Mary (Terrell) Wood (abt. 1772 - 1842)

Born about 19 Apr 1772 in Albermarle County, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of John Wood — married 9 Oct 1788 in Albemarle, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 1842 at about age 69 in Albemarle, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Mary Terrell was born April 19, 1772, in Orange county, Virginia, a daughter of Reuben Terrell and Mildred Walker. Mary's father died in 1776, and in 1778, her mother married Jesse Wood. Ten years later, on October 9, 1788, in Albemarle county, Virginia, Mary married John Wood, a son of Isaac Wood. ^[1]

John's father served in the Albemarle county Militia, during the American Civil War and is honored for his military service by the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution as DAR Ancestor #A127976. Descendants of Mary and John are eligible for membership in the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution. ^[2] Children of Mary and John were born in Albemarle county, Virginia and include:

• Mildred "Milly" Wood, born November 15, 1789, died July 31, 1868, in Latour, Johnson county, Missouri married Henry Pemberton ^[3]

• Reuben Wood, named for Mary's father, born June 5, 1791, died March 3, 1872, in Batesville, Albemarle county, Virginia, married Martha M. Kinsolving. ^[4]

• Sarah Wood, born December 21, 1792, married Hudson Barksdale Barksdale-144 on April 5, 1813

• Susannah Wood, born September 6, 1794

• Isaac Wood, named for John's father, born April 26, 1796, died May 20, 1853, in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, married Lucinda Malone

• John Terrell Wood, born February 7, 1798, married Mary Burnley

• Mary Terrell Wood, born December 16, 1799, died circa 1850,married Nathaniel Hayes, on September 16, 1826

• Elmira G. Wood, born April 8, 1802, married William Giles Barksdale on September 6, 1821

• Jerome Bonaparte Wood, born December 27, 1809, died August 20, 1884, married Catherine Brown on October 31, 1843^[5]

Mary (Terrell) Wood died in 1842, in Albemarle county, Virginia. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6DZV-BF32 : 2 December 2021), Miss Mary Terrell or Tirrell in entry for John Wood, 9 Oct 1788; citing Marriage, Albemarle, Virginia, United States, Circuit court clerk offices, Virginia
2. ↑ https://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A127976
3. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83806794/mildred-pemberton
4. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19448124/reuben-wood
5. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81716484/jerome-b-wood
6. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MTBT-TM6

• Heritage Consulting. Millennium File [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003.