John Long Wood

Male7 November 1881–2 June 1948

Brief Life History of John Long

When John Long Wood was born on 7 November 1881, in Tennessee, United States, his father, Benjamin Stewart Wood, was 37 and his mother, Emma Rhoda Gray, was 25. He married Mary Ruth Phillips on 12 February 1907. He lived in Cleveland, Bradley, Tennessee, United States in 1900 and Civil District 1, Bradley, Tennessee, United States in 1940. He died on 2 June 1948, in Bradley, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Cleveland, Bradley, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Long Wood
1881–1948
Mary Ruth Phillips
1889–
Marriage: 12 February 1907

Sources (9)

  • John L Wood, "United States Census, 1920"
  • John Long Woods, "Tennessee Births and Christenings, 1828-1939"
  • John L Wood, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    12 February 1907
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (6)

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    World Events (8)

    1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

    Age 1

    A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

    1886

    Age 5

    Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

    1900 · Gold for Cash!

    Age 19

    This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

    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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