Lyman Sherwood (August 5, 1802 Hoosick,

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– September 2, 1865

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) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

He was the son of Lemuel Sherwood (1775–1839) and Mercy (Rose) Sherwood (1781–1833). On July 4, 1827, he married Rhoda Harmon Hinsdale (1806–1861), and they had two children. He was Surrogate of Wayne County from 1833 to 1844. He was a member of the

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(7th D.) in

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. He was District Attorney of Wayne County from 1846 to 1847. He was First Judge and Surrogate of the Wayne County Court from 1860 to 1863.

Sources

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 133f, 145, 384 and 419; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1867; pg. 436)

transcribed from ''The Commercial Press'' (issue of October 1865), at NY Gen Web
Lyman Sherwwood
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