Henry Martin Sherwin

M, (19 March 1831 - 23 November 1898)
Father-Biological*William Sherwin b. 26 Oct 1787, d. 19 May 1866
Mother-Biological*Marcia Carter b. 5 Nov 1792, d. 7 Jun 1852
Last Edited=14 May 2023
     Henry Martin Sherwin was born on 19 March 1831 at Buckland, Massachusetts. He was the son of William Sherwin and Marcia Carter.

Henry Martin Sherwin married Ann Weeks in 1853.

Children:
1. Lucy Ellen Sherwin (1856-1889)
2. Laura Elvira Sherwin (1858-____)
3. Carrie Maria Sherwin (1860-____)
4. Minnie Agnes Sherwin (1862-____.)


He enlisted 10 October 1863 in Company D, of the 6th Regiment of Iowa Calvary. He was discharged 6 May 1865. According to White (1900), "He received a spinal injury while in the war, which greatly impaired his health, and for which he received a pension of thirty dollars per month."1

Henry Martin Sherwin, age 37, married Katherine Langdon, age 31 on 14 November 1868 at Fillmore, Fillmore County, Minnesota.

Children:
1. Arthur William Sherwin (1869-____)
2. Henry Langdon Sherwin (1871-1893)
3. Mary Eunice Sherwin (1874-____)
4. Cora Belle Sherwin (1877-____.)


Henry Martin Sherwin died on 23 November 1898 at Flandereau, Moody County, South Dakota, at age 67.

Citations

  1. White, Almira Larkin. Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusett. Haverhill, Massachusetts: Chase Brothers, 1900.