Brief Life History of Willard Hamilton
When Willard Hamilton Wood was born on 2 February 1864, in Greene, Illinois, United States, his father, Morgan LeRoy Wood, was 43 and his mother, Mary Wakeman, was 35. He married Phoebe Ann Beals in 1896. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Center Township, Marion, Kansas, United States in 1900 and Marion, Marion, Kansas, United States in 1910. He died on 14 August 1918, in Marion, Kansas, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Marion, Marion, Kansas, United States.
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Sources (10)
- Willie Wood in household of M L Wood, "United States Census, 1870"
- Willard H. Wood, "BillionGraves Index"
- William G Or Hamilton C Woods, "United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1871
In 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern, causing a fire that burned down half of Chicago. Today this city is the third largest in the US.
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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