Carl G. Sherwood

Background

Sherwood, Carl G. was born on January 18, 1855 in near Whitney Point, New York, United States. Son of George and Mary Ann (Jeffords) Sherwood.

Education

Education high school, Binghamton, New York, 2 years.

Career

Admitted to South Dakot bar, 1881. Register of deeds, Clark Company, South Dakot, 1882-1886. Delegate South Dakot Constitutional Convention, 1883, 1889.

Member South Dakot Senate, 1889-1891.

Circuit judge, 3d Judicial Circuit of South Dakot, 1912-1917. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, 3d District, South Dakot, 1922-1925 (presiding judge, 1924).

Reëlected for term of 6 years, November 1925 (presiding judge, 1929).

Achievements

• Carl G. Sherwood has been listed as a reputable judge by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member South Dakot Senate, 1889-1891.

Connections

Married Nellie C. Fountain, February 10, 1885. Children: George Fountain, Harry Allen (deceased), Mary Carleton, Dorothy Viola.

Father:

George Sherwood

Mother:

Mary Ann (Jeffords) Sherwood

Spouse:

Nellie C. Fountain

child:

George Fountain Sherwood

child:

Harry Allen Sherwood (deceased)

child:

Mary Carleton Sherwood

child:

Dorothy Viola Sherwood