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
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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) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (2/14/1819-8/4/1911) (married Ellen S. Smith) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) |
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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 |
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married xx/xx/xxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (2/18/1822-2/18/1899) (married John Wood Sr.) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) |
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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
TBDREFERENCES
John WoodEllen S. Smith
Turn The Hearts [blog]
Find-A-Grave entry for John Wood, Sr.
Find-A-Grave entry for Ellen Smith Wood