Brief Life History of Samantha Jane
When Samantha Jane Wood was born in 1818, in Tennessee, United States, her father, William Granbury Wood, was 36 and her mother, Nancy "Betsy" Sims, was 21. She married Benjamin F Branum on 25 February 1846, in Madison, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Madison, Madison, Alabama, United States in 1850 and Travis, Texas, United States in 1860. She died about 1873, in Texas, United States, at the age of 56.
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Family Time Line
Sources (8)
- S Barnum in household of B F Barnum, "United States Census, 1860"
- Sauintha Wood, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- <Blank> Woods in entry for Amos Washington Branum, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
Spouse and Children
1813–1900 Male
1818–1873 Female
Children (5)
1848– Female
1849–1946 Male
1851–1870 Male
1856– Female
1858–1927 Male
Parents and Siblings
1782–1850 Male
1797–1849 Female
Siblings (11)
1818–1873 Female
1819–1878 Male
1821–1877 Male
1825– Male
1825–1908 Male
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World Events (7)
1818
Age 0
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 1
1835 · The Hermitage is Built
Age 17
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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