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Author: Tom Gregory

JOEL WOOD

    One of the wealthiest and most popular ranchers of the Capay valley is Joel
Wood, who was born sixteen miles from Nashville, Tenn., January 27, 1827. When
but six years of age he and his two brothers, accompanied by their uncle,
William Glaze, walked the entire distance between Nashville and Carlton, Mo.,
near which town Mr. Wood spent his boyhood, receiving a common school education.
In 1849, at a time when hundreds of emigrants left their homes in the east for
the alluring "land of gold," Mr. Wood, in company with Edmond Clark, a neighbor
residing in Richmond county, Mo., joined a train westward bound, with William
Gray as its captain. At this time a large party of Mormons was enroute to Salt
Lake and maintained a most unfriendly attitude toward Captain Gray's company. At
Green River the caravan divided, the Mormons striking another trail, while
Captain Gray's party continued in peace. They stopped a short time at Antelope
Springs and resumed their journey, knowing nothing of the desert before them but
safely crossed it in about two days, though they were obliged to kill most of
their cattle owing to fatigue and lack of water. At Bitter creek they rested
three days, then pushed ahead to the Red Hills, where their wagons and remaining
cattle became mired to such an extent that they were obliged to go on without
them. At Marysville, Cal., Mr. Wood purchased a claim from which he and his
uncle secured $500 in a short time. In the fall of 1850 he returned to Missouri,
but another year found him again in Marysville. He lived for a time in Big
valley, Lake county, but owing to the proximity of the Indians took his family
to Land valley, where they lived about a year, removing to the Capay valley,
where Mr. Wood purchased five hundred and ninety-five acres of land at $6 per
acre. Erecting a blacksmith's shop he carried on his trade for several years.

    At the present time Mr. Wood owns six hundred and forty acres, and has also
presented his children with land. He has about twenty head of cattle and eighty
hogs and conducts a general farming business.

    Mr. Wood's marriage united him with Miss Emmeline Clark, a native of
Missouri and the daughter of Edmond Clark. She died in 1910. The following
children were born of their marriage: Albert, of San Bernardino county; George,
of Lakeport; John, deceased; Lee, of Guinda; Josie, Mrs. Al Schulte, of Folsom;
Mary, Mrs. Nourse, of Sacramento; Etta, Mrs. Alfred Richardson, of Capay valley;
and Myrtle, Mrs. William Boles, of Capay valley. Mr. Wood is a Democrat and is
deeply interested in all movements pertaining to the welfare of the county. For
many years he has been a member of the United Brethren Church and can always be
relied upon to assist in its cause.


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HISTORY OF YOLO COUNTY CALIFORNIA
WITH
Biographical Sketches
OF
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been Identified With Its Growth
and Development From the Early Days to the Present

HISTORY BY
TOM GREGORY
AND OTHER WELL KNOWN WRITERS
ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME

HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA [1913]




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