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1910 - 1919                                              
Pittsville Record - Feb. 15, 1911 - Obit - ANOTHER PIONEER GONE - THOMAS SPARKS of Clark County, Passes to the Pioneers Great Beyond - THOMAS SPARKS died at his home in the Town of Sherwood, Clark County, last Wednesday morning of a failure of the heart, at the age of 66 years. The funeral was held from the town hall at Sherwood and the services conducted by REV. KLEIN, of this city. As a mark of the esteem in which the deceased was held it is said that the hall was filled to overflowing, many who came to pay their last respects to the pioneer of that district being compelled to wait outside until the services were over. He was buried in the Sherwood Cemetery. He leaves a wife and seven children to mourn him; MRS. ELNORA ELLIS, Plainfield; WILL. SPARKS, Plainfield; MRS. EMMA CALKINS, Sherwood; GEO. SPARKS, Plainfield, ARTHUR SPARKS, Sherwood; and Mrs. SYLVIA JANES, Plainfield. THOMAS SPARKS was born at Liberty, Sullivan Co., New York in the year 1845. He was married to MISS BLOOMY ELLIS in August 1867. He came into Clark county in 1874, making him a resident of these regions for 37 years. Besides the neighbors and Pittsville friends, those from a distance to be in attendance at the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. GILBERT ELLIS, Plainfield; WM. SPARKS, Plainfield; Mr. and Mrs. DAVID JANES, Plainfield; Mrs. EDITH WILSON, Minn., Minnesota; Mrs. HELEN STOCKWELL, Spooner, Wis.; and EARL PICKERING, Far View, Montana.

Pittsville Rec. - Sept. 27, 1911 - DEWHURST - All a person can hear nowdays is Bing! Bang! The woods are plumb full of hunters, about six hunters for every chicken. (prairie chicken)

Neill. Press - March 7, 1912 - SHERWOOD - Mr. FAVELL of Pittsville met the people of Sherwood at the town hall Saturday evening. He will put a telephone line into our little town the coming summer, and most of the people are going to take a phone….FRED SELTRECHT is sick with lung fever. HENRY SELTRECHT has been sick the past week but is improving at present…..There is to be a dance at the town hall Saturday night….JOHN CLARK lost one of his horses last week; he purchased another one of ROSS PAULSON of Granton…SHOLTZ BROS. have about finished hauling timbers for a large barn which they will erect in the spring. They will have a sand hauling bee soon…Quite a few are hauling logs to the mill yard these days.

Pittsville Record - Aug. 7, 1912 - DIED - DAVID ST. GERMAIN died at his home, in the Town of Sherwood, Clark County, Sunday morning, aged 80 years. The funeral services were held from the Town Hall at Sherwood and the burial took place in the Sherwood Cemetery yesterday. He is survived by a wife. Mr. ST. GERMAIN was a stepfather to DAVE SPARKS, west of here.
Aug. 14, 1912 - JOE JANES, west of the city, reports that his milk house between the house and barn was truck by lightning one day last week. It did little damage, and he reports one freak of the bolt. It passed through a jar of pickles and punctured a hole about the size of a saucer in the bottom letting off all the brine.
Sept. 18 - Dewhurst - They have the telephone most all completed. It extends from Pittsville to the town hall. (next week) Only one player, a MR. COFFEE, hooked up a phone (he was an auctioneer anxious to use it for his business) so far.

Pittsville Record - Oct. 9, 1912: ELMER MINOR & DOLLY PHILLIPS were married at the congregational parsonage by REV. VATER Saturday afternoon of last week. The young couple will live at the Bluff where the young man is engaged in farming. (Elmer and Dolly Minor later lived in Sherwood).

Neill Press - Dec. 1912 - A cooperative association in Sherwood has been organized by the farmers of Sherwood to build and operate a cheese factory near the town hall. It is incorporated under the name of the Sherwood Dairy Company and a lot with building has been contracted for. The building will be suitably remodeled and the necessary machinery installed. The previous outlet for cream had been by means of a wagon to the Pittsville Creamery. A home area creamery will be much more convenient.
Pittsville Record - June 17, 1914 - Mrs. B. FRECHETTE and daughter MINNIE went to Pittsville Monday. MINNIE is getting ready to attend summer school in Stevens Point. She is a graduate from the Pittsville School. EMMA FREEDLUND will also go to Stevens Point with her. EMMA has been engaged to teach her home school. (Sherwood correspondent in Granton News).

Neill. April 1913 - ED ZIEMENDORF, of East Sherwood, reports that the new cheese factory, by the Sherwood town hall, is almost ready for business. Prospects are that the new factory will immediately have a lot of patrons.

Neill. Rep. & Press - Aug. 28, 1913 - A Trip Through the Town of Sherwood - The writer visited the town of Sherwood last week to visit the people and observe changes and improvements. Development in Sherwood has come slowly, perhaps more so than in any town in the county. But the people are rousing up. The best thing that has happened is the new organization of a co-operative dairy company. The CAULKINS property was purchased last spring and turned into a cheese factory. It is running in good shape. They have had as high as 3600 pounds of milk daily, but the amount now is less on account of hot weather. The factory ships cheese weekly from Progress, six miles away. There is a store well stocked across the road from the cheese factory. The crops in Sherwood are excellent. Corn and oats compare favorably with that raised in other towns of the county. There are some enterprising farmers supporting the cheese factory and they are making with success. Take for instance the case of HERMAN SCHWANEBECK. He came there eleven years ago with $500 and a span of horses. He bought 80 acres of wild land and began to improve. Today he and his son own 160 acres of land largely improved with good buildings. They have 19 cows, four horses and some young stock. They have this year 38 acres in corn and it is excellent. A silo is being put up. The milk checks run over $100 a month. If you wish to see what a live industrious German can do in the town of Sherwood, go and see what HERMAN SCHWANEBECK and his son MAX are accomplishing….then there is Mr. GALL and his son, each with 80 acre farms. They are prospering nicely, HENRY EGGEN, J. R. COULTHARD, JOSEPH JANES, and Messrs. GATES, FREIBER, BENDER, and JACOBSON are among the enterprising farmers of Sherwood. There are lands for sale at reasonable prices and the people out there will welcome new settlers.

Neill. Press - Sep. 4, 1913 - Sherwood News: R. C. SCHREIBER has traded the lease of the farm known as the ZIEMENDORF farm to B. BENDER for his store at the town hall. GERTRUDE WALPORT of Neillsville is to teach at District 4 now. (She had been here three years ago.)

Pittsville Record - Jan. 7, 1914 - Dig Up 26 Pine Snakes - While digging for skunks which they were hunting and which they had reason to suppose were under the ground near where they were engaged in digging, the HILL boys, out in Clark County, near Sherwood Corners, unearthed twenty-six pine snakes. They ranged in length all the way from two to six feet and fourteen of them showed immediate signs of life when taken from the ground. It is highly probable that the remainder were alive but in a state of torpor through the winter.

