Ruth McEvoy Collection 24 - Genesee County

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RUTH McEVOY COLLECTION 40 SUBJECT TEXT DATE Sherwin, Marjorie Sherwin & Trick to have a concert at the Dellinger Theater. 2-6-1914 Sherwin, Marjory Concert much enjoyed. An instructor in Buffalo when her father dies, has been in the hospital with a 2-11-1914 nervous breakdown. Mere Mention: Top - says M. Sherwin had her European debut in Prague, Vienna, 12-26-1917 London. 10-19-1935 Trietley interviews. 8-8-1959 Interview with. 1-14-1975 Obit at 95. 11-15-1979 Winegar on. 11-30-1979 Sherwin, Sidney A. Sherwin & Stewart becomes SA Sherwin Insurance. Tarbox and Sherwin, law firm, dissolved. Sherwin to remain in insurance - 3-3-1888 71 Main Street. 3-3-1899 Obit - Mrs. S. A. Sherwin. 5-15-1913 Suddenly dies. 12-26-1917 Sherwin, Sidney A., Jr. Returns from a 9 week bicycle tour of Europe. 9-9-1908 Sherwin, Sidney A. II Sherwin and Ed Walker to Hamilton College. 9-14-1908 Now graduated, to go to Washington College in Greenville, TN to study oratory. 11-4-1909 Wins oratorical at Hamilton. no date Graduate of Hamilton, to teach English oratory in Greenville, TN. 7-7-1910 Engaged to Helen Mitchell o Greenville, TN. Taught modern languages and supervised athletics at Tusculum College, Tusculum, Tennessee, a suburb of Greenville, TN. Married Helen Mitchell who had been in his classes and sang in the chorus with him. Her father is Superintendent of 1-11-1913 Schools. To live at 5 Ross Street, Batavia. 12-10-1914 Moving to Buffalo from 6 Ross Street. 9-11-1917 Returning to Batavia. 1-16-1918 Files papers to do business under the name Sherwin and Sherwin. 2-22-1918 Sherwin & Lown to share offices. 5-20-1918 Sherwins to Denver until September 1. 4-22-1919 Sells his house at 415 East Main to Mrs. Mabel T. Southwork. 5-10-1919 In Colorado for his health - to return in the early spring. 12-23-1919 Of Lown-Sherwin agency, home. Home from a year in Denver. Recovering from an appendicitis operation at 4-2-1920 Denver hospital. 6-21-1920 Became Lown-Sherwin in 1918. When Lown & Sherwin split up, Lown took general casualty and fire insurance and remained in the First National Bank. Sherwin took health and accident insurance 3-31-1924 and moved his office to the Kresge Building. 4-29-1929 Moving from 2 Vine to 22 Ross Street. 10-21-1931 Moves his insurance office from the Kresge Building to his home at 22 Ross Street. The visit of Lincoln to Batavia on his Inaugural trip described by Sherwin - found 11-14-1931 in his father's papers. Buys the Insurance business of Green and Sanders - now in the Woolworth 2-12-1938 Building - G & S to concentrate on real estate. 2-19-1938 Picture of Sherwin and rug 3' x 5' he hooked. 1-24-1938 Picture of 22 Ross Street with Victorian tower in Genesee Supply Co. ad. 4-7-1943 Picture of the Sherwin family - all four children together. 7-22-1944 Marries Alice McLouth. 7-23-1945 Commander Sherwin now promoted to Captain. Obit - 81. Taught at Tusgulum College, Greenville, TN for 2 years. Recruited for 9-13-1958 Hamilton College. In 1913 he joined his father SA Sherwin Insurance. 10-21-1967 Sherwin, Mrs. Sidney A. Helen Mitchell. Obit - 54. 2-28-1944
RUTH McEVOY COLLECTION 41 SUBJECT TEXT DATE Sherwin, Sidney A. III Aged 10 to Monaco alone to visit his uncle. 8-13-1928 Appointed to the US Naval Academy. 1-16-1936 Graduates. 5-31-1940 Picture of - to the west coast to the USS Oklahoma in Puget Sound. 6-1-1940 Family gets a message "Alleyn safe" after Pearl Harbor - sent by a friend. 12-12-1941 Tells of his escape from a capsized warship. 1-5-1942 Home - tells of raid - picture. 3-24-1942 Marries Jane Blewett in Hampton, VA. 8-9-1945 Promoted to Lt. Commander. 1-4-1945 Reports on his experiences. 8-21-1945 Given a Navy award - picture. 6-14-1946 Chief electrical officer of the Destroyer in the Atlantic Fleet. 7-14-1948 Commander Sherwin gets a citation. 3-14-1949 Promoted to Commander. 5-17-1951 Posted to the shipyard at Long Beach, CA. 7-3-1954 To Naval Staff, London. 6-8-1957 Promoted to Captain. Now Pearl Harbor Production Officer - retiring, 3 children - picture. Children: 9-13-1958 Jane, 15; Stan, 12; Bill, 4. 8-12-1963 Recalls the attack on Pearl Harbor. 12-7-1965 Joins the family business (info on his Navy career). 3-12-1971 On Sherwin and the family business. 1-14-1972 Recalls Pearl Harbor. 1-10-1973 Earns his professional insurance honor CPU - Certified Property Underwriter. 9-19-1974 Remembers Pearl Harbor. 1-16-1975 Conducts century-old business. Winegar on retirement of and some mention of his career. Alice Sherwin retired in 1979. Helen Sherwin from Ashville, NC. Sidney Sherwin II taught in 1-27-1978 Greenville, TN. 11-19-1991 Sherwin Agency Lown-Sherwin moved from 71 Main where S. A. Sherwin had been from 1866 Sherwin, S. A. Sherwin Agency when it was Tarbox & Sherwin. Later became S. A. Sherwin. When Sherwin died in 1917 his son joined Lown as the Lown-Sherwin Agency. 102 the new National Bank Building. Lown-Sherwin dissolved. Sherwin to sell life, health, and accident policies in the 3-31-1924 Kresge Building. 4-29-1929 To continue under Mrs. S. A. Sherwin. 11-2-1967 Captain (retired) Sidney A. Sherwin joins the company. Sidney A. Sherwin retires September 30, selling the agency to Stephen Hawley - 3-12-1971 Hawley tells me. 10-27-1991 Moving to 113 Main Street, Insurance Center - March 1. 2-27-1988 Winegar on - in its new location. 3-21-1988 Sherwin-William Paint Opening a store at 48 Main Street, E. John Gillard, manager. 2-10-1955 Opens at 9am Monday. 3-17-1955 Moving to 214 Main Street - former A & P Market. 11-26-1960 Opens a paint and decorating store at 214 East Main Street. 4-19-1977 Asks for a permit for a sign for a building going up at Liberty & School Streets. 10-18-1994 The City refuses a free-standing sign for Main. Donates paint for the new Dwyer Stadium - gives 150 gallons. Manager, Carl 10-19-1994 Hyde, Jr. is a baseball fan and the brother of Micky Hyde. 5-21-1996 Sherwood, John B. Says he rode through Paris in a horse and buggy. 10-14-1944 Sherwood, Joseph E. Sherwood and John Searls buy the farmers sheds on State Street from Charles Winters. 12-18-1923 Sherwood, Milton C. Awarded the bronze star. 2-13-1945
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