Legislator Details


Eleazer Sherwood
AKA:
Number of sessions served 1
Sessions served
Gender: Male
Age at election: 51

Vital Records Information:

Birth
Date: 12/1/1842
City:
County: Halton County, ON
Country: Canada
 
Death
Date: 1/29/1931
City: Bellingham, WA
County: Whatcom County, WA
Country: US
Type of Burial:
Burial
Date:
City: Saint Ignace, MI
County: Mackinac County, MI
Country: US
Cemetery: Lakeside Cemetery

Marital Information:
married Margaret Ann Buchan; married Rosetta (Greenwood); children: Francis Edith (Foley), Ida Myrtle (Livingston) and Ella (Fair)

Number of Children: 0

Background

Religion:
Military Service:
Occupation: grocer, merchant, hotel manager
Race: Caucasian or White

Education:
attended common schools.

Biographical Sketch:
Son of English parents John and Hannah (Thompson) Sherwood. Farmed until age 24, when he engaged in the wholesale and retail of groceries and liquors; married in 1869; continued in the mercantile business until 1882, when he moved to St. Ignace, where he engaged in the hotel business. Built Sherwood Hotel, 1888. Served as alderman and mayor of St. Ignace. Moved to Washington state. He was a hotel proprietor in 1930 in Bellington , WA

Notable Facts:
Naturalized in 1883

Sessions Served:

Thirty-Eighth Legislature, 1895-1896
Chamber: House
Party: Republican
Committees Served On: Private Corporations , State House of Correction
Postions Held:

City of Residence: Saint Ignace
County of Residence Mackinac
District: Chippewa
District Description:

Date Elected: 11/6/1894
Date Sworn In: 1/2/1895
Date Left Office:

Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed

Maritial Status: Married
Notes:

Bibliography:

Manual 1895 p.582; MIBiog 2:285; Find-a-Grave.com; USCen
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