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Brownlee, Katherine Margaret (b. 25 SEP 1841, d. 15 FEB 1914)

Note: SHERWOOD, Katharine Margaret Brownlee, (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 (q.v.). 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).

The Washington Times -
Sunday Evening Edition, Feb. 15, 1914

Mrs. Kate Brownlee Sherwood, seventy-two years of age, wife of Congressman Isaac R. Sherwood of Ohio and for many years prominent thru-out the country as a leader in patriotic affairs, died at her apartments in congress hall hotel this morning at 3:15 o'clock. Death was due to paralysis. She had been ill about a month. At her bedside were General Sherwood, who had remained by his wife's side ever since she had been stricken and Miss Lenore Sherwood, an only daughter.

In a race with death from his home in Ravenna, Ohio, to reach the side of his mother before the end came, James Sherwood, an only son, lost. He arrived five hours after his mother had breathed her last.

In Poor Health

Mrs. Sherwood had not been in good health for several years. she retained all her faculties, however, and was not forced to confinement to her quarters until the attack of paralysis, which caused her death. Ever since she was stricken, her death had been anticipated, those nearest her realizing that her years made her chances for recovery meager.

Brief funeral services will be held at Congress Hall Hotel for Mrs. Sherwood tomorrow at 2 o'clock. These services will be private.

The Rev. Paul R. Hickok and the Rev. Henry N. Couden, chaplain of the house, will officiate. The body will be placed in a vault at Arlington following the services and will be taken to Toledo, the former home of the deceased, later in a week, for internment.

Partly Recovered

Mrs. Sherwood suffered her first stroke of paralysis about Jan. 5, but partly recovered.

She was known as the "Poetess of the Congressional Circle" and was the center of a group of women who devoted themselves to art and letters, rather than to social activities. Mrs. Sherwood was known all over the United States as a writer.

Born in Poland, Ohio, the daughter of Judge James and Mrs. Rebecca Brownlee, she there married Isaac R. Sherwood, then a young officer in the Union army. After the war the Sherwoods moved to Toledo, Ohio, and Mrs. Sherwood was of invaluable assistance in helping her husband to political honors later in life.

Mrs. Sherwood was a contributor to newspapers and magazines for more than 25 years. she was the author of "Camp Fres," "The Flag That Makes Men True," "Dream Of The Ages" and many other contributions. She was honorary president of the Ohio Newspaper Women's Association, and for 10 years was editor of the Toledo Journal. She edited a page in the National Tribune for 20 years and wrote political satires for Charles A. Dana, of the New York Sun. For years Mrs. Sherwood was Washington's correspondent for a newspaper syndicate and also wrote Europeon letters for the American Press Association.

Prominent Socially

Socially, Mrs. Sherwood was prominent, despite her inclination toward writing. She was a national organizer of the Women's Relief Corps of the G.A.R., member of the National Council of Women, the Congressional Club, and the Toledo University Extension. She was a charter member of the New York Sorosis and a member of the National Committee of the Daughter's of the American Revolution, as well as being a prominent suffragette.

"Democractic Salad" was one of the best known writings of Mrs. Sherwood. This salad, she wrote, was composed of "a handful of hospitality, a heartful of good cheer, a headful of common sense; mix with the oil of joy, flavor with faith, hope and charity; serve liberally at the festive board, and keep the door wide open to all comers."