Priscilla
Wood
formerly Greathouse
Born in Warren, Kentucky
Daughter of Enoch Greathouse
and Catharina Elissen (Haack) Greathouse
Sister of
Leah (Greathouse) Wood
Wife of
Alexander Wood
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary (Wood) Litherland and Irene Aurora (Wood) Mundy
Died
at about age 84
in Friendsville, Wabash, Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Jun 2019
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Biography
Illinois, County Marriage Records, 1800-1940
- Name: Pricilla Greathouse
- Gender: Female
- Marriage Date: 21 Feb 1813
- Marriage Place: Randolph, Illinois, USA
- Spouse: Alexander Wood
- Film Number: 000975008
1840 United States Federal Census Prescilla is head of household
- Name: Prescilla Wood
- Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Wabash, Illinois
- Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 2
- Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 2
- Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1
- Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
- No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 2
- Free White Persons - Under 20: 4
- Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 3
- Total Free White Persons: 7
- Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 7
1850 United States Federal Census Name: Priscilla Wood Age: 59 Birth Year: abt 1791 Birthplace: Kentucky Home in 1850: Wabash, Illinois, USA Gender: Female Family Number: 551 Household Members: Name Age
- Priscilla Wood 59
- Mahala Wood 34
- Mary Litherland 32
- Marshal Wood 23
- Malinda Litherland 12
- Lucinda Litherland 11
1860 United States Federal Census Name: Precilla Wood Age: 65 Birth Year: abt 1795 Gender: Female Birth Place: Kentucky Home in 1860: Friendsville, Wabash, Illinois Post Office: Friendsville Dwelling Number: 1317 Family Number: 1317 Real Estate Value: 2500 Personal Estate Value: 500 Household Members: Name Age
- Precilla Wood 65
- Malela Wood 49
- Marshall Wood 31
1870 United States Federal Census Name: Priscilla Wood Age in 1870: 76 Birth Year: abt 1794 Birthplace: Kentucky Dwelling Number: 210 Home in 1870: Friendsville, Wabash, Illinois Race: White Gender: Female Occupation: Keeping House Household Members:
- Marshal Wood 38
- Priscilla Wood 76
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92693256
- Name: Priscilla Wood
- Maiden Name: Greathouse
- Birth Date: 1792
- Birth Place: Kentucky, United States of America
- Death Date: 1 Jun 1876
- Death Place: Wabash County, Illinois, United States of America
- Cemetery: Friendsville Cemetery
- Burial or Cremation Place: Friendsville, Wabash County, Illinois, United States of America
- Has Bio?: Y 85y, Preicilla was the daughter of Enoch (1740-1834) and Catherine Greathouse. Wife of Alexander Wood.
Sources
- Illinois, County Marriage Records, 1800-1940
- 1840 United States Federal Census; Year: 1840; Census Place: Wabash, Illinois; Roll: 71; Page: 141; Family History Library Film: 0007644
- 1850 United States Federal Census; Year: 1850; Census Place: Wabash, Illinois; Roll: M432_130; Page: 431A; Image: 572
- 1860 United States Federal Census; Year: 1860; Census Place: Friendsville, Wabash, Illinois; Roll: M653_234; Page: 183; Family History Library Film: 803234
- 1870 United States Federal Census; Year: 1870; Census Place: Friendsville, Wabash, Illinois; Roll: M593_286; Page: 447A; Family History Library Film: 545785
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92693256
- From "Ancestry of the Bill McFarland Family" , written and published by Dawn Marie Daddario Copyright 2015 (she is host of website - http://genealogytrails.com/ill/wabash/ )
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Priscilla by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Priscilla:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Priscilla by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Priscilla:
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~0.78%
William Knowles
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