Augustus G. and Lenora E. (Buchanan) Sherwin, son Len U. Sherman Leonard U. Sherwin, 7N 51W and 10N 52W
In 1850 Clermont County, Ohio, Elbridge G. Sherwin is 36, Mary A. 33, William 14, Uriah V. 12, and Elbridge 2.
It's possible that Elbridge and son Uriah went to Plumas County, California...
In 1860 Clermont County, Ohio, Mary H. Sherwin is 44, Wm. 24, Augustus 12, and Jane 8.
One tree said Mary (DeBruler) Sherwin died January 11, 1867 in Clermont County.
William might be the one buried in Cook County, Illinois, 1836-1922 # 146365248. He was the son of E.G. Sherwin and Marie Simone.
Elbridge G. Sherman was a private in E, 47th Ohio Infantry.
In 1870 Clermont County, Augustus is 22, living with the John A. 56 and Jane Simmons family and their four kids.
In 1870 Clermont County, Louisa Buchanan is 49, Laura 24, Lenora 22, Eugg 20, Korreth 18, Dixon 14, Ida 12, and Eugene 9.
In 1880 Pendleton County, Kentucky, "Agustis" is a carpenter, with Nora E., both 31, Claude A. 6 and Lenard W. 4.
In 1885 Weld County, Colorado, A.G. and Nora hve Claud, Sena, and Leide.
November 3, 1899 Sterling "A. G. Sherwin went to Denver on the fast mail this morning to look up some business for his firm, the Sterling Supply company."
November 1905 " The Logan County National Bank of Sterling has been authorized to begin business with $50,000 capital, T. J. Cheairs, president; A. G. Sherwin, vice president, E. M. Gillett, cashier."
November 30, 1911 "A.G. Sherwin, president of the Farmers National Bank of Sterling, is dead."
August 1898 "Mrs. A. G. Sherwin and daughters, Lydia and Helen, went to the Cedar this morning for a visit with Grandma Buchanan."
November 18, 1898 "Miss Helen Sherwin is sick with measles."
In 1900 Sterling, Augustus is 51, Nora E. 52, Lida G 18 and Helen L. 12.
August 1900 "Mrs. A. G. Sherwin and daughter Helen went to Crook last night for a visit with Mrs. D. Buchanan."
This might be Dixson Buchanan 1856-1934 buried in Greeley # 65216744. He was in Clermont County, Ohio in 1856, age 4, with W.D. 44 and Louisa E. 43. R.A. is 22, W. L. 20, G.M. 18, L. Victory 14, E.L. 12 and E.L. 10, Kossuth 8, Discson 4, Louisa 2, and S.M six? moths?
Dixon was in Crook, Logan County, Colorado in 1900, 44, with Jennie 43, Lou 14, Clementine 9, Ruth 6.
February 16, 1900 "A special meeting of the Sterling town board was held Saturday evening with all members present except Alderman Sherwin."
1907 "A. G. Sherwin returned last Friday from a visit to the scenes of his boyhood that brought him unallayed happiness at every step. When he left Sterling he accompanied his wife and daughter, Miss Helen, to Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he remained until bis daughter commenced her University course. His happiness began with the high standing Miss Helen was given when she entered the University. She was given full credit for the work done in our county high school and at Boulder, which covered five-twelfths of the course at Ann Arbor and she will complete the rest and graduate in two years - something that not one student in a thousand is able to do.
From Ann Arbor he journeyed south to his birth place at Point Pleasant, Clermont county, Ohio. This little town, about the size of Atwood, is famous for being the birthplace of three great men, Mr. Sherwin, U. S. Grant and Lieutenant General H. C. Corbin, U. S. A. retired. The people of Point Pleasant had a great 'Home Day' festival on October 2nd at which 6,000 people gathered. Right in front of General Grant's birthplace, where a monument will be erected at some future time, a cannon was mounted to show the world that a great event had happened there. General Frederick D. Grant was there in command of a body of regulars and General Corbin as a private citizen. Misled by his epaulettes, Mr. Sherwin asked Genera1 Grant if he was General Corbin, whom he had known when he was a boy. General Grant seized him by the hand and replied, "No, that felow over there with the plug hat is General Corbin, but I'm just as glad to see you as though I were him."
General Corbin recognized Mr. Sherwin instantly and they spent a pleasant hour recalling incidents of their boyhood. The first money Mr. Sherwin ever spent he paid General Corbin, then a boy of twelve or fifteen, for a broken accordion. The amount was 75 cents and both recalled it with a great deal of pleasure.
An uncle of Mrs. Sherwin happened to be a neighbor of U. S. Grant's father and was called up and sent post haste for the doctor the night the future general and president was born.
Mr. Sherwin had not been at Point Pleasant for 29 years and he was very agreeably surprised to meet many of his old friends and schoolmates who, like him, were still hale and hearty in spite of the flight of time.
In addition to Point Pleasant he visited Laurel, Moscow, New Richmond and Clermontville, towns near it, and was greeted by friends everywhere. Words cannot express the intense happiness he derived from the hearty welcome he received from everybody. Years had not dimmed his memory in their hearts and the great respect and esteem they showed him he considered a greater honor than wealth or power. Many of them had a great desire to try to better their fortunes in the west and he soon saw they had most implioit confidence in all he told them concerning this country.
In short they like Gus just as well in Ohio as we do in Sterling, where every year of the many he has spent here has brought out stronger and clearer the qualities of real, genuine manhood he possesses.
