwood, born 9 Oct 1838 at Southport, Connecticut, was the second child of Mary Banks (Alvord) Sherwood (1807-1885) and Aaron Sherwood (1802-1849).

Note: This profile was previously attached to an incorrect father, Aaron Moses Sherwood (1812-1848). That error was propagated by an incorrect Find A Grave: Memorial #173048355 which garbles the birth family relationship of this Elisha Cornelius Sherwood. Persons interested in this topic should refer preferentially to the Alvord genealogy, herewith now referenced.

Elisha Cornelius Sherwood married 13 Nov 1860 Emily Taylor. This couple is listed among the membership of Southport Congregational Church ^[1][2].

They and their five children are listed in the 1870 census, which indicates that Elisha Cornelius Sherwood was a bank cashier ^[3]. The 1880 census lists Elisha Cornelius Sherwood as a bank cashier, and his son Oliver as a bank clerk ^[4].

Sources

1. ↑ The Southport Congregational Church, Southport, Connecticut]] (New York, 1915): https://books.google.com/books?id=16HAWdbzcMQC&pg=PA41 Page 41
2. ↑ Guilbert, Edmund. Annals of an Old Parish (T. Whittaker, Southport, Connecticut, 1898) Page 167
3. ↑ [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1870usfedcen&indiv=try&h=2172058 US Census, 1870
4. ↑ http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1880usfedcen&indiv=try&h=22575187 US Census, 1880

• "A Genealogy of the Descendants of Alexander Alvord", Compiled by Samuel Morgan Alvord, published 1908 by A.D. Andrews, Printer, Webster, NY. By the Alford American Family Association; no. 795b: https://archive.org/details/genealogyofdesce00alvo/page/309/mode/1up