Brief Life History of William Beverly
When William Beverly Wood was born on 7 December 1858, in Jetersville, Amelia, Virginia, United States, his father, Edmund Jeter Wood, was 34 and his mother, Angelina Elvira Johnson, was 31. He married Margaret Frances Showalter on 5 August 1885, in Franklin, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Amsterdam, Botetourt, Virginia, United States in 1910 and Big Lick, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States for about 10 years. He died on 19 March 1931, in Roanoke County, Virginia, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Niagara, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States.
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- William Wood in household of Edmund Wood, "United States Census, 1870"
- W B, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
- William B. Wood, "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940"
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1861 · The Battle of Manassas
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
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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