Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Wood, Adison 1822 - 
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Author: History of Grundy County 1882

Adison Wood, farmer, P. O. Dwight, came to Grundy County in 1849, and has 
lived in Goodfarm Township all the time since. In the township now there are 
but two older settlers living---Mrs. Holtz and Mrs. L. Y. Wood. Mrs. Wood is a 
native of Otsego County, N. Y., and his wife is from Schoharie County, N. Y. 
When they first moved into the township, there were but eleven houses in it, 
and they could cross the prairie, going southeast, to the State of Indiana, 
and not come across a house. Wolves and deer abounded in plentiful numbers. In 
1843, Mr. Wood came to Lake County, Ill., from New York, and was there about 
six years, when he sold out and went to Cook County, staying there one season 
before coming to this county. Mr. Wood is the son of Newcomb Wood, and was 
born in 1822. He was married, in Dundee, Kane Co., Ill., December 16, 1847, to 
Miss Catharine Bute. When he first came to this county, Mr. Wood bought 1O0 
acres of Government land, for which he paid but $112, having bought a land 
warrant. His present farm consists of eighty acres. When the township was 
first organized, which was the year following Mr. Wood's arrival, he was 
elected the first Justice of the Peace, in which capacity he served three 
years. He has been a Republican since the party was organized, before which he 
was a Whig. Mr. and Mrs. Wood are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of 
Dwight. Their children are eight in number, four boys and four girls. Their 
names are as follows: Levi, Mary J., Charles M., Lucretia, Erma A., Barney A., 
Sarah L. and Henry A. Mrs. Wood is the daughter of Lewis B. Bute, who came to 
Lake County in 1846.

Additional Comments:
Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers.

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