Clarence I. Sherwood Biography from History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire
From: Betsy Webber - betsy@megalink.net

Surname: SHERWOOD
Source:  History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
          by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915

Page 1139

     CLARENCE I. SHERWOOD, proprietor of the Central Bakery, located
at No.169 Congress Street, is one of the substantial citizens of Portsmouth,
New Hampshire, Through industry and careful management he worked his
way from the ranks, wholly through his own efforts. He was born in St.
John, New Brunswick, March 18, 1872, and is a son of Daniel and Eliza
(Case) Sherwood.
     Daniel Sherwood was a farmer in New Brunswick, where both he and
his wife passed their entire lives. They were members of the Baptist Church.
Their children include: Clarence I.; John; Emma, wife of Wesley Berry;
Elizabeth, wife of William Clark; Ada, wife of Frank Downing; Dorcas,
wife of Albert Randall; Celia, wife of Clinton Frye; Nettie, wife of Edward
Bryant; Georgia, wife of William Nicks; Alfred; and Bradbury.
     Clarence I. Sherwood attended the public schools until he reached the
age of fifteen years. He then worked on the farm until he was seventeen,
when he left the parental roof, coming to Portsmouth, New Hampshire,
Here he followed farming two and a half years prior to taking up the bakery

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business. He worked for nine years in the employ of George F. Wallis, at
the end of which time he bought the bakery in which he worked. Mr. Sher-
wood has been a resident of Portsmouth about twenty-five years, and his
bakery was established about thirty-five years ago. He owns the business
block, located at Nos. 169 to 179 Congress Street, in which his business is
located. He takes an interest in the welfare of the city, but has never taken
an active part in politics, being an independent voter.
     October 14, 1905, Clarence I. Sherwood was united in marriage to Miss
Elva A. Fellows, who was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, and who prior to
her marriage taught in the public schools in Massachusetts and New Hamp-
shire. She is a daughter of Alonzo B. and Henrietta (Wilson) Fellows,
and was one of the following children: Joseph, Irene, Warren, Elizabeth,
Reginald and Elva A.    Mr. and. Mrs. Sherwood attend the Congregational
Church.   Fraternally, he is affiliated with the Masons.

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