Medad Parsons SHERWOOD Dr.

Family 1: Melvina HARPER
  1. Ellen SHERWOOD
  2. Clara SHERWOOD
  3. William Harper SHERWOOD Dr.
  4. Samuel SHERWOOD 
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Census records for Dr. Medad P. Sherwood: 1830: Harpersfield, Ashtabula Co., Ohio pg 169 M. P.Sherwood listed with one female under age 5, 1 female adult & 1 male adult (Also listed on the same page are: Robert Harper, A. Cowles, A.Harper, A. Wheaten, A. Hand , O. P. Johnson, W. C. Watrus, T. Martin and several others). 1840: Madison Twp., Lake Co., Ohio Medad P. Sherwood, 1 male over age 5 & under age 10, 1 female over age 5 and under age 10 , 2 females over age 10 & under age 15, 2 adult females and 1 adult male. 1850: Madison Twp., Lake Co., Ohio M.P. Sherwood, Physician age 50 born VT with wife Clarissa age 35 and male William age 18 (st udent) 1860: Madison Twp., lake Co., Ohio M. P. Sherwood, Doctor, age 54 born VT, Wife Clarissa age 44. Also William H. Sherwood, Docto r, age 27 and a 12 yr old named Medad born Ohio. This is Medad's last census as he died in 18 63. Dr. Medad P. Sherwood was born in 1806 in Vermont. He moved into Unionville when he was 17 y ears of age and studied medicine with Dr. Johnson and at the Willoughby Medical College, wher e he graduated. For thirty-seven years, he practiced medicine in Unionville & Harpersfield , was a skilled surgeon and enjoyed a reputation as a successful doctor. He married Melvin a Harper on Oct 20, 1827 and she served faithfully by his side until her untimely death. Fro m this union was born a daughter Clara on 18 Jan 1830, a son William Harper Sherwood on 8 Ja n 1833 (see below for further on William) and a son, Samuel who was born in June of 1838 an d died 9 Sep 1838 at age 3 months. Melvina Harper Sherwood died on the 10th of February 184 4 at the age of 33 years. Dr. Medad P. Sherwood married 2nd on 31 May 1845 to Clarissa F. Br ainard. Obituary for Dr. Medad P. Sherwood: Ashtabula Sentinel, Wed. Jan 21, 1863 "Died at Unionville, on the 12th inst., Dr. M. P. Sherwood, in the 57th year of his age. Dr . S. had been afflicted for some two years with a disease of the heart, but was still abl e a part of the time to attend to a share of his professional calls, and had during the winte r and up to the moment of his death, been apparently improving in health. He retired to be d on his return from a professional visit, with more than his usual feelings of comfort, an d about midnight suddenly started up, saying, "I am dying!" and fell back dead, ere his so n could reach his room. Thus has passed away one of our most faithful and skillful physician s, after the toils of thirty-six years practice in our community, leaving a large circle o f friends in sadness to mourn his unexpected departure from our midst." (Also printed in th e Painesville Telegraph) Dr. William H. Sherwood, son of Dr. Medad P. Sherwood and Melvina Harper, and great grandso n of Alexander & Elizabeth, left a medical legacy that is still honored today. The following is taken from "Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio", The Lewis Pub. Co. , 1893, Chicago. William Harper Sherwood, M.D, is acknowledged to be one of the most skillful surgeons in nort heastern Ohio. He is President of the Painesville Hospital Assocation of Painesville, Lake C o., whose province embraces general surgery and the Rapid Carbon Cure for alcoholism and th e opium habit. He attended and graduated from the Madison Seminary and began reading medicine when only sixt een years old. In 1854 he graduated from the medical college at Cleveland, and for nine year s thereafter engaged in practice with his father at Unionville. He was located in Unionvill e until 1884, when he came to Painesville. His specialty was surgery. In 1890 he grafted ni ne segments of bone from a rabbit's thigh into a man's arm that had been fractured. This ope ration was successful, the fracture healing in the proper manner. This had once before bee n done in Charing Cross Hospital in London. May 10, 1866, he married Miss Martha J. Chadwick. Two children graced this union: Clara R. S herwood who died at the age of ten years, and Melvina Harper Sherwood. He is a member of th e Episcopal church. In 1883, Dr. Sherwood spent seven months in England and Scotland, visiti ng all the leading hospitals and studying the best methods of conducting the same. He organi zed the Painesville Hospital Association in November of 1892 and served as its President, an d successfully treated numerous cases where the patients were afflicted with either the alcoh ol or opium habit. He is a member of the Cleveland and Ashtabula Medical Societies. He hold s membership with the Masonic order and in politics is a Democrat."



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