Pittsville Record - June 17, 1914 - Mrs. B. (BERTHA) FRECHETTE and daughter MINNIE went to Pittsville Monday. MINNIE is getting ready to attend summer school in Stevens Point. She is a graduate from the Pittsville School. EMMA FREEDLUND will also go to Stevens Point with her. EMMA has been engaged to teach her home school. (Sherwood correspondent in Granton news.)

Pittsville Record - Oct 7, 1914, pg. 8 - SHERWOOD - The editor of this paper made a short call at Sherwood Sunday and stopping at the store of R. C. SCHREIBER found friend Rob smiling through the best of spirits over good fall trade. Directly across the road is the cheese factory, where brick cheese is the main article of manufacture. This factory has got an enviable reputation as a make of good cheese, and the new cheese maker, a Swiss, direct from the Alps, knows how to cater to the wants of the cheese consumer of America. The factory has had a good run this summer. Also in this little collection of buildings may be found the Sherwood town hall. Here is where all the public meetings, town meetings, dances, and other gatherings of this thrifty community are held. The country round about shows the result of labor and thrift, and many fine farms grace the undulating landscape. Sherwood is one of the best farming communities in Wisconsin, and some of the best farmers live there. Crops are abundant, the weather just as though it has been ordered, sickness passes them by and the smile of contentment is the fact of the average Sherwoodite. Several new families are moving in from Illinois and putting up new buildings near the JOE McCANN place. North of Sherwood lately has been an influx of Hollanders who are busy just now erecting buildings for winter and getting shape for the tilling of the land in the spring. R. MARK, of Chicago, has bought the old WASHBURN farm near here. The St. GERMAIN place has been sold to M. L. CHAPMAN.

Neill. Rep & Press - Oct 29, 1914, pg. 8 - Sherwood News: The funeral of little ESTHER JACOBSON was held in the town Hall Friday p.m.

Neill. Rep & Press – Jan 7, 1915 – Sherwood News – R. C. SCHRIEBER and wife spent Saturday at ED ZIEMENDORF’S. SADIE ZIEMENDORF has returned to Grand Rapids after spending the holidays with her parents. NEVA GATES spent Sunday afternoon at R. C. SCHRIEBER’S. RALPH SHOLTZ came home from Rib Falls to spent New Years with the home folks. HAZEL APFEL is spending her vacation at J. GEHRE’S. JOHN EGGANS is on the sick list. ED ZIEMENDORF who has been on the sick list for the past two weeks is some better at this writing.

Neill. Rep. & Press - Feb. 26, 1915 - Sherwood News - Sherwood is to have a moving picture show in the town hall once a week.

Neill. Rep. & Press - March 18, 1915, pg. 8 – Sherwood News - JOHN SPARKS, an old resident of Sherwood, passed away in death at his home Friday at 3 p.m., aged 64 years, 5 mo., death due to erysipelas. He leaves to mourn his death, his wife and ten children, also two sisters and three brothers. Rev. NELSON of City Point preached the funeral sermon. The bereaved family have the sympathy of the community.
(same issue) CHARLOTTE, the little daughter of RALPH DOUGHTY and wife, died at their home there. She was brought here for burial and the funeral was held at C. GALL’s last Wednesday p.m.

Neill Rep. & Press – June 3, 1915 – Sherwood News – The wedding dance in the town hall was enjoyed by an attendance of about 175. OSCAR ZIEMENDORF and family autoed down from Wausau Saturday. JOHN FLUEGEL left for work at Mondovi Monday.

Neill. Rep. & Press – Sep. 9, 1915 – Sherwood News – JOHN FLUEGEL who has had employment at Mondovi all summer has returned to his home here. EDWARD WOLBERT and RALPH LAWSON and HANFORD SPARKS left for the west to work in the harvest fields. RALPH SCHOLTZ returned home from Rib Falls Wednesday.

Neill. Rep. & Press – Oct 28, 1915 – Sherwood News – GEORGE FLUEGEL, who has been on the sick list for the past three weeks, is some better at this writing. SADIE ZIEMENDORF who has been employed at Grand Rapids for some time is at home here since Tuesday. CELIA NELSON, GRACE ZIEMENDORF, WILL SELTRECHT, LEWIS SHOLTZ, ART ZIEMENDORF and Mr. and Mrs. SCHILLER spent Sunday evening at JULIUS GEHRE’S. Mrs. BYRON PICKERING and daughter JESSIE of Montana are visiting relatives and friends here. There will be a dance at Sherwood Hall Saturday, Nov. 6th; good music. Everybody invited.

Neill. Rep & Press - July 1915 - Local news - Real estate in the Town of Sherwood is becoming active. It is reported that ex-state Treasurer A. H. DAHL had bought a large tract of land there and will open up a stock ranch. D. RUGGLES & A. DIXON of Baraboo who were in the city this week have bought a large tract of land there and are having big ditches dug to drain it by Hiles’ Ditching Machine. G. C. YOUMANS and others are stocking their lands in that town and indications are that lands there will advance in value.
(Also in another section - A. DIXON of Baraboo was in town. Former owner of SULLIVAN FARM, thinking about buying it back again.)

Neill. Rep & Press – Jan 20, 1916 – Sherwood News – TOM SPARKS and WARD CALKINS returned home to Bancroft Monday. The party at SCHOLTZ’S was well attended and all report a fine time. The Leap Year dance at the hall Saturday night was not very well attended.

Neill. Rep. & Press - February 10, 1916 - pg. 8 - SHERWOOD News - Mrs. JULE ZIEMENDORF passed away at her home Friday morning at 6 o’clock, after a long suffering from tumors. She was buried in the Sherwood Cemetery Monday.

Neill. Rep. & Press – June 15, 1916 – Sherwood News – JULE ZIEMENDORF is out again after the runaway he had. The dance at the town hall Saturday night was well attended and they all report a very good time. C. PAULSON of Linsey, drove through with a heard of cattle Monday. JOHN FLUEGEL is the owner of a new horse which he bought from Mr. R. PAULSON. Mrs. ALBERT KNOLL has returned from Grand Rapids, where she has been visiting the past week. Her nephew came home with her to spend the summer. Mrs. SCHOLTZ is the owner of a fine new Ford. Ha! Ha Sherwood is begging to make up. The Jacobson family, HENRY EGGEN and wife, JOHN EGGEN and wife and A. KNOLL and wife helped Mr. and Mrs. JOHN FREEDLUND celebrate their 37th anniversary Sunday.

Neill. Rep. & Press - Nov. 30, 1916, pg. 4 - Sherwood News - EDWIN WOLBERT and wife buried their little boy Saturday. He died Tuesday.

Pittsville Record - Sherwood - RALPH LAWSON married (NETTIE LUNDERVILLE) at Gilmanton, WI, Oct. 24, 1917.

