Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Sherwood, Mrs Cornelia M ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com September 7, 2007, 9:42 pm Author: Genealogical & Biographical Record MRS. CORNELIA M. SHERWOOD is the widow of Stephen Alanson Sherwood, of Utica, N. Y., and the daughter of Daniel C. Mason, a pioneer of Joliet Township. Possessing a strong character, and a desire to do good, she assisted many charitable movements, and has been a factor in many enterprises for the benefit of the people. It was in no small degree due to her influence that the Silver Cross hospital was established, and she served as a member of its first board of directors, aiding in placing on a solid basis an institution that has since been one of the most successful charities of Joliet. The project of building the hospital was first brought forward by the King's Daughters and Sons, and she was president of the society at the time, therefore materially assisted in all of its plans. Stephen Alanson Sherwood was born in Utica, N. Y., in 1848, and was next to the youngest of five children, one of whom, Edwin, served in the Civil war. His father, Stephen, a native of Connecticut and descendant of one of the old families near Hartford, removed to Utica in an early day and engaged in business there. He died in New York City in 1892. His three sons continued the business after his death under the firm name of Sherwood & Hemmens, and his son, Stephen A., was thus engaged until he died April 23, 1876. Politically he affiliated with the Republicans. He served as lieutenant of the Utica Citizens' Corps, and exempt fireman of New York. In 1871, in Joliet, Ill., he married Miss Cornelia M. Mason, whom he had known in Utica, and who returned with him to reside there. She received a good education in Houghton Seminary, at Clinton, N. Y. Both by natural gifts and education she was fitted for the responsibilities of life and for a prominent position among men and women of culture and worth. Two years after her husband's death she returned to Joliet and has since made her home on the Mason estate, in the suburbs of the city. Her two sons are interested in Joliet enterprises, the older, Arthur Mason, being in charge of the office of the Joliet Rattan and Reed Company, while the younger, Louis Alanson, is a member of the firm of Sherwood & Harper, proprietors of a photographic studio on Jefferson street. Additional Comments: Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County Illinois Containing Biographies of Well Known Citizens of the Past and Present, Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, 1900 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/will/bios/sherwood960gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/ File size: 3.0 Kb