Sherwood, Ralph E., D. D. S.

Submitted by Mike Miller

Sherwood, Ralph E., D. D. S., Macheca building, New Orleans, was born in New Orleans, La., May 13, 1890; son of Ralph, Jr., and Mamie Rembert (Colley) Sherwood, both natives of the State of Georgia. The father was formerly a planter, but for some years past has filled the position of New Orleans superintendent of the Virginia Life Insurance Co. Ralph Sherwood, Sr., was also in the insurance business and a planter. The maternal grandparents were Zebulon Decatur and W. Anna (Anthony) Colley, and the maternal grandmother resides in New Orleans at this time. Five children were born to the parents of Ralph E. Sherwood, being: Kathleen, wife of Dr. Charles Wilbur Mercer, of Richmond, Va.; Manon, Ralph E., the subject of this sketch; Inez and Rembert. Ralph E. Sherwood attended the public schools of New Orleans, including the boys' high school, following which he took a finished course at Soulé college and later entered the dental school of Tulane university, graduating with the degree of D. D. S., class of 1911. Shortly after having completed his professional studies, Dr. Sherwood engaged in dental practice at his offices in New Orleans and his professional efforts have since met gratifying appreciation by the public, as evinced by an ever-widening circle of clientele. Dr. Sherwood and members of his family are members of the First Baptist church of New Orleans. The doctor is not married at this time.

Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), p. 397. Edited by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D. Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.