Mrs. Sherwood Dies Suddenly
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Wilson Sherwood died suddenly in the Majestic Hotel, N.Y. city, at seven o'clock Saturday evening. She was stricken when taking dinner in her apartments. The physicians who were hastily summoned found her dead from heart disease due to her age. Mrs. Sherwood has been spending several months with her son Samuel at Woodland House which has been the Delhi home for the Sherwoods for the past hundred years. It was built by the Hon. Samuel Sherwood, and eminent lawyer and statesmen of his time. Saturday of the previous week her son Samuel gave a reception at this house when her many friends gathered to bid her good bye and to assure her of a glad welcome on a hoped for return another summer. She went to the city Sunday and was spending a few days at the Majestic which has been her winter home for the past four years. She expected soon to go to the summer home of her son Arthur at Westport on Lake Champlain to spend the remainder of the season.
Mrs. Sherwood was born at Keene, N. H., and was a daughter of United States senator Gen. James Grant Wilson and a large part of her early years were spent with her father in Washington where she formed many friendships with statesmen and diplomats. She married John Sherwood who became a prominent lawyer, practicing his profession in New York city. The N. Y. Herald of Monday speaking of Mrs. Sherwood says:
"Their home in New York thirty years ago was socially one of the most brilliant in the city. Among Mrs. Sherwood’s friends were the Astors and Morgans of that generation, who with scores of others ably aided her in her work for the Sanitary Commission during the civil war.
"An Epistle to Posterity", "A Transplanted Rose” and "Here, There and Everywhere" were her principal books. She also contributed constantly to magazines. Her reminiscences of politics, history, art and society were endless and told in her peculiar style, that of a woman of fashion, but with all tbe art of an accomplished writer, secured publication whenever offered.
In the Windsor Hotel fire Mrs. Sherwood lost probably her most valuable writings. For twenty-five years she had regularly corresponded with Lord Houghton, and when he and all the actors in the drama of English and Continental politics during and after our civil war had passed away she prepared a volume from that correspondence.
Mark Twain, Secretary of State John Hay, President Roosevelt, Senator Chauncey M. Depew and scores of others noted in the literary field were her friends, and on her last birthday she received letters of congratulations from all those named. She frequently spent a portion of the summers at Yaddo, the country home of Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Trask at Saratoga.
In 1893 Mrs. Sherwood organized the Kind Word Society to provide homes in the country for girls thrown out of employment. Abroad, where Mrs. Sherwood spent several years, she was presented at a dozen courts and her talents obtained international recognition. She was decorated with the Cross of the Legion of Honor in France and Queen Victoria gave her a handsome jeweled cross as a personal memento.”
The N. Y. World says: “Mrs. Sherwood has been described as a literary Mrs. Paran Stevens and a feminine Ward McAllister and had for years numbered among her friends those diplomats and men of letters who recognized in her the highest type of feminine genius. In later years she boldly denounced in lectures and articles the modern Four Hundred, declaring that a great degeneracy had set in.
She was an authority on etiquette, among her best known books being “Manners and Social Usages,” which she dedicated to Chauncey M. Depew. Mrs. Sherwood was one of the pioneers of that form of entertainment known variously as "social readings" and “social talks,” and on the occasions when she delighted her friends in this way her audience was composed of the best known people in the country.
Abroad, no less than at home, her capabilities were recognized, and she was received at nearly every court in Europe. The French Government bestowed upon her the Purple Ribbon, the insignia of Officers d’Academie, an honor conferred by the French Minister of Public Instruction on persons who have distinguished themselves in literary or artistic pursuits. Her last visit abroad was two years ago, when she wintered in Egypt and was received by the Khedive and great officers of state.”
Our people have always been pleased to know of her literary and social successes and to witness the recognition that she won not only here but abroad, but is not for these that she has endeared herself to so many here, but rather because all recognized that she was an enthusiastic admirer of Delhi had a genuine desire to add to the pleasures of her people and for the sentiment that so sincerely evident when at her last good bye she said: “Keep my memory green.”
Her remains were brought to Delhi Tuesday afternoon and funeral services were from St. John’s Episcopal church of whieh she was a devoted communicant, the rector, the Rev. Mr. Grout, officiating.
