Brief Life History of Richard Freeman
When Richard Freeman Wood was born on 26 February 1840, in Huntertown, Perry Township, Allen, Indiana, United States, his father, Albert Wesley Wood, was 29 and his mother, Nancy Dunten, was 22. He married Melissa Lillian Teter on 4 July 1867, in Guthrie, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons. He lived in Washington Township, Anderson, Kansas, United States in 1900 and Lincoln Township, Kiowa, Kansas, United States in 1910. He died on 18 November 1919, in Pratt, Pratt, Kansas, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Byers, Pratt, Kansas, United States.
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- Richard F Wood, "United States Census, 1910"
- Richard F Wood, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Richard Freeman Wood, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1851
Historical Boundaries: 1851: Carroll, Iowa, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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