William
Thomas
Wood
Born in Wayne county, Illinois
Ancestors 
Son of Samuel Wood
and Dicey Ann (Maxey) Wood
Brother of
John Harvey Wood, Mary Elizabeth (Wood) McCormick, Martha Wood, Edward Samuel Wood, Frederick Wood, Esta Ann (Wood) Mitchell and George Wood
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 85
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Jul 2017
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Biography
William was born in 1875.[1] He was the son of Samuel Wood and Dicey Maxey.
He was living with his parents and siblings in Four Mile, Wayne, Illinois in 1880.[2]
He married Julia Jones. They had four children. Julia passed away in 1929.
He married Samantha Keen in 1944.
He passed away in 1961[3] and was buried in Salem cemetery in Keenes, Wayne, Illinois. [4]
Sources
- ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K667-788 : 12 December 2014), William Thomas Wood, 1917-1918; citing Wayne County, Illinois, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,642,751.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXKT-LP6 : 14 July 2016), Thomas Wood in household of Samuel Wood, Four-Mile, Wayne, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 140, sheet 62B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0257; FHL microfilm 1,254,257.
- ↑ Obituary, William Thomas Wood, Mount Vernon (Illinois) Register-News, Monday, Feb 6, 1961, page 2, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4114758/william_t_wood_obit_husband_of/
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=109972928
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
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- Gary Wood
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-FTB48986, FTDNA kit #59718
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~3.12%
Gary Wood :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A128109 [compare], Ancestry member GaryWood9962
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~1.56%
Andrea (Wood) Hash :
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A033685 [compare], Ancestry member Andrea_Hash
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Debbie Freeman :
AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.78%
Steven Kensil :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A884726 [compare]
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~0.78%
Evan Cox :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H357454 [compare]
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