Biographical Sketch of James G. Wood, Greene County, Missouri, Clay 
Township

>From "History of Greene County, Missouri," St. Louis: Western
Historical Company, 1883.

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Mr. Wood is the son of John and Elizabeth (Morris) Wood, and was born
in Madison County, Alabama, February 24, 1832.  In 1834 his parents
moved to Illinois and took up a claim where the city of Rockford now
stands.  In 1836 they moved to Lawrence County, Tenn., where James grew
to manhood and learned the trade of tanner and shoemaker.  He moved to
Greene County, Missouri, in 1852 where he was engaged in farming and
stock rearing until 1861.  He then went to Arkansas where he followed
tanning and shoemaking until 1864, when he came back to this county, 
and has since been engaged in the rearing of stock and farming. He owns
a farm of one hundred and eighty-five acres, finely improved.  He was
married in 1857 to Miss Susan, daughter of Henderson and Sallie J.
(Hail) Dishough.  Her father was a native of North Carolina and her
mother of Tennessee.  Her grandfather was a native of France, and her-
self of Lawrence County, Tenn.  Her father was killed by lightning in
1847.  Mr. and Mrs. Wood have had two children, one living, Susan J.
Mr. Wood's parents came from England to the United States in 1827. His
father was a skilled mechanic and cotton-spinner.  He operated the
first cotton mill in Tennessee, and became quite wealthy.

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