Biographical Sketch of Susanna WOOD nee COATES (1904); Chester County, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by John Morris . *********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: Printing this file within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** "Historical Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Chester and Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania", Vol. 1, edited by Gil- bert Cope and Henry Graham Ashmead, Lewis Publishing Company, New York, 1904, pp. 399-400. "MRS. SUSANNA WOOD, an esteemed and respected resident of Upper Oxford township, Chester county, Pennsylvania, is the widow of the late William N. Wood, who was born July 10, 1842, and died April 6, 1898. "William N. Wood, a benevolent, public-spirited man, and greatly esteemed by his fellow-citizens for many excellent traits of character which he displayed throughout his career, was reared and educated in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. He took up his residence in Upper Oxford township, Chester county, in April 1869, and he engaged in the quiet but useful calling of agriculture. During the period of the terrific struggle be- tween the north and the south, Mr. Wood answered an emergency call for troops and was stationed at Hagerstown, Maryland, during the battle of Antietam. He served his township in the capacity of justice of the peace for one term, and during his incumbency of this office he discharged the duties in a highly creditable manner. His religious views were in accord with those advocated by the Society of Friends. "William N. Wood, son of Joshua and Eliza (Hill) Wood, was united in marriage to Susanna Coates, who was born in Upper Oxford township, Chester county, Pennsylvania, February 13, 1843, daughter of Warrick and Ruth Anna (Cook) Coates. Their children are: 1. Annetta, born November 1, 1863, died October 16, 1865. 2. Annie C., born August 14, 1866, became the wife of Samuel P. Martin, October 27, 1886, who was the son of Thomas and Eliz- abeth (McConnell) Martin, of West Fallowfield. The children of Samuel P. and Annie C. (Wood) Martin are as follows: Charles W., born July 4, 1887, and died July 10, 1887; Harold T., born September 27, 1888; Eleana S., born November 13, 1891; Ernest W., born in June, 1895; Miriam E., born January 26, 1897; and Anna Mary, born December 12, 1899. "The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Susanna (Coates) Wood were Warrick and Eleanor (Pusey) Coates, and they were the parents of eight children, as follows: 1. Ellis, who married Abigail Coates, and their children were: Sarah, Margaret, Samuel C., Mary, deceased, Joseph, deceased, and Lewis Coates. 2. Hart, who married Eliza Darlington, and reared a family of the following named children: George, Granville, Lydia, Stephen, Howard and Edith Coates. 3. Samuel, who did not marry. 4. Warrick, father of Mrs. Susanna Wood. 5. Susan, wife of George Darlington, of Pocopson, and their children are: Eleanor A., Lydia, Sarah M., Hannah, Susan and George Dar- lington. 6. Sarah, wife of Thomas Wood, and the issue of this marriage was six children, Lydia, Eleanor, Ellis, Philena, Morris and Laura. 7. Abigail, wife of Pratt Hoopes and their children are: Morton, Eleanor, Mary, Henry, Warrick and Sarah Hoopes. 8. Philena, wife of James Lynch, and mother of four children, as follows: Anna Mary, Ella, Susan and Laura Lynch. "Warrick Coates, father of Mrs. Susanna (Coates) Wood, married Ruth Anna (Cook) Coates, who was a daughter of William and Susanna (Cutler) Cook. The children of Warrick and Ruth (Cook) Coates are as follows: 1. Susanna (Mrs. William N. Wood). 2. Pusey, who married Adaline Brosius, and has children: Evaline (Mrs. Howard Broomell), William B., Alice R. and Anna L. 3. Truman, who is a graduate of Wooster College, Ohio, and is now prac- ticing his profession (medicine) at Oxford, Pennsylvania. He married Sarah Thomas; no issue. 4. Harvey, who died in early childhood. The father of this family, Warrick Coates, died March 15, 1897, and the mother, Ruth Anna (Cook) Coates, died May 15, 1899. They were both consistent members of the Society of Friends."