William Wood Sr.
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William Rosswell Wood Sr. (1835 - 1915)

William Rosswell Wood Sr.
Born in Pittsburg, PAmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 31 Dec 1856 in Danville, Montour, PAmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 80 in Salem, Roanoke County, VAmap
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Biography

Mining Engineer

William was born in 1835 in Pennsylvania, two years after his parents and two older sisters emigrated from Wales. The family returned to Wales after William’s next younger sibling, John, was born. Then in 1839, they all returned to the United States. They all lived in Pennsylvania. And William met and married Mary Ann Brent. All of William and Mary Ann’s children were born in Pennsylvania. Later in life William and Mary Ann and their children moved to Virginia.



Sources

  • "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPX-15WR : 15 April 2015), William Wood, 1839; citing NARA microfilm publication M237 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm .
  • "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4CW-DJD : 9 November 2014), Wm Wood in household of John Wood, Danville, Montour, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 423, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  • "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX58-F26 : 30 December 2015), William Wood in entry for Rosanna Wood, 1860.
  • "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMJX-2HY : accessed 1 April 2017), William R Wood in household of James B Spraker, Lead Mines District (Porter's Cross Road & Austinville Precincts), Wythe, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 137, sheet 2B, family 30, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,732.
  • "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPPW-YRD : accessed 1 April 2017), William R Wood in household of Eugene L Preble, Lynchburg Ward 1, Lynchburg (Independent City), Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 80, sheet 16A, family 328, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1634; FHL microfilm 1,375,647.
  • "United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJD3-JDK2 : 24 May 2014), William R Wood, 1907-1933; citing NARA microfilm publication M850 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,636,534.
  • Find A Grave: Memorial #5817491
  • Wood Family Bible Transcription
  • Paternal and Maternal relationships are confident by a triangulated group on MyHeritageDNA consisting of Mary Cooper, WRL, and JD, who share a 27.4 cM segment on chromosome 2. The most-recent common ancestors shared by all three are John and Rosanna Hayward Wood. Mary Cooper and WRL are 3rd cousins once removed. Mary Cooper and JD are 3rd cousins once removed. WRL and JD are 4th cousins.




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