Person:John Wood (221)

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m. 16 Nov 1836
Facts and Events
Name John Ferguson Wood
Gender Male
Birth[3][1][4] 20 Jul 1809 Ithaca, Tompkins, New York, United States
Marriage 16 Nov 1836 Assumption, Louisiana, United Statesto Hepsibah Elizabeth Shaffer
Census[4] 1860 Terrebonne, Louisiana, United States
Death[3][2][5] 11 May 1887 Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States
Burial[1][3] Abt 1887 Shelbyville, Shelby, Kentucky, United StatesGrove Hill Cemetery
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Family Bible of Minerva Ann Canty Shaffer.

    Original entries by Minerva Canty Shaffer, later entries by Milhado Lee Shaffer I

  2. Letter "Uncle Wood" to "My Very Dear Friend", on board U. P. Schenk Steamer one hour from Vicksburgh. 6 May 1887.

    Notes written on back of letter:

    Uncle Jno. Ferguson Wood was from Ithaca, NY. Come south and represented a foundry
    from Cincinnati Ohio & was superintending the erection of a sugar mill on Bayou Lafourche
    for Col. W. W. Pugh. He met my grandfather's (Wm A Shaffer) sister Mrs Thomas S Archer
    a widow) & married her in
    [nothing further written!]

  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 John F Wood (1809-1887), in Find A Grave.

    Birth: Jul. 20, 1809
    Death: May 11, 1887
    Burial: Grove Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville, Shelby County, Kentucky, USA
    Find A Grave Memorial#91657656
    Created by: Bunnygirl; Record added: Jun 09, 2012
    (no photo)

  4. 4.0 4.1 United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M653).

    Year: 1860; Census Place: Ward 10, Terrebonne, Louisiana; Roll M653_425; Page: 96; Image: 424; Family History Library Film: 803425; Dwelling 674, Family 674.

    Shaffer W A 64 [abt 1796] Male Planter; real:156,000; pers:173,000 South Carolina
    Shaffer Emely 52 [abt 1808] Female Louisiana
    Shaffer Isabella 19 [abt 1841] Female Louisiana
    Shaffer Thomas 17 [abt 1843] Male Louisiana
    Shaffer Benjaman 15 [abt 1845] Male Louisiana
    Wood T F 51 [abt 1809] Male Overseer; pers:6,400 New York

    Ancestry

  5. Jno. F Wood, in Ancestry.com. Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
    11 May 1887.

    Ancestry.com. Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
    Original data: Various Indiana county death records indexed by the Indiana Works Projects Administration. Indiana: circa 1938-1941.
    Name: Jno F. Wood
    Date: 11 May 1887
    Location: Evansville
    Age: 78 Yr
    Gender: Male
    Race: White
    Source Location: City Health Office, Evansville
    Source notes: The source of this record is the book CH-4A on page 16 within the series produced by the Indiana Works Progress Administration.