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Jacob was born on May 9th, 1809 in Randolph County, Virginia.1   Jacob's father was John Wood and his mother was Ann Elizabeth Harper.  His paternal grandparents were Isaac Wood and Rachel Ramey; his maternal grandparents were Johan Jacob Harper and Margaret Simmons. He had ten brothers and a sister, named Absolom, Henry, Solomon, Enoch, John, Zebulon, Caleb, Joshua, Noah, David and Phebe.  He was the fifth youngest of the twelve children. He had three half-brothers and three half-sisters, named Daniel, Ambrose, Joel, Martha, Mary and Elizabeth.  He died after 1856.


Jacob's family with Nancy Bortiness

They had six sons and a daughter, named Josephus Pryor, John Hamilton, David, Jacob Irwin, Son, Infant and Martha Jane.

1 A Very Old Family Bible @ pp 63-65.
2 Houghton, Betty Wood.  History of Isaac, John, and Noah Wood Family.  Portage, WI.  1990
Further sources/citations:
History of Isaac, John, and Noah Wood Family, The Simon Walter Family @ Tree #0571, Bolyard1.FTW


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