On 25 March 1939 in Saluda, Middlesex County, Virginia, in a Methdist Episcopal ceremony, John Richard Sherwood was married to Hattie Estelle Newbill. He was 32; white; single; not previously married; occupation carpenter; born in Essex County, Virginia; father Ricahrd Andrew Sherwood; mother Mary Elizabeth Boughan; resident of Brays, Virginia. She was 24; white; single; not previously married; born in Lancaster County, Virginia; father Harry Newbill; mother Hattie Ross Jones; resident of Churchview, Virginia. [Commonwealth of Virginia, Certificate of Marriage 7304.]