Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....Wood, Jesse 1829 - 1864 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com November 19, 2005, 12:56 am Author: Warner, Beers & Co. JESSE WOOD, deceased, was born December 31, 1829, a native of Hardin County. He was the son of Isaac and Hannah (Baker) Wood, natives of Pennsylvania, of English descent, who emigrated to this State at an early day. The subject of this sketch was a farmer by occupation, and successful in business, owning at the time of his decease eighty-three acres of land in Dudley Township. He was united in marriage January 1, 1856, to Emily Anderson, who was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, April 7, 1832, and daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Clark) Anderson, both natives of Ohio and of English lineage. This union resulted in two children, Frank, born December 24, 1857; and Myrtle Jane, born October 27, 1861. Mr. Wood and his wife were members of the Christian Church. He furnished a substitute during the late war, and died December, 1864, his loss deeply mourned by his wife and two children. Additional Comments: Dudley Township Excerpt from "The History of Hardin County, Ohio" containing A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY; HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, ETC., ETC. CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO. 1883 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hardin/bios/wood317bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb