When Electa Minerva Chapman was born on 5 October 1805, in Redding, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, her father, Daniel Chapman, was 31 and her mother, Priscilla Bradley, was 28. She married Daniel Brooks Sherwood on 22 November 1827, in Redding, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 12 October 1866, in Easton, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Easton, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.