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Male John Wood Click to view John Wood in the family tree

John was born on December 10th, 1804 in Randolph County, Virginia.1   John'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, Zebulon, Jacob, Caleb, Joshua, Noah, David and Phebe.  He was the sixth oldest of the twelve children. He had three half-brothers and three half-sisters, named Daniel, Ambrose, Joel, Martha, Mary and Elizabeth.  He died at the age of 67 on April 5th, 1872 in Montgomery Co., Ohio.  He was buried in 1872 in Buried in Concord Cemetery, Dayton, OH.2 3 


John's family with Salome Rasor

‌John and Salome were married in a religious ceremony on January 4th, 1829 in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio.2   They had three sons and eight daughters, named Harvey A., Daniel S. Clayton, Charles Wesley, Elizabeth, Sarah Ann, Aldeba, Amanda Jane, Clarissa, Melissa Emaline, Loretta Belle and Justina Catharine.

1 Hupp, Ethel.  The Simon Walter Family.  Fairmont, WV.  (1959), p.13Gaertner, Nelle Hornbeck.  "A Very Old Family Bibl
2 Houghton, Betty Wood.  History of Isaac, John, and Noah Wood Family.  Portage, WI.  1990
3 Brøderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #5854, Date of Import: Jan 17, 1996
Further sources/citations:
History of Isaac, John, and Noah Wood Family, International Genealogical Index (R)


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