Hi All, The Livingston County, NY, Genweb site has the entire "New Gazetteer and Business Directory for Livingston County Business Directory for 1868" available in PDF format (i.e. readable by Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is freeware). I have culled all the Sherwood information contained in the Gazetteer and present it here with my own parenthetical comments: The following residents of the town of York receive their mail at Piffard: Lydia Sherwood (This could be Lydia HALL, widow of Solomon SHERWOOD. Lydia was b. 31 AUG 1807, Chatham, CT, dau. of Elisha Hall and Hannah STRONG. Solomon Sherwood was b. 18 JUL 1803, Livingston Co, NY, son of Joseph Sherwood and Mary McINTYRE, grandson of Stephen Sherwood and 1st wife Ruth BENEDICT (Stephen's second wife was Elizabeth EGGLESTON); Solomon d. 13 NOV 1852, York, Livingston Co, NY, and was a resident of Geneseo. He and Lydia m. 13 SEP 1828 and had ch (all b. in Geneseo): James, b. 18 JUL 1829; Henry, b. 18 FEB 1834; Alfred, b. 6 MAR 1836.) Residents of Avon who receive their mail at Avon: Henry Sherwood, employee of R.R. (Could this be Henry Sherwood, b. 1844, Avon, Livingston Co, NY? That Henry Sherwood m. M. E. HARVEY of Washington, DC. They had children: Philena (or Philema) and Harry. Both Henry and his brother, Frederick, wrote letters to the Sherwood genealogist, William Lounsbury Sherwood, in 1884 and 1885. At that time, Henry was a postmaster assistant in Washington, DC. In a letter from Henry, dated 5 JAN 1885, he states: "I was in the 4th Michigan Cavalry and lost a limb by gunshot wound at the battle of Lattimers Mills, GA, 20 JUN 1864." Henry was a son of Daniel G. Sherwood and Philena DEMING. The only thing that is a bit puzzling is that he had obviously already settled in Michigan during or prior to the Rebellion. He joined the Union Army in Michigan, yet, if it is the same Henry Sherwood, is back in Avon, NY, in 1868 as a railroad employee. A possible explanation is that he returned to his old home to convalesce, perhaps physically incapable of homesteading in Michigan due to his injury. His father, Daniel, also a Civil War veteran, may have still been in NY at the time (he enlisted with Co. C of the 6th NY Cavalry Volunteers, so it is possible he was still in Avon in 1868; he eventually moved to Breedsville, Van Buren Co, MI). Res. of Conesus rcvg mail at Conesus Center: Rensselaer Sherwood, farmer, 48 acres (Could this be Micajah Van Rensellaer Sherwood? Micajah was b. Steuben Co, NY; m. Ada KASSICH; son of Rev. James Sherwood and Salina SACKETT, grandson of Stephen Sherwood and second wife Elizabeth EGGLESTON.) Res. of Geneseo rcvg mail at Geneseo: Hiram Sherwood, teamster, Centre St. (This may be Hiram Sherwood, uncle of Clark Sherwood who is mentioned below as a son of Stephen and Sarah CLARK. Hiram was b. 10 JAN 1809, Dutchess Co, NY, son of Stephen Sherwood and second wife Elizabeth EGGLESTON; d. 1886, Geneseo, Livingston Co, NY; m. Harriet Amanda DRINKWATER, 5 APR 1838. This Hiram Sherwood is probably the one enumerated in the 1850 Federal Census in Geneseo.) Res. of Geneseo rcvg mail at South Avon: Clark Sherwood, agent for mowers and reapers; farmer, 100 acres (This is probably the Clark Sherwood, b. Geneseo, Livingston Co, NY, son of Stephen SHERWOOD and Sarah CLARK, grandson of Stephen Sherwood and second wife Elizabeth EGGLESTON; a Clark Sherwood appears in the 1850 Federal Census in Geneseo; and the gravestone of Ema P. Sherwood, in the McCallion Cem., Geneseo, NY, DOD 10 MAR 1856, reads "daughter of Clark and Elvira Sherwood, died aged 11(?) yrs, 6 mo." All are probably one and the same Clark Sherwood.) Res. of Leicester rcvg mail at Moscow: Alfred Sherwood, farmer (This may be the Alfred Sherwood who was b. 1816, son of Joseph Sherwood and Mary McINTYRE, grandson of Stephen Sherwood and first wife Ruth BENEDICT; m. Sarah HALLEY in 1855. Alfred was living in Toronto, ONT, at the time of his marriage. Sarah was from York, Livingston Co, NY.) Res. of Livonia rcvg mail at Hemlock Lake: Orman Sherwood, farmer, 27 acres (I have no idea who this could be.) If anyone has any proof for these identifications, or any further information on these Sherwoods, please let me know. A special thanks to Ed Brill and all the folks over at the Livingston County, NY Genweb site for making the 1868 Business Directory available to all of us in PDF format. It's great to see small counties like this at the cutting edge - making such a prodigious effort to make primary and secondary sources available as more than just index transcriptions. Kind Regards, Geoff Geoffrey Sherwood demidave@juno.com Towaco, NJ ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.