Brief Life History of Thomas Spencer
When Thomas Spencer Wood was born on 29 November 1842, in Louisiana, United States, his father, David Wood, was 30 and his mother, Martha Elizabeth Richardson, was 38. He married Adelaide Desiree Henderson on 25 September 1868, in St. Helena, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 2, McCulloch, Texas, United States in 1880 and Justice Precinct 1, McCulloch, Texas, United States in 1910. He died on 23 April 1924, in Brady, McCulloch, Texas, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Live Oak Cemetery, Brady, McCulloch, Texas, United States.
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- Thomas S Wood in household of Josiah Wood, "United States Census, 1850"
- Thos S Wood, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
- T S Woods in entry for T H Woods, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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1844 · German Immigration to Texas
Over 7,000 German immigrants arrived in Texas. Some of these new arrivals died in epidemics; those that survived ended up living in cities such as San Antonio, Galveston, and Houston. Other German settlers went to the Texas Hill Country and formed the western portion of the German Belt, where new towns were founded: New Braunfels and Fredericksburg.
1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized
Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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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