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JOHN SHERMAN PRITCHARD was born at Pittsfield, Washtenaw County, Michigan, May 6, 1847, and died in Los Angeles, California, October 29, 1933. Burial was at Belmond, Iowa. He was a son of Philo A. and Eliza (Woodard) Pritchard. His father having died, John Sherman when a mere boy had to earn his own living, working at whatever he could find. The family removed to Wright County, Iowa, in 1856. On January 4, 1864, he enlisted in Company F, Second Iowa Cavalry, and was with that regiment until he was mustered out September 19, 1865. Returning to Wright County he followed farming, first as a renter, later as a land owner, varying farming with buying and selling livestock. His residence was near Alden for a time, but later at Belmond. He was a member of the county Board of Supervisors from 1892 for six years. In 1901 he was elected representative, was re-elected and served in the Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth, and Thirty-first general assemblies. He was influential in the enactment of the drainage legislation of those sessions. During his later years he resided in Los Angeles.