Edward was born about 1824, Registrar of Carleton County, who was of United Empire Loyalist descent.
He practiced law in Brockville, later moving to Bytown, where he was appointed Registrar of Deeds.
Sources
"Ontario Census, 1861," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ77-M38 : 5 September 2017), Edward Sherwood, Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 200, line 1; Library and Archives Canada film number C-1101-1103, Public Archives, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,435,833.
Chambers, Ernest J. (1903) "The Duke of Cornwall's Own Rifles" : a regimental history of the Forty-Third Regiment, active militia of Canada
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