Zachariah R. Wood's father was of Welsh descent. His father also fought and was killed in the Black Hawk War. (Black Hawk War - April - Aug, 1832) In 1833 Zachariah and Matilda were in New Albany, Indiana where he was a river captain and she worked in a private home. They moved further into Indiana to live on Patoka Creek in the vicinity of Jasper. They then moved to Pike County, Indiana. In 1855 they moved from Pike County, Indiana to Atchison County, Missouri. Zachariah was a farmer as well as a river captain. Zachariah is buried in Millsap Cemetery in Rock Port, Atchison, Missouri.
Marriage record for Zachariah Wood and Matilda J. Chambers, New Albany, Floyd, IN.
Gone But Not Forgotten - copied by clerk of Atchison County, MO - pages 44 and 318.
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