Rev. William King Sherwood was the son of Oliver and Betsey (King) Sherwood. He was the husband of Mary A. (Barrett) Sherwood. They were married in 1848. Mary died in 1898. Rev. Sherwood was a Local Preacher in the Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

US CENSUS
October 2, 1860
Town of Bedford, Westchester Co., NY
Post Office: Pines Bridge
SHERWOOD
William age 32, b1827 NY, daguerreian artist
Mary E age 32, b1827 NY
Benjamin J age 9, b1850 NY
Wm E age 7, b1852 NY
Ira M age 4, b1855 NY
Herbert A age 2, b1857 NY

US CENSUS
June 25, 1880
Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY
SHERWOOD
Wm K age 52, b1828 NY, daguerreian artist
Mary A age 51, b1829 NY
Wm E age 25, b1855 NY, daguerreotype artist
George A age 16, b1864 NY, at school

January 24, 2015
Thank you from Gary Saretzky ([email protected])
"Thank you for posting that fine obituary for WK Sherwood, whom I am interested in for his photographic work. Sherwood was active as a photographer in Raritan, NJ, in 1862, then Flemington, NJ., circa 1863-1866, then Red Bank, Monmouth County, in 1867 before moving to Oneonta, NY, which I learned about through your posting."
Cordially,
Gary Saretzky

Obituary
Northern Christian Advocate
May 18, 1882
SHERWOOD.--Rev. William King Sherwood died in New Berlin, Chenango County, New York, April 16, 1882. He was born in New Castle, Westchester County, New York, September 17, 1826, and was consequently in his fifty-seventh year. His father, Oliver Sherwood, died when William was but a boy, leaving his mother and six children, he being next to the youngest to provide for themselves. For a time he worked on a farm, but finding himself not rugged enough for farm work, he turned his attention to shoe-making, and for a number of years worked at his trade. In 1848 he married Mary A. Barrett, of Bradford Station, where he built her a house and carried on the manufacture of ladies' shoes. When daguerreotypes were introduced into this country he took up the art. At the breaking out of the Rebellion he was engaged in the picture business in Charlotte Court House, North Carolina. He left the South in 1861, and moved to Flemington, New Jersey, where he carried on photography. In 1867 he moved to Oneonta, New York. Here he was converted. He carried on his business in several towns in this section--Candor, Sidney Plains, Bainbridge, and finally in New Berlin, at which place he died as above stated. Brother Sherwood was converted through the agency of Rev. Austin Griffin, then pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Oneonta, and has ever since been identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church. In the Sabbath school he was active and efficient, as a Local Preacher he possessed marked ability. The Bible was his companion. He was devoted to help on the interest of the church. He gave liberally in answer to every call. He was a deep thinker, quiet and retiring in manner, decided in his opinion, true everywhere and always, and loved and respected by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. The deceased was for several years the victim of sciatic neuralgia, and at times suffered intensely. Early in the fall of 1881 he caught a severe cold, which terminated in consumption. What a consolation to think of him as one who has exchanged pain for pleasure, sorrow for joy, sin for holiness, mortality for immortality.
Written by Rev. Nelson S. Reynolds
Mount Upton Methodist Episcopal Church
Wyoming Conference
Chenango District

Wyoming Conference Journal
1881, Page 3O
Local Preachers Directory
Elders
Sherwood, W. K. - New Berlin, Chenango County, New York

Cased Photographs
William Sherwood, brother of Mrs. Mark Hopkins, ca. 184O-1843 - at the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California - also 1846-1856