John D. Sherwood (November 24, 1818-April 30, 1891) was an American author. Sherwood, son of Thomas and Ruth (DuBois) Sherwood, was born in Fishkill, New York, on November 24, 1818. Immediately after graduating from Yale College in 1839 he began the study of law in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., in the office of Judge Ruggles. He also studied for a short time in the Harvard Law School before going abroad in August, 1841, for upwards of two years of foreign travel In 1844 he completed his legal studies in New York City, in the office of the Hon. Samuel Sherwood, and in 1845 he was admitted to the bar. For six years he was in partnership with George Y. Gilbert, in New York City ; and in 1851 he associated with himself his brother and continued in that relation with abundant success until 1865, when se