Background
Sherwood, Granville Hudson was born on December 6, 1878 in Elgin, Illinois, United States. Son of David Burton and Lura (Trowbridge) Sherwood.
Sherwood, Granville Hudson was born on December 6, 1878 in Elgin, Illinois, United States. Son of David Burton and Lura (Trowbridge) Sherwood.
Preparatory education Saint Paul’s School, Concord, New Hampshire (U.S.), 1894-1896. Student Trinity College, Connecticut, 1896-1898 (South.T.D., 1918). University of Chicago, 1898-1899.
Western Theological Seminary, 1903 (Doctor of Divinity, 1917).
Deacon and priest Protestant Episcopal Church, 1903. Rector Christ Church, Streator, Illinois, 1903-1905, Trinity Church, Rock Island, 1905-1917. Bishop of Springfield (Illinois), April 25, since 1917.
Married Lucy Galt Kinney, September 10, 1902.