Pittsville Record - Oct. 31, 1917 - pg. 1 - Mrs. THOMAS SPARKS, living with her son on a farm in the town of Sherwood, Clark County, was found dead in bed by those who went to call her Sunday morning…Her husband preceded her a few years ago and it is at his side she was buried in the Sherwood Cemetery after funeral services at the house Wed. at 1 o’clock in the afternoon.
(same issue) Twins born to BRUCE ENFIELDS.

Neill. Rep. & Press - April 25, 1918, pg. 8 - Sherwood News - Death of HAROLD McCANN, Thursday, April 18th. The funeral services were held Saturday at the town hall. Rev. WILSON MALLORY of Granton spoke the funeral service.

Neill. Press - May 2, 1918 - MARY HUCKSTEAD completed her schoolwork at Sherwood Friday. (Mary became the wife of LOUIS SCHOLTZ.)

Pittsville Press - May 22, 1918 - Death of Frank Dartt - FRANK DARTT, living in Clark County, Town of Sherwood, was found dead at his home two and a half miles west and south of Sherwood Corners last Wednesday. A nephew from Montello came up and took charge of the remains. Burial was made at Montello. Deceased was an old man in the 90’s and lived alone on a piece of land in Sherwood. He was considered peculiar in his ways, but was hale and hearty. The evening before some friends visited him and he seemed in the same spirits and health as always. The next day, however, he was found dead by neighbors.

Pittsville Record - Aug. 7, 1918 - HERMAN SCHWANEBECK barn burns, new barn will be built.

1920 - 1929                   
Neill. Rep. & Press - Oct 14, 1920, pg. 5 - DAVE PICKERING’S old home in the Town of Sherwood, a vacant house owned by JOHN SEMAN was consumed by the raging forest fires Monday and the school house nearby taking fire at two different times that day. School was ordered closed for the balance of the week and in consequence MISS GRACE CHAPMAN, the teacher has come here. Granton News.

Neill. Press - Sept. 29, 1921 - Sherwood - We just learned that Mr. E. (Edwin) WOLBERT lost his father two weeks ago, having been in the Marshfield hospital undergoing an operation from which he never recovered. The remains were laid to rest in the Humbird cemetery. The sympathy of the neighborhood is extended to the bereaved relatives. (… had been a patient at Marshfield hospital 3 months.)

Neill. Press - Jan. 21, 1924, pg. 9 - EMMA RIEDEL is Found (Dead) in Home. (Her home was on the south side of Hwy 73, west end of Sherwood.) Informative news item.

Neill. Press - Jan. 31, 1924, pg. 4 - SHERWOOD - This community was shocked last week to hear that Mrs. ALFRED ANDERSON formerly ESTHER SPARKS, was terribly burned while attending to her household duties Sunday, Jan. 13th. Her husband was also badly burned, while trying to extinguish the flames, which spread rapidly. Although she has the best care and medical aid she passed away Saturday a.m. Jan. 26. The funeral was held Tuesday, Rev. MALLORY officiating and the body was laid to rest in the Sherwood cemetery. The sympathy of the entire community is extended to the sorrowing husband, parents, sisters, and brother. Many friends of D. A. SCHEELER gave him a surprise party Sunday, the occasion being given in honor of his birthday. They brought baskets of good things to eat and after a sumptuous dinner and congenial time the friends left for their respective homes, all feeling so happy that they never thought of the zero weather…. We are very sorry to lose our good neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. REIS, who live just on the Wood county line, and are moving to Illinois the first of February….JOHN COULTHARD is busy these days sawing wood for different families…We are very proud indeed to see that one of our neighbors here in Sherwood had 2nd high herd in the county during the month of November, WM. WITTECAMP being the proud owner of the herd. We have just heard that he also holds 2nd high herd for December, having 43 lbs. butterfat per cow. His herd will average a little higher for January. JOHN COULTHARD also has some very fine cows, getting 888 lbs of milk every other day from 12 cows. RALPH SCHOLTZ also has a fine herd of cattle. There have been great improvements in the different herds of dairy cattle the past few years over former years, and we are very proud to be able to let people know about the fine dairy farms and herds of cattle.

Neill. Press. - May 14, 1925 - SHERWOOD NEWS - Mr. PETERSON, Cheese maker.
July 16, 1925 - SHERWOOD - Gas tank and pump installed last week at ED ZIMENDORF’S.

Neill. Press - March 14, 1926 - Sherwood - CHARLES BUDD obit. He moved to Sherwood 11 years ago from Rio, WI. Two sons - John of Chicago, Roy at home, Edna, Mrs. Sam NIEVES (NEVE ?) of Chicago.

Neill. Press - Dec. 30, 1926, pg. 1 - Mr. GEORGE MOSIER was born in Jasper County, Iowa, on Sept. 12, 1856, and died Dec. 20, 1926 at the age of 70 years, 3 mo., 8 days. In 1920, Mr. and Mrs. MOSIER moved to the Town of Sherwood, Wisc., where he resided until his death. He is survived by his wife, son and daughter, brother in Oregon and a sister of Davenport, Nebraska.

Neill. Press - May 12, 1927 - Sherwood News - Sherwood Cheese Factory Dissolves, EMIL JENNI bought out cheese factory.

Neill. Press - July 14, 1927 - Mr. and Mrs. ALBERT SCHOLTZ and daughters, MARIE and GERTRUDE of Wausau motored up and spent the Fourth with the RALPH SCHOLTZ and ALBERT GALL families. Mrs. ALBERT GALL and Mrs. ALBERT SCHOLTZ and daughters called on Mrs. SCHOLTZ and daughters called on Mrs. GEO. REDMAN Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. GEO. REDMAN and Mr. and Mrs. I. G. EMERSON called on Mr. LOUIS SCHOLTZ and mother on the Ridge and Mr. and Mrs. W. P. BOLLER at Star Corner Wednesday afternoon. FLORA JANES and AMANDA FLUEGEL, who have been sick and under the doctor’s care are very much improved. JOHN SEAMAN and sister KATE motored to Fond du Lac the Fourth where JOHN has employment. The Lutheran Ladies Aid met last Wednesday with Mrs. FRED RENNECK. On account of the death and burial of Mr. FRED ERDMAN, the Community Club has postponed their meeting until next Wednesday afternoon to meet with Mrs. RALPH and Mrs. ANDREW LAWSON. Mrs. and Mrs. CHAS. GALL were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. SCHWANEBECK Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. ALBERT GALL called on the LEWIS SCHOLTZ family on the Ridge Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. GEORGE REDMAN attended church in Cannonville Sunday evening. F. HAESLER, P. BLUMER and the Misses WIGMAN of Waterloo were guest of Mr. and Mrs. JENNI over the Fourth. E. BEAUTTLER and Mrs. E. M. STEWART and son of Eau Claire were guest of Mr. and Mrs. E. JENNI from Wednesday til Thursday evening.

