Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Henwood, Daniel B 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Daniel B. Henwood, farmer, and owner of the Henwood Ferry, near Erie, and a 
resident of Erie, was born in Harrisburg, Pa., July 22, 1824. His father, 
Abraham Henwood, was a native of Germany, a blacksmith by occupation, and 
moved from Pennsylvania to Ohio, where he followed his trade, and died about 
the year 1828. His mother was a native of one of the New England States. The 
issue of his parents' union was three children, all living, of whom Daniel B. 
is the oldest. Peter is a blacksmith and farmer, and resides in Angola, Ind., 
and Thomas is a hotel-keeper and farmer in Washington Co., Kan. Mr. Henwood 
remained at home until he attained his majority, and then traveled some years 
as a peddler. He then came to Springfield, this State, and acted as nurse 
under Dr. J. L. Dunyon, and continued at that vocation for a number of years. 
In 1851 he came to Erie Township, and purchased the Erie Ferry and 60 acres of 
land. He cultivated his land and ran the ferry for a time, and then engaged in 
the drug business at Erie, in partnership with Dr. Simmons, afterward with Dr. 
Springer, and then with Dr. Jackson, and was quite successful. In 1881 he sold 
out his drug business, and since then has followed farming. He has about 20 
acres in timber land, and 60 acres on sections 7 and 8, Erie Township. He owns 
his residence in Erie, and two lots, besides three-quarters of an acre of land 
on Main Street, three store buildings and two or three other buildings. Mr. 
Henwood was married in Erie, June 27, 1852, to Miss Lydia E., daughter of 
Charles R. and Hannah (Maxwell) Coburn, born in New York, Jan. 4, 1828. They 
have had seven children, four of whom are living: Butler now tends the Erie 
Ferry and follows the vocation of farming; Carrie is the wife of F. E. 
Burridge, a drug clerk at Erie; Frank resides at home, and is a farmer by 
occupation; Ida is the wife of George Baker, a farmer in Montana. Mrs. Henwood 
commenced teaching at an early age, and taught in this county a number of 
years. Her parents were pioneers of the county, and she has witnessed all the 
trials incident to a pioneer life.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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