Brief Life History of James Smithers
When James Smithers Wood was born on 5 May 1841, in Parker Township, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Robert Wood, was 38 and his mother, Katherine Ann France, was 39. He married Frances Amelia Adams about 1861, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Redbank Township, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880 and Sugarcreek Township, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 28 July 1926, in Washington Township, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Rosewood Cemetery, Whiskerville, Washington Township, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- James Wood in household of Robert Wood, "United States Census, 1860"
- James Wood, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- James S 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.
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
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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