(same issue) Sherwood News - The community was shocked when receiving the news Sunday morning that Mr. FRED ERDMAN had passed away. As he had lived alone, no one knows just how it happened, but indications point to suicide, as his body was found in the water tank with his throat cut and his razor and gun covered with blood were found in the barn. At this writing there is no definite date set for the funeral. The relatives have the deepest sympathy of the neighborhood. Mr. ERDMAN had been in poor health for some time and it is supposed to have been the cause of his act. He was a good neighbor and friend to everybody and we will all miss him greatly.

Neill. Press - July 21,1927 - OBITUARY - FREDERICK ERDMAN was born at Princeton, Wis., Aug. 7, 1878, and died at his home in Sherwood July 9, 1927, aged 48 years, 11 months and 2 days. He bought a farm in the town of Sherwood and carried it on successfully for a number of years past. He was an honest, industrious man and well liked in the community. Mr. ERDMAN was not married and at the time of his death was living alone. He leaves three sisters, Mrs. F. SCHARF of Chicago, Mrs. A. ANDERSON of Sherwood, and Mrs. E. WOLBERT of Concord, Wash; also three aged aunts, one at Montello, Wis., and two at Coloma, Wis. The funeral was held at Sherwood town hall July 11, Rev. O’NEILL of the Pittsville Congregational church officiating. Relatives from a distance attending the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. T. OPPERMAN and son of Plainfield, Mr. and Mrs. JOHN WILEY of Plainfield. Mr. A. KLOSS, Miss MARGARET KLOSS, HENRY JASCHECK, JOHN JASCHECK, JOHN SEMRO and Miss LENNA ZAIMMERMAN of Coloma, MR. L. ZIMMERMAN of Westfield, Mr. and Mrs. F. SCHARF, Miss MYRTLE SCHARF and ELMER SCHARF of Chicago.

Neill. Press - Aug. 4, 1927 - News has been received by relatives in this locality that Mrs. HENRY MOE, formerly a resident of the town of Sherwood, died in Spokane, Wash., July 17, aged 69 years. Mrs. MOE was a most excellent woman and was much respected by all who knew her. She is survived by her husband, three sons, SAM, ROY, and ANDREW, and one daughter, ETTA.

Neill. Press - May 31, 1928 - SHERWOOD - Mr. and Mrs. ALBERT GALL and family, Mr. and Mrs. GEO. REDMAN and family and FRANK SCHOLTZ and his mother went fishing Sunday. They didn’t get any fish, so they went frogging with much better success.

Neill. Press - Feb. 21, 1929 - There will be a setting of logs here, on 73, one mile north of Sherwood Cheese Factory.

Neill. Press - Apr 4, 1929 - ANDY ANDERSON and family left for Milwaukee to make a new home.

Neill. Press - May 9, 1929 - SHERWOOD - Tuesday evening Sherwood Cheese factory followed suit and burned down. That makes about six cheese factories that burned down lately within a radius of a few miles.

Neill. Press - June 6, 1929, pg. 6 - SHERWOOD - Mrs. ALBERT GALL and Mrs. GEORGE REDMAN went to Granton Wednesday afternoon and brought ROLAND GALL home from school. GEORGE FLUEGEL lost one of his horses Wednesday. Colic was the cause of death. ALBERT KNOLL had a sale Monday. The boys in Sherwood will play ball next Sunday afternoon at the home of RALPH SCHOLTZ. The Community Club will meet next Wednesday, the 12th with Mrs. JESSE SPARKS. At this meeting the Club will dispose of the quilt the ladies made. Everybody welcome. Birdland Echo school closed for the term Saturday with a picnic at the school grounds Miss ESTHER SHARP teacher. Sherwood had two funerals in one day last week. Mr. ANDREW LAWSON, who had been confined to the house all spring passed away last Monday. The family has the sympathy of the community. (The other funeral was for BERNARD SCHRIEBER (SCHREIBER), infant son of Mr. And Mrs. ROBERT SCHRIEBER of Fall River, Wis. Both burials were conducted by Rev. WILSON MALLORY with burials in the Sherwood Cemetery.)
(same issue - obit) ANDREW LAWSON one of the pioneers of the town of Sherwood and a successful farmer of that town passed away at his home on Monday, May 27, aged 80 years, 3 months and 13 days. Mr. LAWSON (Original name was LARSON), was born in Denmark, Feb. 16, 1849, and for many years he led a most interesting and adventurous life. He was the youngest of six children - four sons and two daughters. An older brother, NELS, came to America and settled at Waupaca. Later ANDREW and a brother, SAM came. Soon after, these two brothers contracted to go to Greenland to work in the mines. There they worked a year and a half and set sail for Philadelphia with a vessel loaded with soda from the mines. This was in 1871. From Philadelphia he went to Salem, Pennsylvania, and worked on a farm until Easter 1872. He then came west to Stevens Point and worked during the summer on the railroad. From there he went to Neenah and worked for a time, and then came to Clark County. Here he went to work in a saw mill and later took a homestead of 40 acres on Section 24, Town of Sherwood, this tract forming a part of his present farm; to this he later added 40 acres more. This was all timber land and all of it had to be cleared by hard work. For thirty or more winters and springs he worked in logging camps and on log drives, and in summer improved his farm. On Nov., 3, 1878, he was married to Miss ASCENITH SPARKS. When they started married life Mr. LAWSON had only an ox team and a “jumper”. They had no cow, but had two yearling heifers and had to wait until they were grown before they had milk or butter. Mr. LAWSON would often carry flour and groceries from City Point on his back - 11 miles and he frequently walked to Neillsville for other articles needed on the farm or in the home. Mr. and Mrs. LAWSON were members of the Congregational church and occasionally a minister would come and hold services in their log house. His wife and little grandson preceded him in death a short time ago and immediately after his health began to fail and he survived but a few weeks. He leaves an adopted son, Ralph, and a little grandson to mourn his death, besides many friends and neighbors. He was a kind and loving husband, father, and grandfather, and a fine neighbor. …He was layed to rest in Sherwood Cemetery. Pallbearers were MAX FALK, JOHN COULTHARD, RALPH SCHOLTZ, FRED MAVIES, CLARENCE FREEDLUND, and R. WHITKAMP.

