When Louisa H. Wood was born on 17 March 1850, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, her father, James Wood, was 37 and her mother, Harriet Agnes Wilkins, was 31. She had at least 6 sons with Randolph Ridgely Brown. She lived in White Plains Township, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States in 1880 and Pacolet, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States in 1910. She died on 14 September 1918, in Cowpens, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Cowpens, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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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