History of Bedford Springs, (Bedford County) Pennsylvania United States of America

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Katharine Margaret Brownlee Sherwood, (Kate Brownlee Sherwood), editor and author, was born at Bedford Springs, Pa., Sept. 25, 1841; daughter of Judge James and Rebecca (Mullen) Brownlee of Poland, Ohio; granddaughter of Alexander and Margaret (Smith) Brownlee and of George and Katharine (Hammer) Mullen and a descendant of James and Margaret (Craig) Brownlee, who came to America in 1800. James Brownlee, Sr., was the Laird of Torfoot, in the parish of Avondale, Lanarkshire, Scotland, and his grandson, James, was successor, by inheritance; but he chose America and emigrated from Scotland to the United States in 1828, and settled in Trumbull county, Ohio, and became associate judge of the third judicial district of which it was a part. Mrs. Sherwood was educated at the Union seminary, Poland, Ohio, and was married, Sept. 1, 1859, to Isaac R. Sherwood . She assisted her husband in his editorial work; was editor of the woman's department of the National Tribune, 1883?98; as a member of New York Sorosis, signed the first call for a Woman's Congress; was a founder of the Woman's Relief Corps; officer in the National Council of Women, U.S.; projected the National Relief Corps Home at Madison, Ohio; was elected president of the Ohio Woman's Newspaper association; honorary member of the Western Pennsylvania Historical society, and became a frequent contributor to periodicals and newspapers of national character. She is the author of: Camp Fire and Memorial Poems (1885); Dreams of the Ages; a Poem of Columbia (1893); The Memorial of the Flowers (1888), and Guarding the Flags (1890).

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Bedford Springs, (Bedford County) Pennsylvania

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