Born in Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of German Wood
and Nancy (Wright) Wood
Sister of
Mary Wood, Sarah Elizabeth (Wood) Walker, Nancy Araminta Wood, Martha Wood, Lourinda Wood, German G. Wood, Mahala Wood and James Wesley Wood
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 71
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 8 May 2020
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Biography
Octavia was born in 1850. She was the daughter of German Wood and Nancy Wright. She passed away about 1922.
Sources
- Name: Octava Wood
Event Type: Census Event Date: 1870 Event Place: Jumping Branch Twp, Mercer, West Virginia, United States Event Place (Original): Jumping Branch, Mercer, West Virginia, United States Gender: Female Age: 21 Race: White Birth Year (Estimated): 1849 Birthplace: Virginia Page Number: 27 Record Number: 6017
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
German Wood M 54 Virginia
Nancy Wood F 50 Virginia
Mary A Wood F 30 Virginia
Martha J Wood F 28 Virginia
Sarah E Wood F 26 Virginia
Nancy A Wood F 24 Virginia
Octava Wood F 21 Virginia
Tazewell H Wood M 16 Virginia
Lourinda Wood F 14 Virginia
Mahala J Wood F 12 Virginia
James W Wood M 10 Virginia
Household ID: 187 Line Number: 16 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: M593 GS Film Number: 000553193 Digital Folder Number: 004268432 Image Number: 00158 Indexing Project (Batch) Number: N01485-8
Citing this Record "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ45-GQR : 18 March 2020), James W Wood in entry for German Wood, 1870.
- Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/7357960/octavia-ferguson : accessed 22 April 2021), memorial page for Octavia Wood Ferguson (15 Aug 1850–8 May 1922), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7357960, citing Ferguson Cemetery, Flat Top, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by THE BONZ (contributor 46495618) .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Octavia by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Octavia:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Octavia by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Octavia:
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~1.56%
Ray Wood
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~0.78%
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