Elisha Beecher Steadman Wood
b. 20 December 1838, d. 17 July 1904
- Father: Allen Wood b. 20 March 1797, d. 9 January 1873
- Mother: Delilah Clower b. 26 April 1805, d. 6 October 1877
- Elisha Beecher Steadman Wood was born on 20 December 1838 in Alabama.
- Allen Wood and Delilah Clower appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Hatchet Creek, Coosa County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Elisha Beecher Steadman Wood, Henry Black Wood, Eason Blue Wood, Mary Willis Wood, Peity Dodd Wood, Missouri Ann Pearson Wood and William Forrest Wood.
- Elisha Beecher Steadman Wood appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Mt. Olive, Coosa County, Alabama.
- He was a school teacher, according to the 1860 census.
- In service to the Confederate States of America, Elisha Beecher Steadman Wood enrolled at age 22 on 10 June 1861 as a volunteer, Company B of the 12th Alabama Regiment.
- He married Mahala Jane P. Mason.
- Elisha Beecher Steadman Wood and Mahala Jane P. Mason appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Marble Valley Beat, Coosa County, Alabama, enumerated next to he household of Elisha's sister Missouri Barrett and near the household his brother Eason.. Other members of the household included U. M. Wood and E. D. H. Wood. Also in the household was James Wood (age 8).
- He was a farmer, according to the 1870 census.
- Elisha Beecher Steadman Wood died on 17 July 1904 at age 65 in Coosa County, Alabama.
- He was interred at Blue Springs Methodist Church Cemetery, Coosa County, Alabama.
- A single grave marker identifies the graves of Mahala Jane P. Mason and Elisha Beecher Steadman Wood.
- Last Edited: 9 May 2015
Family: Mahala Jane P. Mason b. 10 May 1843, d. 1 July 1916
- U. M. Wood b. circa 1867
- E. D. H. Wood b. March 1870