Neill. Press - Dec. 26, 1929 - TOWN OF SHERWOOD ONCE SCENE OF EXCITING TIMES.
St. Cloud Florida, Dec. 13, 1929, Geo. E. Crothers, Neillsville, Wis. Dear Friend: I am after a little historical information which I think you can supply if anyone can. First, was the town of Sherwood Forest ever named Perkins? If so, why and when was it changed and had politics anything to do with it? Did you ever know a man named HUGH C. PERKINS, who lived there or in Neillsville and worked in the Furniture Factory? I would be pleased to learn anything you can remember about this matter or the man in question. Very truly yours, James Campbell, Box 624, St. Cloud, Florida. The foregoing letter recalls one of the most exciting chapters of Clark County history. First it may be stated that the present town of Sherwood was formerly the town of Perkins - named after HUGH PERKINS - an old settler and operator of a saw mill in the town. The town of Perkins was organized Jan. 8, 1874. In 1876 the name was changed to Sherwood Forest on petition of T. J. LaFLESH, STILLMAN ELLIS, PETER McGINNIS, BYRON PICKERING, JESSE SPARKS, FRED SEIF and other residents of the town. Mr. LaFLESH operated a saw mill at Nevins and was prominent in public affairs, and the county board gave Mrs. LaFLESH the honor of choosing the name. She was a great admirer of Sir Walter Scott’s novels, and chose the name Sherwood Forest. In 1900, on application of the town chairman, the name was shortened to Sherwood - the chairman stating that the forests were gone and the name gave prospective settlers the idea that the town was nothing but woods. The arrest and trial of HUGH PERKINS for the shooting of ISAAC MEDDAUGH gave that corner of the county wide publicity. Meddaugh and two companions came to Mr. Perkins’ mill for some lumber that Meddaugh had sawed there. One of Meddaugh’s companions came into the mill and got into an argument with Perkins, who ordered him out. He went back to Meddaugh and the testimony tended to show that all three men threw off their jackets and started for the mill, Meddaugh in the lead. He was a much larger and more powerful man than Perkins and had, on a previous occasion, given Perkins a beating, as the testimony shows. Perkins, seeing him advancing through the large open door of the mill, drew a revolver and commanded him to stop, repeating the command twice more as Meddaugh continued to advance. When Meddaugh got close to him, Perkins fired, killing Meddaugh. Perkins was arrested and held on a charge of murder. While awaiting trial, Perkins broke jail and fled. This caused great excitement, even the military company in Neillsville was called out to join in the search, but for four years no trace of him was found. At last he was located in Michigan through the Pension Office where he applied for a pension. He was brought back for trial and was convicted of manslaughter in the second degree, and sentenced to five years in state prison. His attorneys, J. R. STURDEVANT and L. M. STURDEVANT, appealed the case to the Supreme Court and judgment of the Circuit Court was reversed and the case remanded for a new trial, on the grounds that Judge NEWMAN, later a justice of the Supreme Court, had erred in charging the jury on the law of self-defense. The case was never brought to trial again, but was finally nolled. Perkins was released from prison after the decision of the Supreme Court in January 1891, but old residents state that he did not stay in Neillsville after his release. A legend in connection with his escape from jail is to the effect that the deputy sheriff went into his cell in the evening and after leaving Mr. Perkins’ supper, turned to go out. Perkins took a cud of tobacco from his mouth and slapped it on the back of the officer’s neck. The officer, feeling the impact and the warm tobacco juice running down his back, believed that Perkins had stabbed him in the neck, and fell in a faint; whereupon Perkins took the keys, walked out and locked the warden in, so that it was some time before an alarm was given. This report may be merely legendary, but at any rate, Perkins made good his escape and evaded capture for four years.

1930 - 1939
Neill. Press - June 11, 1931 - SHERWOOD - Those who graduated from the 8th grade here in Sherwood were ROSE ROSANDICH from Audubon School; ALFRED EGGEN and CHESTER FREEDLUND from Dewhurst School; and AMANDA FLUEGEL, THEO GALL, and VIVIAN SPARKS from Birdland Echo School. VIVIAN SPARKS won an extra award from achievements and for her average standing being over 95.
Same issue - WEED NOTICE - TOWN OF SHERWOOD - Notice is hereby given to each and every person who owns, occupies or controls land in the Town of Sherwood, County of Clark State of Wisconsin to cut and destroy all Canadian thistle, English charlock or wild mustard, goats beard, quack or quitch grass, and perennial sow thistle on all lands owned , occupied or controlled by you in said town, and out to the center of any highway on which said lands may abut, at such time and in such manner as shall effectively prevent them from bearing seed, or spreading to adjoining property, as required by section 96.01 of the Wisc. Statutes. J. C. COWGILL, Town Chairman. (Similar notices from other townships at same time.)

Neill. Press - Dec. 3, 1931 - SHERWOOD - What might have been a serious accident happened here on the Tom Creek Bridge on 73 Saturday afternoon. The stearing gear on a car belonging to a couple from Fairchild, broke and threw the car over into a deep ditch, but fortunately for the occupants the broken rail kept the car from turning over…The Sherwood Community Club will meet next Wednesday afternoon Dec. 9 with Mrs. ED. ZIEMENDORF. There will be the election of officers and every member is asked to be present. The Farmers Union held their regular monthly meeting Friday night and all present enjoyed the meeting.

Clark County Press - April 21, 1932 - SHERWOOD - We received the sad news of the passing away of Mr. WILLIAM L. BAKER of Seattle, Wash. Mr. BAKER will be remembered by old timers around Lynn, Romadka, Lindsey, Babcock and Pittsville, as the conductor on the Mil. & St. Paul R. R. that ran up through this part of the country from Babcock to Romadka. He had many friends around here and also in Tomah where he once resided. He leaves to mourn his passing his widow, who will be remembered as CLARA SCHOLTZ of Sherwood and two sons from a former marriage. We extend our sympathy to the bereaved wife and children. ALLEN FREEDLUND is improving and will be able to come home as soon as the roads permit. WM. McKINLEY was a supper guest of Mr. and Mrs. O. BRINKMEIER Sunday evening. The roads are gradually drying up and are pretty good in some places. Mrs. JOE JACOSBON taught school in district No. 1 last week as our teacher was sick. Mr. and Mrs. R. SCHRIEBER of Fall River came to visit the ED. ZIEMENDORF family on Sunday.

Neill. - Dec. 1933 - Mrs. BERTHA FRECHETTE, an old resident of the Town of Sherwood, passed away Thursday, Dec. 14, 72 years, 3 months and 16 days. Mrs. FRECHETTE, daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. FRED ZIPFEL was born in Altenberg, Germany, Aug. 28, 1861. When she was six years old she came with her parents to America, the family settling at Farmington, Wis., six years later they moved to Clark County, settling on a farm in the town of Grant. On June 19, 1880, deceased was married to ALBERT SCHOLTZ and they moved to the Town of Sherwood, near NEVINS. Here Mr. SCHOLTZ died Aug. 3, 1893. Several years later she married HENRY FRECHETTE. They continued to live on her home farm near the old LaFLESH mill. Mr. FRECHETTE died in December 1922. To her first marriage seven children were born and to the latter marriage there were three. One daughter, ANEITA, died when two years of age. The surviving children are Mrs. CLARA BAKER, Seattle; Mrs. MAYME GALL, Greenwood; Mrs. MINNIE VOEGELI, Cambria; Mrs. ISABELLE TULLIS, Waukesha; Mrs. BEULAH DEFOE, Sturgeon Bay; ALBERT SCHOLTZ, Wausau; FRANK SCHOLTZ, Waukesha; LOUIS SCHOLTZ, Neillsville and RALPH SCHOLTZ, Sherwood…..Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon from the home at Sherwood Town Hall, Rev. G. W. LONGENECKER officiating. All of the children except Mrs. BAKER of Seattle, were present….