[Source: Delaware Gazette (Delhi, NY), September 16, 1903, Page 3]
Daughter of James Wilson Jr, wife of John, born in Keen NH, died in NY
[Source: http://woodlandcemeterydelhi.org/sites/default/files/old-cemetery-names.pdf]
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Wilson Sherwood died suddenly in the Majestic Hotel, N.Y. city, at seven o'clock Saturday evening. She was stricken when taking dinner in her apartments. The physicians who were hastily summoned found her dead from heart disease due to her age. Mrs. Sherwood has been spending several months with her son Samuel at Woodland House which has been the Delhi home for the Sherwoods for the past hundred years. It was built by the Hon. Samuel Sherwood, and eminent lawyer and statesmen of his time. Saturday of the previous week her son Samuel gave a reception at this house when her many friends gathered to bid her good bye and to assure her of a glad welcome on a hoped for return another summer. She went to the city Sunday and was spending a few days at the Majestic which has been her winter home for the past four years. She expected soon to go to the summer home of her son Arthur at Westport on Lake Champlain to spend the remainder of the season.
Mrs. Sherwood was born at Keene, N. H., and was a daughter of United States senator Gen. James Grant Wilson and a large part of her early years were spent with her father in Washington where she formed many friendships with statesmen and diplomats. She married John Sherwood who became a prominent lawyer, practicing his profession in New York city. The N. Y. Herald of Monday speaking of Mrs. Sherwood says:
"Their home in New York thirty years ago was socially one of the most brilliant in the city. Among Mrs. Sherwood’s friends were the Astors and Morgans of that generation, who with scores of others ably aided her in her work for the Sanitary Commission during the civil war.
"An Epistle to Posterity", "A Transplanted Rose” and "Here, There and Everywhere" were her principal books. She also contributed constantly to magazines. Her reminiscences of politics, history, art and society were endless and told in her peculiar style, that of a woman of fashion, but with all tbe art of an accomplished writer, secured publication whenever offered.
In the Windsor Hotel fire Mrs. Sherwood lost probably her most valuable writings. For twenty-five years she had regularly corresponded with Lord Houghton, and when he and all the actors in the drama of English and Continental politics during and after our civil war had passed away she prepared a volume from that correspondence.
Mark Twain, Secretary of State John Hay, President Roosevelt, Senator Chauncey M. Depew and scores of others noted in the literary field were her friends, and on her last birthday she received letters of congratulations from all those named. She frequently spent a portion of the summers at Yaddo, the country home of Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Trask at Saratoga.
In 1893 Mrs. Sherwood organized the Kind Word Society to provide homes in the country for girls thrown out of employment. Abroad, where Mrs. Sherwood spent several years, she was presented at a dozen courts and her talents obtained international recognition. She was decorated with the Cross of the Legion of Honor in France and Queen Victoria gave her a handsome jeweled cross as a personal memento.”
The N. Y. World says: “Mrs. Sherwood has been described as a literary Mrs. Paran Stevens and a feminine Ward McAllister and had for years numbered among her friends those diplomats and men of letters who recognized in her the highest type of feminine genius. In later years she boldly denounced in lectures and articles the modern Four Hundred, declaring that a great degeneracy had set in.
She was an authority on etiquette, among her best known books being “Manners and Social Usages,” which she dedicated to Chauncey M. Depew. Mrs. Sherwood was one of the pioneers of that form of entertainment known variously as "social readings" and “social talks,” and on the occasions when she delighted her friends in this way her audience was composed of the best known people in the country.
Abroad, no less than at home, her capabilities were recognized, and she was received at nearly every court in Europe. The French Government bestowed upon her the Purple Ribbon, the insignia of Officers d’Academie, an honor conferred by the French Minister of Public Instruction on persons who have distinguished themselves in literary or artistic pursuits. Her last visit abroad was two years ago, when she wintered in Egypt and was received by the Khedive and great officers of state.”
Our people have always been pleased to know of her literary and social successes and to witness the recognition that she won not only here but abroad, but is not for these that she has endeared herself to so many here, but rather because all recognized that she was an enthusiastic admirer of Delhi had a genuine desire to add to the pleasures of her people and for the sentiment that so sincerely evident when at her last good bye she said: “Keep my memory green.”
Her remains were brought to Delhi Tuesday afternoon and funeral services were from St. John’s Episcopal church of whieh she was a devoted communicant, the rector, the Rev. Mr. Grout, officiating.
