The 1870 United States census showed William Sherwood (age 34, born in New York, brick manufacturer) married to Ella F. (age 23, born in Vermont) and living in Dresbach, Minnesota.
Sherwood, Wm. H. Winona County, Dresbach, Brick Yard, Nativity: New York City, Came to Minnesota: 1866. (A Comprehensive Index to A. T. Andreas’ Illustrated Historical Atlas of Minnesota, 1874, Page 273)
The 1880 United States census showed William Sherwood (age 43, born in New York, brickyard owner) married to Ella (age 31, born in Vermont) and living in Dresbach, Minnesota.
The 1885 Minnesota census showed Wm. H. Sherwood (age 48, born in New York) married to Ella F. (age 37, born in Vermont) and living in Dresbach, Minnesota.
Mr. W. H. Sherwood, of the Dresbach brick manufactory, was in the city to-day. (Winona Daily Republican, Monday, August 15, 1881, Page 3)
The 1895 Minnesota census showed W. H. Sherwood (age 58, born in New York, brick manufacturing) married to E. F. (age 48, born in Vermont) and living in Dresbach, Minnesota.
The 1900 United States census showed William Sherwood (age 64, born in May 1836 in New York, widowed) living in Dresbach, Minnesota.
Wm. H. Sherwood, a resident of Winona county at Dresbach for the past thirty-eight years, died on Sunday (September 4, 1904) at his home in that place at the age of sixty-eight years. He had been suffering for several years with Bright’s disease. Funeral services were held this morning at his residence, in Dresbach. The remains were taken to La Crosse today, reaching here on the 12:20 Milwaukee train, and were taken to Oak Grove Cemetery for interment. A short service held at the grave was the only funeral service held in this city. William H. Sherwood was born in 1836 in Rockland county, N. Y. He came to La Crosse in 1857, and in 1861 enlisted from that city as a member of Company D, Second Wisconsin Volunteers. He served thruout the civil war. On his return from the war he established a brick yard at Dresbach in company with Gilbert Johnson. The yard is still in operation, and is one of the sources of supply for builders. (The Winona Republican and Herald, Tuesday, September 6, 1904, Page 4)