Ben was born in 1792. He was a son of John Wood and Alice Coward. Ben married and had a child. Both his wife, who's name is unknown, and the child died. Then he married Jane Lewis Anderson who is listed. They had four known children. Ben died in 1872.
Mr. Benjamin Wood, an old and esteemed citizen of Albemarle county, died very suddenly at his home near Ivy Depot last Monday morning.[4]
Richmond Dispatch
25 April 1872, page 4
SUDDEN DEATH. - Mr. Benjamin Wood, an old and esteemed citizen of this county, died very suddenly at his home near Ivy depot last Monday morning. At an early hour he went on his farm and gave directions for the day's work. Returning he sat down at the breakfast table, and was in the act of receiving from his grand-daughter a cup of coffee when his head sank upon his breast and the heart ceased it beating. Mr. Wood was quite aged, perhaps beyond seventy years. And strange, all his brothers died very much in this way. - Charlottesville intelligencer.[5]
↑ Alexandria Gazette, Alexandria, VIrginia; 25 April 1872, page 2.
↑ Richmond Dispatch, Richmond, Virginia; 25 April 1872, page 4.
Source: S315 Record of Hunter of Hunterston, Ayrshire, Scotland. Bull, Mary Alice Hunter Publication: Mary Alice Hunter Bull, Washington, District of Columbia, 1902 Note: Gibson Bros., Printers & Bookbinders
1850 Census. Household of Benjamin Wood, enumerated 9 September 1850. Albemarle County, Virginia. Series M432, Roll 932, page 217B. Washington, D. C. National Archives and Records Administration.
Source: S3159 John E. Stillwell, compiler, Historical and Genealogical Miscellany: Data Relating to the Settlement and Settlers of New York and New Jersey (New York, New York: 1903).
Sarah Travers Lewis (Scott) Anderson, Lewises, Meriwethers and Their Kin (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1995); page 330.
The Family Forest Descendants of Lady Joan Beaufort; Harrison, Bruce H.; Millisecond Publishing Company, Inc, Kamuela, Hawaii, 2005; page 3401; Google Books
Pardons Under Amnesty Proclamations, compiled 1865–1869. A1 1005, 26 rolls. ARC ID: 638273. General Records of the Department of State, 1763–2002, Record Group 59. 24 Aug 1865. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
Acknowledgements
Wood-14543 was created by Audrey Kern through the import of deRos2.ged on May 23, 2015.
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