Name: John Wood97
Born: aft 1775
Place: Vermont149
Died: bef 1830
Place: prob Clark Co OH
Buried:
Married: 20 Dec 1818
Place: Clark Co OH
This paragraph appears in JW Fisk's
memoirs:97
My grandmother [Charity (Corson) Stites] was married a
second time. It was several years after my grandfather Stites either died or
became estranged. She married a man by the name of Woods. To them were born
three children. John in 1824 or 1824 (?), I cannot recall the month; Minty
two years later; Polly sometime in the year 1827 or 1828.
"Minty" was his uncle Edward Fisk's wife, Araminta Wood. Since there was
a marriage between Charity Stites and John Wood in Clark County, is seems
clear that John Wood was Araminta's father.
From Clark County, Ohio Marriage Records 1818-1821, Volume 1,
compiled by Sara J. Greer, 1998:
Wood, John Charity Stites 20 Dec 1818 13
Wood, William Mary Mattox 30 Mar 1820 49
Woods, Sally Chas. Maddon 9 Sep 1819 36
The 1900 census entry for Araminta D (Wood) Fisk states that her father
was born in Vermont. The census records for Vermont for 1790, 1800 and 1810
list a very large number of Wood households, including the names Isaac (1800
and 1810, Bennington and Franklin Counties) and Jeremiah (Rutland county,
1790-1820). In Rutledge county alone, there were 35 WOODs listed for
1800. The 1820 census for Ohio shows two Jeremiahs (Clermont and Muskingum
Counties), four Isaacs (two in Clark County, including a Jr) and 21 Johns
(including one in Clark County).
The 1820 Clark County census index shows:
Isaac Wood Springfield Twp page 19
Isaac Wood Jr Springfield Twp page 21
John Wood Harmony Twp page 15
Thomas Wood Springfield Twp page 20
William Wood Springfield Twp page 19
The online census record (Heritage Quest) is difficult to read. This is
what I see for John:
John Wood 100010 20101
All we can know about John's age from this is that he was under 45 years
old, making him born after 1775.
Daughter Araminta was not born until 1821 (in Columbiana county) so would
not be listed. The two young girls would have been Charity's daughters from
her first marriage, Julie Ann and Doindia Stites. In his memoir, J W Fisk
says that Charity and her second husband had three children. The son listed
above could be son John, who was known to be their eldest child:
Uncle John Wood was a man of sterling worth. He together with his mother's
family moved to Iowa in 1844 and succeeded in establishing himself in later
years on a farm in Marion County, Iowa.97
Indeed, the younger John Wood is found on the 1860 census for Marion
County, Iowa, living right next door to J W Fisk's parents, Henry C and
Julia A Fiske. Julia, in fact, was his half-sister. He's 50 years old on
the 1870 census, same county. He's found as early as the 1850 census for
Lake Prairie Twp, Madison county, IA. (Note that the 2 year-old Wyatt Earp
can be found on the same census.) We can determine at least some of his
children from the census records. It's worth noting that son Benajah G Wood
could have been named for his maternal uncle, Benajah Corson. The family is
difficult to track after 1870 but I think I found son William H on the 1880
census for Custer county, NE (page 287).
John (Jr) Wood's children; wife is listed as Margaret, born in
Kentucky c1825. Benajah, we might safely assume, may have been named for his
great-uncle, Benajah Corson.
Lusanna Wood, born c1849, Iowa
Lucinda, born c1850, Iowa
Letitia, born c1852, Iowa
William H, born c1854, Iowa
Benajah G, born c1858, Iowa
Christian A, born 1860, Iowa
Lena, born c1862, Iowa
Girold, born c1864, Iowa
John, born c1869, Iowa
Interestingly, the 1850 (page 293) census shows a Lurena Wood, age 62,
living with John's family. Her place of birth isn't noted. We can be fairly
sure that she was not John's mother as all evidence points to Charity
(Corson) Stites. Could she have been an aunt and, therefore, a sister or
sister-in-law to his father? It's curious that all of John's daughters's
names started with an 'L'. Was Lurena the inspiration?
John's widow, Charity Wood, appears as head of
household on the 1830 census.
Other early Wood families in Clark county
- A will recorded in Clark county, Ohio (1822) for a John Wood96 lists wife Catherine, son Thomas,
daughter Mary Jinkins (wife of Joel) and grandaughter Ann, daughter of his
deceased daughter Elizabeth.
- And there was a John G Wood who appeared in early Clark County. He was
apparently a cabinet maker from Virgina and had three children by his first
wife: Sarah, Edward and James. From his second marriage he had Robert I.
Wood, born 1830 in Virginia. Robert had sons Charles Alfred, born 1851, and
William, born 1853.92 93
- Matthew (died 1830) and his wife Jane (died 1856).91 They arrived from Kentucky to
Clark County in 1810. It is probably this man who is listed in the 1818
poll-book as "Woods" and it may be his wife listed on the 1840 census as
Jane "Woods". A Matthew Wood was elected Justice of the Peace in 1829. A
daughter, Jane G Wood, married George W Alt, in 1845. It appears that
Matthew left a will in Clark County (book 1, p 290).
- The descendants of Benjamin Wood,94 who arrived in Clark county in
1805. He had a son Albert who died in 1843 at the age of 35. Albert had
children Mary, Benjamin, Sarah, Juliet, Anna, Henry and Isaiah Wood, born 18
Jan 1842 in Clark county, Ohio.
- Isaac and Jane (Cory) Wood came to Cark county in 1812. John has been
long thought as possibly being their son but it is now clear that they had a
son, John T Wood, who died in infancy in 1810. Nevertheless, I've saved and
updated my older article about this family.
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