[Source: Delaware Gazette (Delhi, NY), September 16, 1903, Page 3]
Daughter of James Wilson Jr, wife of John, born in Keen NH, died in NY
[Source: http://woodlandcemeterydelhi.org/sites/default/files/old-cemetery-names.pdf]
Mrs. Sherwood Dies Suddenly
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Wilson Sherwood died suddenly in the Majestic Hotel, N.Y. city, at seven o'clock Saturday evening. She was stricken when taking dinner in her apartments. The physicians who were hastily summoned found her dead from heart disease due to her age. Mrs. Sherwood has been spending several months with her son Samuel at Woodland House which has been the Delhi home for the Sherwoods for the past hundred years. It was built by the Hon. Samuel Sherwood, and eminent lawyer and statesmen of his time. Saturday of the previous week her son Samuel gave a reception at this house when her many friends gathered to bid her good bye and to assure her of a glad welcome on a hoped for return another summer. She went to the city Sunday and was spending a few days at the Majestic which has been her winter home for the past four years. She expected soon to go to the summer home of her son Arthur at Westport on Lake Champlain to spend the remainder of the season.
Mrs. Sherwood was born at Keene, N. H., and was a daughter of United States senator Gen. James Grant Wilson and a large part of her early years were spent with her father in Washington where she formed many friendships with statesmen and diplomats. She married John Sherwood who became a prominent lawyer, practicing his profession in New York city. The N. Y. Herald of Monday speaking of Mrs. Sherwood says:
"Their home in New York thirty years ago was socially one of the most brilliant in the city. Among Mrs. Sherwood’s friends were the Astors and Morgans of that generation, who with scores of others ably aided her in her work for the Sanitary Commission during the civil war.
"An Epistle to Posterity", "A Transplanted Rose” and "Here, There and Everywhere" were her principal books. She also contributed constantly to magazines. Her reminiscences of politics, history, art and society were endless and told in her peculiar style, that of a woman of fashion, but with all tbe art of an accomplished writer, secured publication whenever offered.
In the Windsor Hotel fire Mrs. Sherwood lost probably her most valuable writings. For twenty-five years she had regularly corresponded with Lord Houghton, and when he and all the actors in the drama of English and Continental politics during and after our civil war had passed away she prepared a volume from that correspondence.
Mark Twain, Secretary of State John Hay, President Roosevelt, Senator Chauncey M. Depew and scores of others noted in the literary field were her friends, and on her last birthday she received letters of congratulations from all those named. She frequently spent a portion of the summers at Yaddo, the country home of Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Trask at Saratoga.
In 1893 Mrs. Sherwood organized the Kind Word Society to provide homes in the country for girls thrown out of employment. Abroad, where Mrs. Sherwood spent several years, she was presented at a dozen courts and her talents obtained international recognition. She was decorated with the Cross of the Legion of Honor in France and Queen Victoria gave her a handsome jeweled cross as a personal memento.”
The N. Y. World says: “Mrs. Sherwood has been described as a literary Mrs. Paran Stevens and a feminine Ward McAllister and had for years numbered among her friends those diplomats and men of letters who recognized in her the highest type of feminine genius. In later years she boldly denounced in lectures and articles the modern Four Hundred, declaring that a great degeneracy had set in.
She was an authority on etiquette, among her best known books being “Manners and Social Usages,” which she dedicated to Chauncey M. Depew. Mrs. Sherwood was one of the pioneers of that form of entertainment known variously as "social readings" and “social talks,” and on the occasions when she delighted her friends in this way her audience was composed of the best known people in the country.
Abroad, no less than at home, her capabilities were recognized, and she was received at nearly every court in Europe. The French Government bestowed upon her the Purple Ribbon, the insignia of Officers d’Academie, an honor conferred by the French Minister of Public Instruction on persons who have distinguished themselves in literary or artistic pursuits. Her last visit abroad was two years ago, when she wintered in Egypt and was received by the Khedive and great officers of state.”
Our people have always been pleased to know of her literary and social successes and to witness the recognition that she won not only here but abroad, but is not for these that she has endeared herself to so many here, but rather because all recognized that she was an enthusiastic admirer of Delhi had a genuine desire to add to the pleasures of her people and for the sentiment that so sincerely evident when at her last good bye she said: “Keep my memory green.”
Her remains were brought to Delhi Tuesday afternoon and funeral services were from St. John’s Episcopal church of whieh she was a devoted communicant, the rector, the Rev. Mr. Grout, officiating.
