Eliza Ann Sherwood
6 April 1843–before 1945 (Age 101)
Illinois, United States
The Life of Eliza Ann
When Eliza Ann Sherwood was born on 6 April 1843, in Illinois, United States, her father, Isaac Elmore Sherwood, was 49 and her mother, Dorcas Elizabeth Sharp, was 37. She died before 1945, at the age of 100.
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Family Time Line
Isaac Elmore Sherwood
1794–1870
Dorcas Elizabeth Sharp
1805–1915
Mary E. Sherwood
1841–1945
Eliza Ann Sherwood
1843–1945
Joseph William Sherwood
1846–1933
Parents and Siblings
1794–1870Male
1805–1915Female
siblings
(3)
1841–1945Female
1843–1945Female
1846–1933Male
World Events (8)
1846
Age 3
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized
Age 5
Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 27
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
1 English: habitational name from a place in Nottinghamshire, around which once stood the famous Sherwood Forest. The place is so called from Old English scīr ‘shire’ or scīr ‘bright’ + wudu ‘wood’.2 Americanized form of some Jewish name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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