Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-11-09
Death IS. r. Sherwood.

IRON inc q rraneisoo hitA' Nov atn'l
benjamin. n. Sherwood. senior part.
ner in the well. known and high.stand.
ing firm OF n. +. Sherwood & Co.,
Stock Brokers, died at Q o'clock. last
evening. at his rooms In the Occidental
Hotel. Mr.. Sherwood was one Of those
men who. though not marked for any
distinguishing trait Of character. save o
spotless integrity and business capacity
Of no mean order, went his way through
the world with the respect Of all brought
into connection with him. lie was
born In Connecticut. on April lG. 1920.
and at tho time Of his death vas 46ysars
Of age. At tho early age Of twelve
years he entered, o. q clerk. the cloth
ing house OF John Il. Dickinson. OF
New York city. where he remained sew
eral years, accomplishing his mercan-
tile trimming. Upon reaching his twen-
ty.third year, he was sent by the firm TO
California with q stock OF goods. On
reaching San Francisco he established
tho house Of u. +. Sherwood / Co..
importers, which firm was, some
time In 1856. merged into that OF Lent,
Newell & Co., aud afsrward, upon Mr..
Newsll's retiring. was known M Lent,
Sherwood X Go. This house was emf
nently successful In the guano trade,
and ranked very high among the com.
mercial firms Of this city. In $4,000,
when the mining interests Of the then
called wnshos Mining District were first
beginning 10 attract attention. tho firm
Of Lent, Sherwood & Co. was among
the foremost TO encourage the mining
enterprises begun on the Comstock
Lode. In fact, 1t was mainly through
the exertions Of Mr.. Sherwood that the
Gould & Curry. bullion. Central. yell
low Jacket and other leading mines had
the start which aftcrward eliminated In
n grand and almost unlimited prosperity.
Mr.. Sherwood may be justly regarded
M one Of the pioneers Of mining enter
prises Of Nevada. In 1863 he paid q
visit 10 his old home In New York city.
and while there married the eldest
daughter Of his former employer. John
Is. Dickinson, with whom no returned
to California. Shortly after his return
the mining firm OF II. F. Sherwood &
Co., consisting Of d. +. Sherwood aud
James Freedom. WA formed. with Mr..
Sherwood as resident partner at Virginia
City. Upon the dissolution Of that
firm, not long after no formed q copart-
nsrship In the stock broking business
with Frank Livingston and Charles For
man. which existed for = considerable
time. until last May, whom the Arm
Of b. +. Sherwood 4 Co., consisting Of
Mr.. Sherwood, Joseph King and A. T..
Wade. was formed. which Is the pres.
ent firm. After his return from a visit
to tho Eastern States last Spring. he
contracted a malarious fever, which, AZ.
ter a succession Of relapsss and regain.
iugs, ended In his death. He passed
from life to death on from one pleasant
dream into another. and retained full
possession OF his senses almost to the
last moment. The day before his death
he recognized and oonversed with the
members OF his family, and with VIM.
N. Lent. his old.time partner and asso-
ciate In business. He seemed to be per-
fectly conscious Of his approaching dis.
solution. and at n moment gave an
earnest OF his consciousness by writing
upon q sheet Of paper tho words, "Lifo
In short"
His was an existence that needs no
blazoning TO herald its virtues. Through
all the walks Of life he noted mp to q
standard Of right against which NO TO
proaoh eau be cast. Liberal. sslf.reliant
under all circumstances, careful and in
d%ustrious. che was q man, take him
for all In all. We shall not look upon his
like again."
Deceased leaves n wife and four chill
dren, the eldest about fifteen years Of
age. His business was In such nh sx-
cellsnt condition that tho bereaved fam.
iiy are left in very favorable circum.
stances.