Elvira
Sophia
Wood
formerly Harrington
Born in Erie, New York United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Barney Harrington
and Roxalana (Perkins) Harrington
Sister of
Comfort (Harrington) Hilliker, William Harrington, Elisha Harrington, Moses B Harrington, Mary (Harrington) Hugoboom and Alfred P Harrington
Wife of
James D Wood
— married
30 Apr 1853 in Cattaraugus, New York, United States
Died
at age 86
in Columbus, Columbia, Wisconsin, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Jun 2017
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Biography
Elvira was born in 1833. She was the daughter of Barney Harrington and Roxalana Perkins.
She was living with her parents in Perrysburg, Cattaraugus, New York in 1850.[1]
Elvira married James Wood on 30 Apr 1853 in Cattaraugus county, New York. [2] They had four children.
In 1860, 1870, and 1880, they were living in York, Dane, Wisconsin.[3][4][5]
In 1900, she was widowed and in her own household in York, Dane, Wisconsin.[6] She listed herself as the mother of four children with two living.
In 1910, she was living with son James Wood jr. in York, Dane, Wisconsin.[7]
She passed away in 1919 and was buried in York Center cemetery in York, Dane, Wisconsin.[8]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCTK-3JP : Thu Oct 05 10:47:49 UTC 2023), Entry for Danny Hanington and Roxalana Hanington, 1850.
- ↑ Biography of James D. Wood, http://books.google.com/books?id=AgkrAQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA1068&ots=J_IOV1nUdf&dq=Barney%20Harrington%20Roxy%20Perkins&pg=PA1068#v=onepage&q=Barney%20Harrington%20Roxy%20Perkins&f=false
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWMY-1K5 : 30 December 2015), Alvina Wood in entry for James D Wood, 1860.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN9H-L2X : 17 October 2014), Alvina Wood in household of James D Wood, Wisconsin, United States; citing p. 15, family 105, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,208.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN4D-WK3 : 14 July 2016), Alvira Wood in household of James Wood, York, Dane, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district ED 97, sheet 440D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1422; FHL microfilm 1,255,422.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMK8-QMW : accessed 8 June 2017), Alvira Wood, York town, Dane, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 78, sheet 9B, family 175, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,784.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPVR-846 : accessed 8 June 2017), Elvira Wood in household of James Wood, York, Dane, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 101, sheet 7B, family 131, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1709; FHL microfilm 1,375,722.
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19436772
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