John & Ellen Wood

WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY     (Washington County, Utah)

JOHN & ELLEN SMITH WOOD   (aka JOHN WOOD, SR.)

(fruit farmer, mason, carpenter)

BIOGRAPHY

John & Ellen Smith were married January 6, 1850 in Stockprot, Chestershire, England. They were the parents of 10 children, 5 living to adulthood. Their last daughter, Emily, was born in Virgin, Utah on December 21, 1862, the night they arrived in Southern Utah.

John & Ellen Wood and their children lived in Grafton. John was a farmer, raised cattle, worked in a blacksmith shop, and made beautiful horse-hair ropes and hackamores in his spare time.

Ellen died on May 7, 1898, and is buried in the Grafton Cemetery.

John lived in Grafton until 1909, then moved to Hurricane, where he died August 4, 1911 at the age of 92.


FAMILY

John's Parents and Siblings:
    Samuel Wood
    Sarah May Wood
        Ellen Wood
        Mary Wood
        Hannah Wood
        Jane Wood
        John Wood
        Samuel Wood
        George Wood

(6/25/1780-xx/xx/1880)   (married 5/3/1812)
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(2/14/1819-8/4/1911)   (married Ellen S. Smith)
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Ellen's Parents and Siblings:
    John Smith
    Ellen Garner Smith
        Mary Smith
        Edward Smith
        Henry Smith
        Ellen S. Smith
        Charles Smith
        Aaron Smith
        William Smith


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(2/18/1822-2/18/1899)   (married John Wood Sr.)
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John & Ellen's Family:
    John Wood Sr.
    Ellen Smith Wood
        Sarah Ann Wood
        Eliza Wood
        Cyrus Nephi Wood
        Mary Ellen Wood
        Charles Wood
        Mary Wood
        Jane Wood
        John Wood Jr.
        George Henry "Nen" Wood  
        Emily Wood


(2/14/1819-8/4/1911)   (married 1/6/1850)
(2/18/1822-2/18/1899)
(xx/xx/1850-xx/xx/1929)   (married Samuel Winsbrough Western)
(xx/xx/1852-xx/xx/1852)
(xx/xx/1853-xx/xx/1853)
(12/27/1854-5/28/1921)   (married Isaac Davis Brown)
(xx/xx/1857-xx/xx/1857)
(xx/xx/1857-xx/xx/1857)
(9/27/1858-10/xx/1858)
(9/27/1858-9/10/1932)   (married Sarah Jane Gibson)
(12/1/1860-5/7/1898)   (married Emily Louise Hastings)
(12/21/1862-1/3/1950)   (married George Andrew Gibson)


PHOTOS

TBD


REFERENCES

John Wood

Ellen S. Smith

Turn The Hearts [blog]

Find-A-Grave entry for John Wood, Sr.

Find-A-Grave entry for Ellen Smith Wood