Biographical Sketch of Richard H. Wood, Johnson County, Missouri
Simpson Township
>From "The History of Johnson County, Missouri," 
Kansas City Historical Co. 1881

RICHARD H. WOOD,

farmer, Simpson township.  Was born in Johnson county, in February,
1841.  He was married in Dec., 1867, to Sarah D. Pemberton, daughter of
Thomas H. Pemberton, of Saline county, an early and prominent settler of
that county.  By this union they have five children living: Edward,
Sarah, Richard, Tommie, and James M.  The oldest died while young.  Mr.
Wood served three years in the Confederate army under Joe Shelby, and
was in thirty engagements, and did not receive a scratch.  He was also
in Price's raid in 1864.  He owns a magnificent farm of 200 acres, with
a good substantial residence, and a fine barn.  He has lived most of the
time on the old homestead, and has been very successful.  He is a sober,
moral, hard-working, energetic man, and a scientific farmer.  He is a
hospitable and kind neighbor, never seeking notoriety.

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