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Name

Sherwood, Daniel Andrew

Othernames

Andrew Sherwood

Genealogy ID

53142

Born

16 JUL 1848

Birthplace

Mansfield, Tioga PA

Deceased

31 OCT 1933

Deceased where

Portland, Multnomah, Oregon

Cemetery

Lincoln Memorial Park. Oregon

Education

Mansfield State Normal School
University of Chicago

Occupation

Geologist
Alaska Mining & Prospecting
Anchor Oil Company

Titles & honors

World's Fair in Chicago 1892

Father

Albert Sherwood

Mother

Julia Ann Clark

Spouse

Jennie L. Knapp

Children

Lola Sherwood
Jennie Sherwood
Anna Sherwood
Hugh Sherwood
Mattie Sherwood

Reference

Obit ODC 1897

Notes

Built the house that later became the Little Tavern.

Daniel Andrew Sherwood was born at Mansfield, Tioga county, July 16, 1848, a son of Albert Sherwood, and grandson of Daniel Sherwood. He obtained his education in the common schools, the State Normal School of his native town, and the University of Chicago. In 1870 he assisted in the Geological Survey of Ohio, under Prof. J. S. Newberry, and was also engaged for five years in field work on the New York Survey , under Prof. James Hall. From 1873 to 1878 he assisted in the Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania, with Prof. L. P. Lesley, working principally in Tioga , Bradford, Lycoming and Potter Counties. During the World’s Fair in Chicago, he was the manager of the Pennsylvania Mineral Exhibit. He has also been in the employ of the Anchor Oil Company in surveying and locating wells. Mr. Sherwood was married April 17, 1872, to Jennie L. Knapp, a daughter of A. M. and Elizabeth Knapp, of Lawrence Township, and has five children: Anna L., Hugh M., Mattie J., Lola I., and Jennie E. Mr. Sherwood is a member of the Baptist church, a writer of gospel hymns and sacred songs, and takes an interest in religious work. In politics , a Prohibitionist, he was the candidate of that party for the Assembly in 1884, and for the Congress in 1894. He is one of the well-known residents of Mansfield, where nearly his entire life has been passed. [1897 Tioga County History]

SHERWOOD, Daniel Andrew [SRGP 53142] - Portland, Ore., Oct. 31 - Andrew Sherwood, 85, geologist and author of geological works and maps, died at his home here today. Sherwood, born in Mansfield, PA, served as assistant state geologist in New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio. He collected fossils and mineral specimens for the Smithsonian Institution at Washington, the American Museum of Natural History at New York, and the Carnegie museum at Pittsburgh. - Chicago Tribune, Illinois, 1 November 1933, Wednesday, p.24

Oregon Death Index, 1898-2008
Andrew Sherwood - d. 31 October 1933; Spouse - Jennie

SHERWOOD, Daniel Andrew [SRGP 53142] - Portland, Ore., Oct. 31 - Andrew Sherwood, 85, well-known geologist and author of geological works and maps, died at his home here today. Sherwood served as assistant state geologist in New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio. He has charge of the Pennsylvania mineral exhibit at the Chicago exposition in 1893 and led an expedition into the Yukon in 1898. - Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Washington, 1 November 1933, Wednesday, p.2

March 1887 DESIRABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE.
The Place Where I reside, near Main St., in the Borough of Mansfield, with about 3 1/3 acres. House contains 10 large rooms, 7 closets; lower floor finished in hardwood; 2 verandahs, 1 porch; pantry frost proof; water brought into house by windmill from spring affording 100 barrels per day; has been analyzed by two of the best chemists in the United States and pronounced free of all impurities injurious to health; 2 cellars; large woodshed and barn; good garden. Also, for sale, the balance of the property, about ten acres, in lots to suit purchaser, and on easy terms, including the house and 1200 red raspberries; 400 currants, grapes yielding several bushels annually, 40 plum, 50 pear, 45 cherry, 150 apple trees-all choice and rare varieties, and a large portion in bearing. On the grounds are several hundred fine evergreen and ornamental trees, and a good gravel road. Also for sale, at cost, and interest in the New Era Grist Mill, adjoining the above, and which under its present judicious and honest management, is a good and paying property. This I will sell on easy terms, or I will trade it for good