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Joel was born on January 4th, 1826 in Randolph County, Virginia.1   Joel's father was John Wood and his mother was Mary Hornbeck.  His paternal grandparents were Isaac Wood and Rachel Ramey. He had two brothers and three sisters, named Daniel, Ambrose, Martha, Mary and Elizabeth.  He was the third youngest of the six children. He had eleven half-brothers and a half-sister, named Absolom, Henry, Solomon, Enoch, John, Zebulon, Jacob, Caleb, Joshua, Noah, David and Phebe.  He died at the age of 31 on June 6th, 1857.2 


Joel's first family



Joel's second family


1 Gaertner, Nelle Hornbeck.  "A Very Old Family Bible," Magazine of History and Biography, Randolph County Historical Socie
2 Houghton, Betty Wood.  History of Isaac, John, and Noah Wood Family.  Portage, WI.  1990
Further sources/citations:
The Simon Walter Family @ Tree #0571, Bolyard1.FTW


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