John Howard Sherwood, B.A. 1890

Born September 1, 1869, at Cornwall-on-Hudson, N.Y.

Died January 25, 1915, in Englewood, N.J.

John Howard Sherwood, one of the four children of John D. and Emmeline Catherine (Zimmerman nee Dunn) Sherwood, was born September 1, 1869, at Cornwall-on-Hudson, N.Y., being the grandson of Thomas and Ruth (DuBois) Sherwood. His father, a graduate of the College in 1839, practiced law for a number of years, and served as a colonel on the staff of Gen. James S. Wadsworth during the Civil War. His mother's parents were Charles and Polly Dunn.

He entered Yale from the Englewood (N.J.) Classical School, and in Junior year was given an Oration appointment, receiving a Dissertation at Commencement.

Soon after graduation, Mr. Sherwood took a position in the publishing department of the New York Evening Post, with which he was connected until September, 1897. He was then for ten years employed in the business department of the New York Commercial Advertiser (later The Globe). In 1907, he entered the banking and brokerage business in New York as cashier with the firm of Jewett Brothers, retaining that connection until May, 1913. In the fall of 1914, after spending the intervening period at his home in Englewood, he began work for the Crowell Publishing Company in New York, where he was until his death, which occurred January 25, 1915, at his mother's home in Englewood, as the result of heart trouble, from which he had suffered for some little time. Interment was in Brookside Cemetery, Englewood.

Mr. Sherwood was not married. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church in Englewood.

BULLETIN OF YALE UNIVERSITY OBITUARY RECORD OF YALE GRADUATES, 1915-1920, NEW HAVEN, PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY, SIXTEENTH SERIES • AUGUST, 1920 • NUMBER ELEVEN