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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