Dorcas Ingabo Wood

Brief Life History of Dorcas Ingabo

When Dorcas Ingabo Wood was born on 2 February 1858, in Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States, her father, Andrew Jackson Wood, was 41 and her mother, Jane Plemmons Henderson, was 38. She married Ascue Carson Queen on 31 October 1878, in Jackson, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Sylva, Jackson, North Carolina, United States in 1920 and Webster, Jackson, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years. She died on 5 June 1956, in Jackson, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 98, and was buried in Tuckasegee, Jackson, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ascue Carson Queen
1860–1935
Dorcas Ingabo Wood
1858–1956
Marriage: 31 October 1878
Mary Jane Queen
1879–1967
Commadore Queen
1885–
Leondias Theodore Davidson Queen
1881–1971
Elsie Rosine Queen
1885–1927
Irona Ingabo Queen
1888–1973
Alica Queen
1889–
Andrew Benjamin Queen Sr
1891–1974
Alva Victoria Queen
1893–1977
James Edgar Queen
1897–1965

Sources (29)

  • Dorcas I Queen in household of Asene C Queen, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Dorcus I Wood, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
  • Dorcas Ingabo Wood Queen, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1862 · Battle of Roanoke Island

On February 7, 1862, General Burnside's expedition started with the Battle of Roanoke Island. The battle was mostly fought by the Union and Confederate Navy's. This was a Union victory.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

Name Meaning

English: mainly a topographic name for someone who lived in or by a wood, from Middle English wode ‘wood’ (Old English wudu). In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, such as French Bois and Polish Les .

English: in a few cases, a nickname for an eccentric or perhaps a violent person, from Middle English wode ‘frenzied, wild’ (Old English wōd).

Americanized form of French Gadbois .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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