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Eugene Sherwood

Salinas, California
· 1828 - 1912
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Eugene Sherwood was born in London, England, graduated from Eton College, served as a captain in the British Army, and became a London barrister. He arrived in San Francisco in 1856 as the representative of a land purchasing group and donated land in Salinas for the railroad, churches, schools, streets, and the sixty acre Sherwood Park.
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