William Sherwood (1786-1871)
Author, Poet & Classical Teacher, of New York City
He was a well-known classical teacher of New York City and the author of a book on "Self Culture". He wrote a number of poems and was an associate and friend of William Cullen Bryant, Professor Anthon, N.P. Willis, Washington Irving, J. Fenimore Cooper and other men of letters. He had a most remarkable memory and could even at the age of 85 repeat verbatim whole plays of Shakespeare and books by other authors. When 85 years of age he visited his daughter, Mrs Mark Hopkins, in California, enjoying the journey there and back with great zest. He married Lydia, daughter of Lt. Ezra Kellogg, of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, and they had four children (listed).