Neill. Press - Dec. 6, 1934 - NEVINS - Mr. MOELLER and family have moved back again from Iowa and are at present located in ED ZIEMENDORF’s house, his daughter LYDIA’s husband arrived here from Iowa Sunday to join them.

Neill. Press - Jan. 17, 1935, pg. 1 - Team Tows Ambulance to Stricken Farm Wife - Mrs. HENRY SELTRECHT, who lives in Sherwood, a mile and a half south of Hwy 73, was taken to Eau Claire hospital Tuesday in the Lowe ambulance suffering from pneumonia. Owing to the condition of the road to the SELTRECHT home the ambulance was towed by a team from Hwy 73 to the farm and back. Mrs. SELTRECHT is a patient of Dr. R. R. RATH of Granton.

Clark Co. Press - Sept. 26, 1935 - Mr. (WALTER) HANSON our new neighbor is digging a cellar for his new house he expects to build before cold weather.

Clark County Press - Sept. 19, 1935 - Sherwood News - B. WALLACE and family will be camping on the JANES farm while Mr. WALLACE is acting as foreman of the dam being built near the home of MAX SCHWANEBECK.

Clark Co. Press - Oct 24, 1935 - Control Dam Wanted: JOHN FLUEGEL of Pittsville, R. 1, Chairman Town of Sherwood was here Monday to consult M. E. WILDING, Sec. of Clark County Drainage District, in regards to installing a control dam on the East Fork of Black River in the Town of Sherwood. The zoning committee: FRANK WOOD - Seif; JOHN FLUEGEL - Sherwood; W. L. MURPHY - Dewhurst; and Mr. WILDING are arranging to meet with RALPH IMMEL, work relief director of Madison to discuss the matter of building this dam. If the project goes through it will be one of the best setups for dam control in the county.

March 12, 1936 - Clark County Press - Nevins: TOM PAUN made a business trip to Black River Falls Saturday to haul some supplies from the Sherwood Dam.

Pittsville Record - May 7, 1936 - Mrs. B. ENFIELD takes life by hanging - MRS. BRUCE ENFIELD, 51, of Clark County, took her own life on Sunday when she hung herself in the barn on the Enfield Farm in Sherwood. The sheriff and coroner of Clark County gave a verdict of suicide. Shortly after the dinner hour Mrs. ENFIELD went to the barn and her lifeless body was found at 2:00. Despondency over family difficulties was given as the cause for the deed. Funeral service were held on Wednesday afternoon, at 2:00, at the Union church at Sherwood, with Rev. R. B. O’NEILL, this city, officiating. Burial was made in Sherwood Cemetery. ANNA PETERSON was born at Davenport, Iowa, on March 28, 1855. A few years later she came with her parents to Veedum and has resided in this district since. She was married to Mr. Enfield twenty-five years ago at Veedum. She is survived by her husband, a daughter, Mrs. GRACE CARR of Milwaukee, twin sons Fred and John, at home and by brothers and sisters. The Record extends sympathy to the bereaved ones.

Neill. Press - May 14, 1936 - Sherwood News - WILBUR FIELDS working at C. C. Camp at Globe.

Neill. Press - Nov. 12, 1936, pg. 1 - HENRY MOE DIES - It is reported that HENRY MOE, a former resident of the town of Sherwood, died at Spokane, Wash., October 24, aged about 90. In early days he worked at Greenwood and in sawmills elsewhere as a millwright.

Neill. Press - Jan. 27, 1938 - OVER 60 HUNTERS IN DRIVE SUNDAY ON WOLVES, FOXES - Central Wis. Game Club to Stage a Great Drive to Get Rid of Predators - MILO MABIE, WALTER DANGERS and other Neillsville sportsmen are planning to take in the big Central Wisconsin fox and wolf hunt Sunday, which will center in the town of Sherwood in Clark County. Marshfield, Wisconsin Rapids and half a dozen other towns will also send delegations to the big hunting party, which will start out from Pittsville armed with plenty of artillery to do execution to the predator foxes and wolves which have all but wiped out game birds in a wide area in this section of the state. The hunters will be divided into two parties. The hunt Sunday is sponsored by the Sportsmen’s club of Central Wisconsin, a group of more than 100 men and women organized at Marshfield recently to promote conservation. Over 60 hunters and a large group of dogs are expected to participate in the hunt. The group will gather at Pittsville at 9 a.m. and from there will drive to the town of Sherwood, Clark County, where an area of approximately 12 square miles will be combed. The gradually closing circle of hunters and dogs will drive the foxes, wolves and bobcats into the open. Hunters, for safety’s sake will carry only shotguns loaded with nothing larger than No. 2 shot. Sherwood, where the hunt will take place , is regarded as one of the best areas in this section for propagation of game birds, but their existence is threatened, hunters say, by the increasing number of foxes. If wolves are killed, bounties will be turned over to the treasury of the Sportsmen’s club. Rival teams will be headed by CHARLES HARLOW, Marshfield, and Dr. C. A. SALTER, Pittsville….

Clark County Press - Jan. 8, 1939: NEVINS - JOHN SEMAN Sr. death at Sherwood - burial at Fond Du Lac.

Clark County Press - Jan. 12, 1939 - small obit for JOHN SEMAN Sr. Nevins News written by Mrs. O.
BRINKMEIER - CECIL MOELLER is enrolled in the CC Camp at Perkinstown.

Clark Co. Press - Dec. 7, 1939 - Sherwood Youth Drops Dead during Mystery - Dramatic suspense of a high school play was too much for ROBERT ZIEMENDORF, seven year old son of Mr. and Mrs. DEWEY ZIEMENDORF of Sherwood, last week. As the play, “Mystery at Midnight, “ reached its climax of suspense in the Pittsville village auditorium, an actor shrieked. Robert slumped in his seat. A physician examined him in the council room, off the auditorium, and said that his heart had failed. Funeral services were held in the Sherwood community church Friday afternoon. Robert is survived by his parents and two sisters, Lois and Joyce. Pg. 7 - NEVINS by MRS. O. BRINKMEIER - This community was saddened Wednesday by the sudden death of BOBBY ZIEMENDORF, aged 7, the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. DEWEY ZIEMENDORF, while attending a class play in Pittsville Tuesday night. The funeral, which was attended by a large crowd, was held Friday afternoon at the Sherwood community church.

