Greenbrier County WV Archives Obituaries.....Sherwood, Mary
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Mrs. Mary Sherwood died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. 
F.P.Sydenstriker at Ronceverte, on last Friday night, January 19, 
1923, aged 92 years, 6 months and 24 days.  Mrs. Sherwod came to the 
United States 70 years ago from Liverpool, England.  They were natives 
of Cork, Ireland.  They located in Greenbrier county soon after the 
Civil War and have lived in that county since. Her husband, Daniel 
Sherwood, died about twenty years ago, having been struck by a C&O 
train, which killed him instantly.  Mrs. Sherwood had for a number of 
years lived with her daughter and showed a remarkable degree of 
strength and vitality, being very active for one of her age, until 
more than a year ago, when she had a fall from the effects she never 
entirely recovered.  Her death was the passing of a life weakened by 
age and the natural decline of the body weakened by advanced years.  
Mrs. Sherwood reared a family of children--all whom are useful men and 
women filling well their positions in life.  Of these, five 
survive--two sons, Daniel and Walter, of Ronceverte, and three 
daughters, Mrs. F.P. Sydenstricker and Mrs. G.D. Sampson of 
Ronceverte, and Mrs. S.F. Sampson of Huntington, WV.  One daughter 
Mrs. Creigh Nickell, died several years ago.  She is survived by 
twenty four grand children and forty-two great grand children.  
Funeral services were held at the home on last Sunday afternoon by 
Rev. R.L. Kinnaird, her pastor, and her remains were laid to rest 
beside her husband in Riverview Cemtery.