Myron Butler Sherwood + Margaret Murray

Children ‎(4 children)‎

Birth before 1849

Birth before 1850

Birth 15 February 1851

22 -- Olean, NY
Death 3 July 1926 ‎(Age 75)‎ -- St. Louis, MO

Birth after 1852

Parents

Grandparents

Birth 1823

13 -- Nunda County, NY
Death 22 June 1894 ‎(Age 71)‎ -- Olean, NY

Birth before 1800

25 -- New York

Birth before 1810
Death -- Buried in Medina, NY

Birth 1829 -- Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland
Death 2 November 1909 ‎(Age 80)‎ -- Olean, NY

Family Group Information (F541)

Marriage	27 April 1851 Boston, MA
Last Change	29 March 2008 - 14:43:02
Shared Note	Myron was a blacksmith. He served in the Mexican-American War as aSergeant in Battery D, 3rd U. S. Regiment, U. S. Artillery. He enlisted 10Sep 1846 at Rochester, NY and was honorably discharged 10 Sep 1851, atFort Independence, MA ‎(Veterans Bureau records)‎ He also served in the Civil War as a Private in Company L, New YorkCavalry. He enrolled 15, Aug 1864, at Olean, NY, was mustered into servicethe same day at Dunkirk, NY. He was honorably discharged at the age of 42on 23 May 1865. ‎(War record)‎ He was granted a pension of $4 per monthfor a fractured leg suffered in service which was later increased to $8 a monthwhich, after his death, his widow continued to receive for the rest of her life.