1940 - 1949
Neillsville Press - June 20, 1940, pg. 8 - Mrs. HANNAH GALL - HANA DAHLMAN was born in Germany on Jan. 3, 1863, to Mr. & Mrs. WILLIAM DAHLMAN. Following her marriage to CHARLES GALL in 1880, the couple came to America, residing near Chicago a half year and later at Hinton, Ia. They moved to Clark County 31 years ago. Four years ago her husband passed away. She is survived by two sons, ALBERT and FRED and three daughters BERTHA (Mrs. RALPH DOUGHTY), Mrs. IDA McGINTY, and CLARA (Mrs. RALPH SCHOLTZ). Nineteen grandchildren and six great grandchildren also survive. She passed to her eternal home on June 12, 1940, at the age of 77 years, 5 mo., 9 days. She was the last surviving member of her family, her seven brothers have predeceased her in death. She was ever a kindly woman, and her cheerful disposition made her many friends, who will miss her greatly. The following from away attended the funeral: RALPH DOUGHTY, Mrs. OSCAR KARN, Mr. & Mrs. FRANK MEHLING, Mr. & Mrs. GLEN DINSMORE and Mr. & Mrs. EDDIE KLUMP and family, all of West Allis; Mr. & Mrs. HARRY HALES, Mr. & Mrs. JERRY DOUGHTY and Mrs. LINDA OBERBECK, all of WI Rapids. Mr. & Mrs. CARL NELSON of Greenwood; Mr. & Mrs. WILLIAM TULLIS and Mrs. OSCAR BRINKMEIER, all of Chili; Mr. & Mrs. JOE HUSER of Vesper, and Mr. & Mrs. ADOLPH MEIER; Mr. & Mrs. FRED ZIPFEL; and Mr. & Mrs. LOUIS SCHOLTZ, all of Neillsville.

Clark Co. Press - Jan. 9, 1941 - NEVINS by HELEN M. SEMAN Phone: Y3041 - FRANK McPHERSON, with the help of ADAM MOELLER and DUANE SCHOLTZ, hauled hay a couple of days from the FRITZ GALL place….Mrs. JOHN PAUN cleaned the Audubon School Saturday. ROSALYN and DELMA MESSING returned to their school duties in Granton Sunday after walking home from Granton to spend the holidays with their father, ELERY MESSING….TOM PAUN and three children, Mrs. SUSIE McCANN, ELI MATONICH and Mr. and Mrs. RALPH SCHOLTZ and family spent New Year’s Eve at the CLAYTON McCANN home and were treated with a chili supper at midnight.

Clark Co. Press - Apr. 3, 1941 - Women of Sherwood Make Mattresses - Residents of the township of Sherwood have just completed their mattress making project, which was begun March 22, when six residents of that community met with Miss ALICE OLSON, Clark county home agent, and Mr. and Mrs. LEONARD KAPP (KNAPP?) of Wood county to received instructions for the complete process of making mattresses. The persons thus instructed were placed at the head of the work tables, Mrs. EDWARD A. LINDQUIST being appointed supervisor. This is an educational program, the purpose of which is to create an interest in better beds and bedding. Ticking and cotton is furnished without cost to anyone in the community desiring to make a mattress, the individual being required to pay for thread, needles, cord, and the use of mattress needles. The Clark County Highway Commission and the Welfare Department are co-operating with the various townships in transporting material to the work center. In the town of Sherwood, supply tables were arranged for the work of cutting, marking, fitting and sewing ticks. After this work was finished the process of arranging cotton, placing in ticks, lacing, making rolls and tying off was taken up. Thirty-eight mattresses were completed in six days. Four men also were engaged in carpentry, unloading bales, and weighing cotton. While the towns of Thorp and Warden are prepared to begin work on the mattress making project and other townships have applied for the privilege, Sherwood is the first to complete the work. Miss OLSON is high in her praise of the workmanship displayed in the finished product of the Sherwood workers.

Clark Co. Press - Oct 2, 1941 - AUDUBON SCHOOL NEWS - Our enrollment this year is supposed to be 17, but those bean fields have kept many of us at home these past three weeks. Jack Frost has not paid this community a visit as yet, and until he does, we must pick beans. Our school purchased six new chairs for the lower grades. We surely appreciate them. The interior of our school house was painted this summer. Everything looked spic and span when school started, and we are trying our best to keep it that way. HELEN ROSANDICH and MARJORIE PAUN visited us last week. MARY JANE PAUN, our first grader, has nearly finished her second pre-primer. After he finished studying the unit on Eskimos, GENE SCHOLTZ made a fine poster showing a scene in Eskimo Land. The seventh and eighth grades have started the study of Evangeline. We are making a display to show the village of Grande Pre. Teacher: IRMA WEST.

Clark Co. Press - Oct. 2, 1941 - NEVINS - Mrs. HENRY SELTRECHT, accompanied by HELEN, JOHN and JOE SEMAN, attended the quarterly Farmers Union county convention, held in the Weston town hall last Monday evening….Mr. And Mrs. ED LINDQUIST and Mrs. OSCAR BRINKMEIER attended the meeting of the Singing club at the GEORGE KUEHN home Sunday evening….The bean factory closed Saturday, to the delight of all the children who had to pick - and some of the grown-ups too. Just in time, too, for we had a killing frost Sunday evening.

Marshfield News Herald - March 20, 1943, pg. 7 - DAVID SPARKS Funeral is Held at Sherwood - Lindsey - Funeral rites were conducted at Sherwood Tuesday afternoon by the REV. A. W. SEGERGREN for DAVID LOUIS SPARKS, 83, one of the earliest settlers in Cary Township, who died early Saturday morning , March 13, at his home near West Cary School. Mr. SPARKS was born in the state of New York January 7, 1860, the son of the late DAVID & ELIZABETH SPARKS. He came to Wisconsin with his mother and grandparents in 1869 and settled at Plainfield, Waushara county moving from Plainfield to the Town of Sherwood , Clark county, in 1878, and then in 1883 settled on the present SPARKS farm in the Town of Cary, Wood County. He was married to CLARA CRAWFORD at Plainfield Sep. 28, 1887, five children being born to this union.. Survivors besides his wife are a daughter, Mrs. GUST (MABEL) HAUMSCHILD, Milladore; a son, VERNON SPARKS, Town of Cary; twelve grandchildren and three great grandchildren,. Three children preceded him in death.

Neill. Press - Aug 19, 1948 - Rattle Snakes Killed in Town of Sherwood by Mrs. FRANCIS JACOBSON - SHERWOOD - The Invasion of higher lands by swamp rattlers in this area is being blamed on the dry weather of this summer. Several poisonous rattle snakes have been killed in the area in recent days. LAWRENCE FREEDLUND killed one last week while making hay in a marsh east of the Freedlund farm. A few weeks ago another rattler was killed in the CONNIE BAYKO yard and THEODORE SCHWANEBECK killed one in their farm yard recently. People hereabouts believe the unusually dry weather has caused the rattlers to come up from the swamps near Hay Creek.

