John Wood
b. 15 November 1802, d. 23 October 1883
- Father: Joshua Wood b. 8 October 1765, d. circa 27 May 1844
- Mother: Sarah Ridley b. circa 1771, d. before 7 August 1820
- John Wood was born on 15 November 1802 in Georgia.
- He married Elizabeth Atkinson, daughter of Agrippa Atkinson and Martha Grace?, on 21 April 1829 in Bibb County, Alabama. And John's brother Mathew married Elizabeth's sister Mourning Atkinson..
- John Wood and Elizabeth Atkinson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Talladega District, Talladega County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Sarah Ridley Wood, Ashley Clinton Wood, Joshua Wood, Martha Wood, Caroline Wood and Mourning Evaline Wood.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1850 census.
- In a letter to his cousin Green Wood dated on 24 April 1857, Mathew Wood wrote from Tyler, Texas, "We get letters From our Alabama friends & relations Frequently. they are generly well. Bro John's son Ashley was married a short time since to a Miss Brooks of South Carolina and his daughter Martha to a Mr. Funderberg. I reccon they bowth done well in marrying."
- John Wood and Elizabeth Atkinson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Fayetteville, Talladega County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Martha Wood, Caroline Wood, Mourning Evaline Wood, Ashley Clinton Wood, Josephine Margaret Brookes, Cornelia Wood and Iveson Brookes Wood. Also in the household mechanics James P. Bradshaw and Ashley Cruise, and brick mason Joseph Pearce.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
- John Wood and Elizabeth Atkinson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Talladega County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Francis Baker Thompson, Martha Wood and Sarah Thompson.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1870 census.
- John Wood and Elizabeth Atkinson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Talledega County, Alabama.
- John Wood died on 23 October 1883 at age 80.
- His wife Elizabeth Atkinson became a widow at his death.
- He was interred at Fayetteville Memorial Cemetery, Fayetteville, Talladega County, Alabama.
- Last Edited: 29 Jul 2015
Family: Elizabeth Atkinson b. 15 May 1803, d. 1888
- Sarah Ridley Wood+ b. January 1830
- Ashley Clinton Wood+ b. 10 July 1831, d. between 1880 and 1900
- Joshua Wood b. circa 1834
- Martha Wood+ b. 4 January 1841, d. 14 May 1888
- Caroline Wood b. circa 1844
- Mourning Evaline Wood b. circa 1845