James Sylvester Wood Sr (1826 - abt. 1865)

Born 22 Oct 1826 in North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Cynthia Ann (Maynard) Wood — married 13 Jan 1848 in Henry County, Tennessee

Descendants

Died about 1865 at about age 38 in Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

James was born on 22 October 1826 in North Carolina, USA. He was the son of James Elihugh Wood and Mary (Pryor) Wood.^[1][2] He had two siblings, namely: Lucy Ann, and Sarah Elizabeth. He died in Feb 1866 in Paris, Henry, Tennessee, USA. When he was 21, he married CYNTHIA Maynard, daughter of WILLIAM Maynard and SARAH Lee, on 13 Jan 1848. ^[3][4]

JAMES Sylvester "Selvy" Wood lived in District 15, Henry, Tennessee, USA in 1850.

JAMES Sylvester "Selvy" Wood and CYNTHIA Maynard had the following children:

1. Mary Elizabeth Wood was born on 25 Aug 1849 in Tennessee, USA. She died on 22 Feb 1922 (Big Sandy, Henry, Tennessee, USA).^[5]
2. Sully Ann Woods was born about 1851.
3. Nancy C Woods was born about 1853 in Tennessee, USA.
4. ELLEN Woods was born in 1857 in Tennessee, USA. She died before 1900. She married ROBERT Henry Clay Russell on 21 Mar 1877 in Benton, Tennessee, USA. She married William Holson Matlock on 05 Mar 1895 in Hickman, Tennessee, USA.
5. Ollive Woods was born about 1861.
6. Hannah Wood was born on 14 Nov 1862 in Tennessee, USA. She died on 13 Mar 1926 in Paris, Henry, Tennessee, USA.Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958, ^[6]
7. James S Woods was born on 28 Oct 1866 in Tennessee, USA. He died on 07 Jul 1930 in Henry, Tennessee, USA.^[7]

In 1850 James (age about 23) was living in District 15, Henry, Tennessee, USA.^[8]

Research Notes

Alford Dunn and Mary Woods were the grandparents of the mother of one of the contributors who wrote "we went to Paris, Tennessee often and my mother wrote in the Pictorial History who were her cousins and aunts and uncles and where her house was so I have verification from her first hand who these people are"

Sources

1. ↑ Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958, Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958; Roll Number: 3.
2. ↑ Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958,
   Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958; Roll Number: 141.
3. ↑ Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com, WOODS, Sylvester; Gender: Male; Marriage Date: 13 Jan 1848; Marriage Place: Henry, Tennessee, USA; Spouse: ; Cynthia Skinner (mistranscribed from original record).
4. ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99VJ-F1N?cc=1619127&wc=Q633-MWT%3A1589264528%2C1589372547 : 15 December 2015), Henry > Marriage records, 1838-1898, vol A-B, 1838-1877; vol 3-3A, 1877-1898 > image 39 of 454; citing Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties. Marriage record of Sylvester Woods and Cynthia "Mirner" (Maynard)
5. ↑ Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958, Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com, WOODS Dunn, Mary; [Mary Wood Woods] ; Gender: Female; Race: White; Age: 72; Birth Date: 25 Aug 1849; Birth Place: USA; Death Date: 22 Feb 1922; Death Place: Big Sandy, Henry, Tennessee, USA; Father: Sylvester Woods; Mother: Cynthia Maynard; Certificate Number: 248; Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958; Roll Number: 141. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?viewrecord=1&r=an&db=TNDeathRecords&indiv=try&h=261314.
6. ↑ Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com, MATLOCK, Hannah; [Hannah Woods] ; Gender: Female; Race: White; Age: 63; Birth Date: 14 Nov 1862; Birth Place: USA; Death Date: 13 Mar 1926; Death Place: Paris, Henry, Tennessee, USA; Father: Sylvester Woods; Mother: Cynthia Manward; Certificate Number: 6471, Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958; Roll Number:#https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?viewrecord=1&r=an&db=TNDeathRecords&indiv=try&h=242949.
7. ↑ Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955, Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com, Name: J S Wood; Birth Date: 28 Oct 1866; Birth Place: Tennessee; Age: 64; Death Date: 7 Jul 1930; Death Place: Henry, Tennessee; Burial Date: 10 Jul 1930; Burial Place: MT Zion, Tennessee; Gender: Male; Race: White; Marital status: Married; Occupation: Farmer; Father's Name: Sylvester Wood; Father's Birth Place: Tennessee; Mother's Name: Cynthia Maynard; Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee; FHL Film Number: 1876767. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2546&h=371508&indiv=try.
8. ↑ 1850 United States Census, FamilySearch.org, Year: 1850; WOOD, Selvy, TENNESSEE, Henry, District 15; Roll: M432_884; Page: 376A; Image: 264. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDV-6TG.

See also:

• Source: "A Pictorial History of the "Old 23rd District" by Larry T. Perry" - States on page 384 Birth and death of James Sylvester "Selvey" Woods and Marriage to Cynthia Maynard as well as James Sylvester "Jim" Woods who married Texannah Weldon