When Hartford Wood was born on 21 August 1830, in Big Island, Marion, Ohio, United States, his father, Issac Wood, was 80 and his mother, Hannah Baker, was 35. He married Mary M Stover on 5 July 1855, in Dallas, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Franklin Township, Fillmore, Nebraska, United States in 1880. He died on 26 June 1912, in Ohiowa, Fillmore, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Ohiowa Cemetery, Ohiowa, Fillmore, Nebraska, United States.
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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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