[Source: Delaware Gazette (Delhi, NY), September 16, 1903, Page 3]
Daughter of James Wilson Jr, wife of John, born in Keen NH, died in NY
[Source: http://woodlandcemeterydelhi.org/sites/default/files/old-cemetery-names.pdf]
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Wilson Sherwood died suddenly in the Majestic Hotel, N.Y. city, at seven o'clock Saturday evening. She was stricken when taking dinner in her apartments. The physicians who were hastily summoned found her dead from heart disease due to her age. Mrs. Sherwood has been spending several months with her son Samuel at Woodland House which has been the Delhi home for the Sherwoods for the past hundred years. It was built by the Hon. Samuel Sherwood, and eminent lawyer and statesmen of his time. Saturday of the previous week her son Samuel gave a reception at this house when her many friends gathered to bid her good bye and to assure her of a glad welcome on a hoped for return another summer. She went to the city Sunday and was spending a few days at the Majestic which has been her winter home for the past four years. She expected soon to go to the summer home of her son Arthur at Westport on Lake Champlain to spend the remainder of the season.
Mrs. Sherwood was born at Keene, N. H., and was a daughter of United States senator Gen. James Grant Wilson and a large part of her early years were spent with her father in Washington where she formed many friendships with statesmen and diplomats. She married John Sherwood who became a prominent lawyer, practicing his profession in New York city. The N. Y. Herald of Monday speaking of Mrs. Sherwood says:
"Their home in New York thirty years ago was socially one of the most brilliant in the city. Among Mrs. Sherwood’s friends were the Astors and Morgans of that generation, who with scores of others ably aided her in her work for the Sanitary Commission during the civil war.
"An Epistle to Posterity", "A Transplanted Rose” and "Here, There and Everywhere" were her principal books. She also contributed constantly to magazines. Her reminiscences of politics, history, art and society were endless and told in her peculiar style, that of a woman of fashion, but with all tbe art of an accomplished writer, secured publication whenever offered.
In the Windsor Hotel fire Mrs. Sherwood lost probably her most valuable writings. For twenty-five years she had regularly corresponded with Lord Houghton, and when he and all the actors in the drama of English and Continental politics during and after our civil war had passed away she prepared a volume from that correspondence.
Mark Twain, Secretary of State John Hay, President Roosevelt, Senator Chauncey M. Depew and scores of others noted in the literary field were her friends, and on her last birthday she received letters of congratulations from all those named. She frequently spent a portion of the summers at Yaddo, the country home of Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Trask at Saratoga.
In 1893 Mrs. Sherwood organized the Kind Word Society to provide homes in the country for girls thrown out of employment. Abroad, where Mrs. Sherwood spent several years, she was presented at a dozen courts and her talents obtained international recognition. She was decorated with the Cross of the Legion of Honor in France and Queen Victoria gave her a handsome jeweled cross as a personal memento.”
The N. Y. World says: “Mrs. Sherwood has been described as a literary Mrs. Paran Stevens and a feminine Ward McAllister and had for years numbered among her friends those diplomats and men of letters who recognized in her the highest type of feminine genius. In later years she boldly denounced in lectures and articles the modern Four Hundred, declaring that a great degeneracy had set in.
She was an authority on etiquette, among her best known books being “Manners and Social Usages,” which she dedicated to Chauncey M. Depew. Mrs. Sherwood was one of the pioneers of that form of entertainment known variously as "social readings" and “social talks,” and on the occasions when she delighted her friends in this way her audience was composed of the best known people in the country.
Abroad, no less than at home, her capabilities were recognized, and she was received at nearly every court in Europe. The French Government bestowed upon her the Purple Ribbon, the insignia of Officers d’Academie, an honor conferred by the French Minister of Public Instruction on persons who have distinguished themselves in literary or artistic pursuits. Her last visit abroad was two years ago, when she wintered in Egypt and was received by the Khedive and great officers of state.”
Our people have always been pleased to know of her literary and social successes and to witness the recognition that she won not only here but abroad, but is not for these that she has endeared herself to so many here, but rather because all recognized that she was an enthusiastic admirer of Delhi had a genuine desire to add to the pleasures of her people and for the sentiment that so sincerely evident when at her last good bye she said: “Keep my memory green.”
Her remains were brought to Delhi Tuesday afternoon and funeral services were from St. John’s Episcopal church of whieh she was a devoted communicant, the rector, the Rev. Mr. Grout, officiating.
[Source: Delaware Gazette (Delhi, NY), September 16, 1903, Page 3]
Daughter of James Wilson Jr, wife of John, born in Keen NH, died in NY
[Source: http://woodlandcemeterydelhi.org/sites/default/files/old-cemetery-names.pdf]
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