When Elizabeth Ann Wood was born on 12 April 1827, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Marmaduke Wood, was 30 and her mother, Mary Sea, was 29. She married Jonathan Stratton Hodge on 24 October 1842, in Allegan, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Ridgeville, Monroe, Wisconsin, United States in 1860 and Bluffs, Scott, Illinois, United States in 1900. She died on 10 January 1878, at the age of 50.
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American settlers began mining the Wisconsin Territory in the early 1800's. The lead ore in the territory had largely been mined previously by American Indians. By 1829, nearly 4,000 miners had moved to Wisconsin Territory. The miners became known as badgers as they burrowed into hillsides for shelter. The name eventually represented the state and Wisconsin is now known as the Badger State. (Wisconsin Historical Society: Lead Mining in Southwestern Wisconsin)
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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