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DANIEL B. SHERWOOD, farmer, P. O. Plain City, was born in Darby Township January 16, 1833. He is a son of Andrew H. and Irena (Beach) Sherwood, the former a native of New York and the latter of Ohio. His father has been a life-long farmer, and, prior to dividing his land among his children, he owned 570 acres. Our subject was the eldest of a family of ten children. He has adopted the occupation of a farmer, and now owns a well-regulated farm of 124 acres. He was married, in 1855, to Miss Chloe Douglass, a native of Franklin County, Ohio, by whom he had three children – Douglass L., John D. and Frank R. Mrs. Sherwood died February 28, 1868, and Mr. Sherwood married Amanda Latham, a native of Delaware County, Ohio, and a daughter of John Latham. By this union three children were born – Charles A., Amos B. and Harry H. Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood are members of the M. E. Church, in which he has been a class leader and Superintendent of Sunday schools. He is a Republican in politics.
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