John Taylor Rood (1800 - 1883)

Born 1 Aug 1800 in Brookfield, Orange County, Vermont, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mahala (Whitney) Rood — married 16 Oct 1827 in Williamstown, Vermont

Died 24 Oct 1883 at age 83 in Bethel, Windsor County, Vermont, United States

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Biography

John Taylor Rood was born on 1 August 1800 in Brookfield, Vermont, recorded as the son of John Rood, a farmer. His mother is not named on the town birth record, but the record indicates that he was her third child.^[1]

John T. Rood of Williamstown, Vermont, married Mahala Whitney in Williamstown, Vermont, on 16 October 1827. The marriage officiant was pastor Joel Davis.^[2]

The 1850 U.S. Census recorded John T. Rood, a farmer, and Mahala Rood, both age 50, in Roxbury, Washington County, Vermont. Others in the household were Lemuel Rood, 18, a laborer; Lucinda Rood, 14; and Charles Rood, 9. All were born in Vermont. John T. Rood reported $1200 in real estate.^[3]

The 1880 U.S. Census recorded John T. Rood, age 80, a widower, farmer by occupation, in Roxbury, Washington County, Vermont, in the household of his son, Lemuel Rood, age 49 and a farmer. Others in the household were Lemuel's wife Eliza A. Rood, age 35, and their son S. Edward Rood, age 11. All were born in Vermont; the birthplaces of John T. Rood's parents were not indicated.^[4]

John T. Rood died in Bethel, Vermont, on 24 October 1883, at the reported age of 83 years, 2 months, and 14 days. The record indicates his place of birth as Brookfield, Vermont. Death was attributed to old age.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008. (From microfilmed records. Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013.) Births R to 1871, page 8177.
2. ↑ Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008. (From microfilmed records. Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013.) Marriages R to 1871, page 8093 and Marriages W to 1871, page 11242.
3. ↑ United States 1850 Census. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Original index: United States Census, 1850. FamilySearch, 2014.) Enumeration sheet for Roxbury, Washington County, Vermont., NARA Roll 928 (Vt., V.9), page 184.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBF-DJR?cc=1417683&wc=XHD1-L29%3A1589415260%2C1589395180%2C1589397653%2C1589395553 : 24 December 2015), Vermont > Washington > Roxbury > ED 215 > image 8 of 24; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.)
5. ↑ "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-899C-BFK3?cc=1987653&wc=Q8ZY-ZGZ%3A324709801%2C324798001%2C1583516107 : 29 November 2018), Windsor > Bethel > Births, deaths 1883-1896 > image 26 of 42; citing various town clerks and records divisions, Vermont.