Clark County Press - Dec. 29, 1949 - Obit. Mrs. SUSAN McCANN - SUSAN HAMMOND was born on November 24, 1876, in the town of Sherwood. She received her education in the rural school there. With the exception of five years in Milwaukee she spent her entire life in Clark County. She was married to JOSEPH McCANN in 1894 in Neillsville.

1950 - 1959
Clark County Press - Aug. 6, 1951 - ALBERT GALL has sold his farm and will leave Sherwood. (Note-He resigned from his position on the Sherwood Town Board by Oct. 8th, 1951.)

Clark County Press - Oct. 18, 1951 - Obit. HAZEL ADA SPARKS, age 52, of town of Fremont, chili, died at the Wayne Booth home on Friday at 3 p.m. after an illness of 8 hours. The body lay in state at Gilbertson Funeral Home until Monday, Oct. 15, when services were condition at the Sherwood Community Church at 2 o’clock. Interment was made in the Sherwood Cemetery with the Rev. HARRY DORELY of Merrillan officiating. Miss SPARKS was born on May 31, 1899, to JESSE and LAURA SPARKS in Sherwood. She was a lifelong resident of Clark County and spent most of this time in Town of Sherwood. The past 11 months she lived in the Town of Fremont with her sister, HELEN. She is survived by three sisters, MRS. RUEBEN (HATTIE) FIELDS of Pittsville, MRS. BERT (EDITH) TODD of Granton, and HELEN SPARKS of Chili, one brother DANIEL SPARKS of Owen.

Clark Co. Press - Nov. 6, 1952 - ROBERT PAUN is Killed in the Korean Fighting - Son of MARY PAUN was born in Sherwood - Entered Army in 1951 - Mrs. MARY PAUN, of the town of Sherwood, received a telegram Thursday stating that her son, Pfc. ROBERT PAUN, had been killed in action in Korea on October 30. Robert who had been in Korea since June, entered the army in November, 1951. ROBERT JOHN PAUN was born December 3, 1929, in the town of Sherwood to Mr. and Mrs. JOHN PAUN. He attended school at the Audubon school in the town of Sherwood and attended high school in Granton. He worked for some time with a construction crew and later worked on the farm at home until his induction into the army. He took his basic training at Fort Riley, Kansas….His father died June 18th, 1951. An infant brother, Norman, also preceded him in death.

Clark Co. Press - Jan. 31, 1952 - STEVE ROSANDICH Sr., returned home from the hospital at Marshfield Wednesday. GENE SCHOLTZ took his pre-induction examination at Minneapolis Thursday.

Clark Co. Press - Jan. 21, 1954 - pg. 9 - EMMA RIEDEL found dead in home, west end of Sherwood.

Clark Co Press - January 28, 1954 - by Mrs. FRANCIS JACOBSON - HANFORD SPARKS of Tomahawk and CLIFTON SPARKS of California were Saturday night guests of Mr. and Mrs. REUBEN FIELDS. CLIFTON SPARKS lived west of Sherwood town hall years ago, and this was his first visit here since 1916.…Mr. and Mrs. JOHN COULTHARD have installed a television set…. Mrs. BERT TODD was to entertain the Community club Wednesday. Due to bad weather the number was so small that no meeting was held. …JUDY and ROCHELLE MALLORY have chickenpox.

Clark County Press - May 14, 1959 - MAN FOUND DEAD IN SHERWOOD - HARRY RENNHACK, 60 year old resident of the Town of Sherwood, was found dead in a chair in his home shortly after noon Sunday. He was believed to have died four days earlier from natural causes. The discovery was made by his son, ALLEN, who lives east of Pittsville. Mrs. RENNHACK had been staying with the son and working in Pittsville. The RENNHACK house is the last place on Highway 73 this side of the wood county line. Investigation was made by WALTER BROWN, deputy coroner; Sheriff FRANK DOBES; Officer HARRY FRANTZ and a local physician.

1960 - 1969
Clark County Press - May 30, 1963 - FIELDS SERVICE - Funeral services were conducted Saturday from the Gilbertson Funeral Home in Granton for Mrs. RUEBEN FIELDS, 70, of rural Pittsville, who died Wednesday in Neillsville following a stroke. The Rev. EDGAR PARKER of Wisconsin Rapids officiated. Burial was made in the Sherwood Cemetery. Mrs. FIELDS, the former HATTIE SPARKS was born January 24, 1893, in Sherwood. She attended the Sherwood Schools and had spent most of her lifetime in that area. Jan. 1, 1916, she was married to RUEBEN FIELDS. Survivors are her husband; two sons, WILBER FIELDS of Granton and ALFRED FIELDS of Pittsville, a sister Mrs. ANDREW (EDITH) TODD of Granton, and a brother DANIEL SPARKS of Owen.

Clark County Press - May 1963 - HELEN SPARKS - Funerals services were held Tuesday afternoon from the Sherwood Corner Church for Miss HELEN SPARKS, 63, of Route 1, Pittsville, who died Saturday of a heart condition. ROGER ADAMS of Black River Falls officiated. Burial was made in Sherwood Cemetery. Miss SPARKS, a retired teacher, was born May 31, 1899 in Sherwood, and spent her entire life in that area. She attended schools there and was a graduate of the Wood County Normal School in Wisconsin Rapids. She taught for 35 years, 6 of them in Dane County and the remainder in Clark. She made her home with her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. RUEBEN FIELDS, and had her home a short distance form the FIELDS‘. Miss SPARKS is survived by two sisters - Mrs. HATTIE (RUEBEN) FIELDS of Pittsville, and Mrs. ANDREW (BERT) TODD of Granton, and one brother DANIEL SPARKS of Owen.

Clark County Press - Aug 10, 1967 - SHERWOOD COUPLE OBSERVES GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY - Mr. and Mrs. RALPH SCHOLTZ of the Town of Sherwood celebrated their golden wedding anniversary Saturday with an open house from 2 to 8 p.m. at their home, where they have lived throughout their 50 years of marriage. Present were their four children, CLEMENT SCHOLTZ of Aurora, Illinois, RALPH D. SCHOLTZ of Rockford, Illinois, GENE SCHOLTZ of Dubuque, Iowa, and Mrs. LESLIE (MILDRED) TODD of Town of Lynn, and their seven children. Also attending were Mr. SCHOLTZ’s four sisters: Mrs. MAYME GALL of Memorial Home, Neillsville; Mrs. BEULAH DEFOE of Waukesha; Mrs. JOHN VOGELI of Cambria; and Mrs. BILL TULLIS; and his two brothers, FRANK and LEWIS SCHOLTZ of Neillsville. Mrs. BERTHA DOUGHTY of West Allis and Mrs. IDA McGINNITY of Sioux City, Iowa, sisters of Mrs. SCHOLTZ, also were present. Many other relatives and friends called there during the afternoon.