From the 1885 History of Steuben
County, IN page 653 & 654:
Almeron Sylvester Sherwood (deceased)
was born in Yates County, N.Y., Jan. 4, 1829, and came to this State
and county in 1838, when but nine years old, being therefore one of the
early settlers and pioneers of this county. In 1850 he was
married to Miss Mary Hasting, by whom he had five children, three of
whom preceded Mr. Sherwood to the future world. Mr. Sherwood's
father settled upon the farm which afterward became Almeron's home, and
where the latter lived up to the day of his death, with the exception
of a few years passed upon another farm a few miles west.
In the fall of 1880, while he was
waliking across the public square in Angola, a man driving at a
careless and rapid rate ran against him, knocking him down and
inflicting such severe injuries in his side and head that he had to be
carried from the place. However, after a few days of confinement,
he recovered sufficiently to be able to be up and around again, yet
never being free from the effects of the accident; and he very
frequently complained of having distressing pain in his head, which,
however, no one thought serious. He appeared as well as usual on
Sunday, Nov. 18, walking over the farm with his son William, who had
just returned from an extended visit in the West. He seemed to be
quite cheerful and talkative. The family retired about ten
o'clock. His wife soon heard him making a strange noise, and
tried to arouse him, but could not. She became alarmed and called
up the rest of the family, but all efforts to arouse him were in
vain. They summoned their nearest neighbors, but before any could
get there he was dead, Nov. 19, 1882.
Mr. Sherwood was a man who possessed a
character and reputation which won for him the honor and esteem of all
who knew him. He was especially esteemed as a generous and
obliging neighbor; and it is safe to say that no one who was in need
ever applied to him for a favor that was not cheerfully granted.