One great change he found in the country there was the groves of black locust that cover all the uncultivated ground. He prefers Colorado to Ohio for a home. As he expresses it: 'The hills were too steep, the houses too close together and the people too old.'
The people all seemed fairly prosperous but they do not accumnlate wealth like the people of Colorado. They live fairly well, and that is about ail. He hopes to see many of them established on homes in Colorado within the next few years."
Augustus 1848-1911 is buried in Sterling # 44424508, with Leanora 1847-1922 # 44424520 saying she died in Albuquerque, N.M..
Leanora's siblings: Robert Alexander; Leonard William; George Montville; John Randolph; Laura Victoria; Leonora Elizabeth; Thomas Hamer, Mary Grace; Kossuth; Samuel Milton; Dixon; Ida Louise; Arthur Eugene; Julian.
LIDA
Lida S. (Sherwin) Watts, born in Kentucky, is buried in Sterling 1881-1936, with Robert Morris Watts 1879-1935.
LEONARD
Leonard U. Sherwin proved up a quarter in sections 28, 29, and 32, 11N 52W in 1904.
claimed tracts in section 9, 10N 52W in 1912, and section 33, 11N 52W in 1913.
Len, assignee, involving the right of Andrew G. Engstrom claimed 40 acres in section 9, 7N 51W in 1918.
Len claimed another 40 acres in section 10 in 1919.
October 7, 1898 
July 6, 1900 the Fourth of July celebration included many events "To many the principal event of the day was the roping contest. Wild steers were turned out of the U. P. stock yards. Whoever should rope and hogtie a steer in the shortest time won first prize. Deputy Sheriff Fitch, a veteran cowman, turned the trick in 40 seconds, Len Sherwin was second, 1:20, Mont Fitch third in 2:05. Jim Arnold was unlucky. Twice horse, rider and steer turned somersaults, but luckily he was uninjured."
Hilma Anderson and Leonard U. Sherwin married in Sidney, Nebraska on May 3, 1908.
November 1910 "Notice Is hereby given that Jessie Ewing Stokes, of Winston. Colorado, who, on July 18, 1909, made Homestead Application for SW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Sec. 33, T 11N, R 52 W, NW 1/4 of NW 1/4, SW 1/4 of NW 1/4 of Sec. 4. T 10 N 52 W, has filed notice of Intention to make final commutation proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before Register, at Sterling, Colorado, on the 17th day of January. 1911. Claimant names as witnesses: Kossuth Buchanan, of Sterling Colorado, Augustus G. Sherwin, of Sterling, Leonard U. Sherwin, of Winston, Colorado, William Forward, of Winston, Colorado."
In 1920 Logan County, Len is 43, Hilma 36, with Augustus 9, Carl 7, Margaret 6, Paul 4, Lenore 2, and Marie newborn.
Leonard Uriah Sherwin 1875-1929 is buried in Sterling, with Hilma Nicolena (Anderson( Sherwin 1883-1965.
In 1930 Logan County, Hilma is 46, saying she was married, with Augustus 19, Carl L. 17, Marguerite 16, Paul R 14, Lenore 13, Marie 10, and Genevieve 7.
In 1940 Padroni precinct, "Wilma" N. Sherwin is 56, Lenore 23, Genevieve 17.
Her daughter Marie 20 is married to harold Krause, 23, with newborn Harold A.
So is Hilma Nicolena (Anderson) Sherwin 1883-1965 # 44424766.
Marie and Harold Krause, married April 20, 1939, divorced in Bozeman, Montana on January 16, 1961.
Marie Sherwin Krause, born in Sterling , married Paul Raymond Lee on Dec 12, 1961 in Bozeman, Montana.
HELEN
Leonard K. Parr and Helen L. Sherwin married in Sterling on August 31, 1908.
"On Monday morning Rev. J. E. Aubrey spoke the words that united for life Prof. L. K. Parr and Miss Sherwin, two of our town's best known young people. The bride, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Sherwin, has lived nearly all her life here. Here she has grown to womanhood, graduated from our schools and played her part in our social life. And Sterling has never had a daughter that it held in higher esteem. Possessing all the highest and best attributes of American womanhood, the grandest womanhood on earth. In addition to obtaining all the education the Sterling schools could give her she attended the State University and University at Ann Arbor, Michigan, ranking with the best students at both places.
Her husband came from Indiana several years ago and was principal of our high school for two years. Then came a year of teaching in the country while holding down a homestead. Then, after proving up last spring he obtained the principalship of the Montrose High School, one of the most important high schools in the state. He has as good an education as the schools of his native state could give him, and holds one of the best first-grade certificates ever issued in Logan county. Prof. Parr has a bright future awaiting him and he was very fortunate in securing a life-companion as educated as himself and capable of entering his life work as fully as himself. Amid showers of rice, confetti and good wishes from their numberless friends they boarded the train at noon and departed for their new home beyond the mountains. The Republican Advocate wishes that all of life's best joys may be theirs; that health and the happiness that only real, true, divine marriage brings to human life may always abide with them. "
Leonard was appointed postmaster of Padroni on November 10, 1909.
In 1910 Iliff, Logan County, Hellen is 22, married to Leonard K. Parr 33.
Helen and Leonard, a lumber dealer, are in El Paso, Texas in 1920.
In 1930 and 1940 they're back in Logan County, farming.
They are buried in Sterling, Helen S. 1887-1970 # 57251503, and Leonard 1876-1947.
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