Stephen Sherwood was recorded in one advertisement that ran in The New York Herald (New York, New York) on April 16, 1856.  Daguerreotypes, Large size for Fifty Cents.—The cheapest place in the city to get good Pictures is at Sherwood’s.  No. 109 Eighth avenue, between Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets.  N. B.—Have been operator at Welling’s in Bleecker street, for the last five years.

Stephen Sherwood is recorded in Craig’s Daguerreian Registry with conflicting addresses between 1851-1856 while an operator for Peter Welling.