Biography

Nehemiah ("King") WOOD (Jr.) (1770, Rileyville, Shenandoah [now Page] County, Virginia, British North America - 21 September 1824, Gallia County, Ohio: interment at Watson Cemetery [Adamsville], Raccoon Township, Gallia County, Ohio)

"As a point of added interest, Bethsama’s grandfather, Nehemiah Wood, built the farmhouse in 1820 that later became the homestead and farm of the Bob Evans family (owner of the restaurants) in Rio Grande, Ohio. The federal-style farmhouse was built from clay bricks manufactured on site. It served as the Wood family home and as a stage coach stop. Its original hotel license was issued to Harrison Wood in 1862 to “carry on the business and occupation of a hotel eighth class.” The Homestead and farm were purchased by Bob Evans in 1953. The Evans family lived there for 17 years and moved to a new home closer to Gallipolis, Ohio, in 1970."

Marriages

1. Eve RUFFNER (29 December 1773, Rileyville, Shenandoah [now Page] County, Virginia - 29 January 1821, Gallia County, Ohio or Rileyville, Shenandoah [now Page] County, Virginia), ABT 1795, Kanawha County, Virginia
2. Jane DOUGHERTY (28 June 1801, Monroe County, Virginia [now West Virginia] - ABT 1875, Gallia County, Ohio), 1 August 1821, Gallia County, Ohio

Children

All children listed below are Wood's with Eve Ruffner, it is not known if Wood had children with Jane Dougherty.

1. Bethsama WOOD (21 October 1796, <Shenandoah County, Virginia> - 18 May 1862) [F]: m. Samuel WATSON, 2 November 1815, Gallia County, Ohio
2. Andrew G. WOOD (1799, Shenandoah County, Virginia - 11 February 1879, Canal Lewisville, Coshocton County, Ohio) [M]: m1. Mary FEE (of Hardin County, Ohio; died in 1836, in Roscoe, Jackson Township, Coshocton County, Ohio), 16 January 1824, Gallia County, Ohio: m2. Edith COOK (née BUTLER; daughter of Thomas BUTLER; widow of Joseph COOK) (1808 - 17 March 1877, near Canal Lewisville, Coshocton County, Ohio: interment at Pioneer Cemetery, Coshocton County, Ohio), 12 March 1837;
3. Noah WOOD (1 August 1800, Charleston, Kanawha County, Virginia [now West Virginia] - 7 January 1872, Gallia County, Ohio interment at Salem Baptist Church, Rio Grande, Gallia County, Ohio) [M]: m. Mary Ann GRAHAM (<Gallia County, Ohio>, December 1802 - 3 August 1887 interment at Salem Baptist Church, Rio Grande, Gallia County, Ohio), 30 December 1824, Gallia County, Ohio;
4. Harrison WOOD (7 September 1802, Charleston, Kanawha County, Virginia [now West Virginia] - 12 February 1877, Raccoon Township, Gallia County, Ohio interment in Rio Grande, Gallia County, Ohio) [M]: m1. Mary RICKABAUGH (daughter of Adam RICKABAUGH and Catherine KOONTZ) (Gallia County, Ohio, 5 February 1806 - 15 July 1835, Gallia County, Ohio), 18 September 1825, Gallia County, Ohio: m2. Mary BING (née MAUCK; daughter of Joseph MAUCK and Elizabeth BUZWELL; widow of William BING) (19 April 1806, Virginia - 9 February 1868), 6 April 1840, Gallia County, Ohio: m3. Permelia ATWOOD (née RIDGEWAY; daughter of David RIDGEWAY and Elizabeth WAGONER; widow of Nehemiah ATWOOD) (1802, Gallia County, Ohio - 9 March 1885, Gallia County, Ohio interment at Calvary Baptist Church cemetery), 1 November 1870;
5. William Maure WOOD (7 August 1804, Charleston, Kanawha County, Virginia [now West Virginia] - 2 January 1880) [M]: m1. Mary KOONTZ (4 October 1799, Rockingham County, Virginia - 5 April 1857, Gallia County, Ohio), 29 March 1827, Rockingham County, Virginia): m2. Sarah M. SHIERS, 16 December 1858, Gallia County, Ohio;
6. Charles C. WOOD (1807, Gallia County, Ohio - 15 July 1879, Gallia County, Ohio interment at Calvary Baptist Church cemetery) [M]: m1. Phoebe Ann KOONTZ (27 July 1809, Rockingham County, Virginia - ?), 5 February 1840, Raccoon Township, Gallia County, Ohio, by Rev. Anthony:1 m2. Nancy WOLFENBARGER, 18 July 1841, Gallia County, Ohio
7. Joseph P. WOOD (9 February 1809, Gallia County, Ohio - 1 February 1899 interment at North San Juan, Yuba County, California) [M]: m1. Polly MATTHEWS, 30 August 1827, Gallia County, Ohio: m2. Susan UNKNOWN, ABT 1845: m3. Mary Elizabeth YOUNG (daughter of Charles Conrad YOUNG and Margaret JAMES) (ABT 1845 - ?), 17 May 1870, <Maysville, Coshocton County, Ohio>;
8. Luther Davis WOOD (ABT 1811, Gallia County, Ohio - ABT 1848 interment in Rio Grande, Gallia County, Ohio) [M]: m. Lucinda WOOD, 1 September 1834, Page County, Virginia;
9. James Perry WOOD (ABT 1813, Gallia County, Ohio - 15 August 1863 interment at Calvary Baptist Church cemetery, Rio Grande, Gallia County, Ohio) [M]: m. Rebecca MAUCK (1813, Ohio - 29 May 1879), 3 September 1835, Ohio;
10. Lewis N. WOOD (1818, Gallia County, Ohio - ?) [M].

s/o: Nehemiah Wood (1731 - 1816) Abigail Grigsby Wood (1730 - 1798)

h/o Susan Painter Rader (mar. 10 Jun 1793) f/o: Bethsama Wood Bethesda Wood Noah (b.1800) Wood

h/o Eve Ruffner (mar. 1801) f/o: Harrison Wood William Maure Wood Charles C.Wood Joseph P.Wood Luther Davis Wood

h/o Jane Doughert (mar. 11 Aug 1821) f/o: Nancy Wood Magnitia Wood

Sources

See also:

• Marler, J. C. GENEALOGICAL NOTES AND ANECDOTES, ANTECEDENTS AND DESCENDANTS of NEHEMIAH WOOD, SR. (ABT 1731 - 3 October 1816)

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30511705/nehemiah-king-wood

• https://sparedshare7.wordpress.com/2014/10/06/1863-bethsama-wood-to-john-h-wood/

• Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Under the Editorial Supervision of Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Volume 5 (Lewis historical publishing Company : 1915). Google Books - see page 1112.