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If Nathan Wood died in the Civil War and his body returned to the family he would be buried near Battle Creek. We should check out the cemetaries in the area. Any thoughts?
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Last updated 8/21/2000-13:53 pacific 33
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Nathan Wood is Kenneth A. Holcomb, Jr's Great grandfather. Nathan is Jan Strum's, Marianne Owen's, and the Holcomb Boys', 2nd great-grandfather.
We know very little about him. What we
do know is that he was married to Eliza
Douglas and had 2 children,
Solon Lorenzo Wood, Sr. and Belle Wood
Holcomb
McDowell.
On the back of this one and
only picture we have of him is noted in
the pen of Kenneth A. Holcomb,Sr. "My
Mother's Father who went to the Civil
War and never returned Born 1838
Wood"
From the 1880 census we know he
was born
in NY. From the 1900 census we know
that he had only 2 children with Eliza
Douglas.
In 1858 he had a son, Solon
Lorenzo, Born in Chatauqua, NY.
In
1862
he had a daughter, Belle, born
in Battle Creek Michigan. Belle Wood's
and Irving Holcomb's wedding certificate
Belle wrote her father's name was Nathan
Wood and her place of birth was Battle
Creek, Michigan. In 1940, Belle
Wood Holcomb McDowell had to fill out a
birth certificate for Ellen, her
daughter. It should be noted that on
that form she stated she was born "on
farm, Michigan".
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Some facts from Ken
Eliza referred to
Concord, NY as her birthplace on her
marriage certificate when marrying
Lorenzo Hart and since there is no
current town in NY named Concord, we
need to pin down the fate of Concord
(there is currently an East Concord, NY)
and determine what county it was in in
1840. I have a feeling that capturing
more info on Eliza and her ten
siblings and her father, LeGrande, might
indirectly help our search for Nathan
and his parents.
Gladys Wood Harwood told Marianne Owen that her father, Solon, Sr.'s, middle name was the same as his, Solon, Sr., father's first name, Lorenzo. This would make who we know as Nathan Wood, Lorenzo Wood. So we could be searching for Lorenzo Nathan Wood or Nathan Lorenzo Wood. Nathan could be short for Nathanial.
What we know-
The Holcomb's had the picture to go by, where Nathan is used.
Jan Strum had a sheet of paper from her Mom that had Nathan used.
Gail and Marianne had what their grandmother, Gladys Wood Harwood, told them, which was Lorenzo.
On Solon, Sr.'s and Eva Cooper's wedding certificate it states Nathan.
On Belle's and Irving Holcomb's wedding license of 1883 it states Nathan
Is a name used anywhere else?
Some more info from Gladys Wood Harwood -
Solon, Sr. had 2 brothers and a sister. We know who the sister was, the mystery is who are the 2 brothers. Gladys had a diary from 1918 that had an address for an Orrie Wood, RT2, State Street, Rockford, IL. Could Orrie be a brother, a nephew, or a coincidence of the last name? Could the 2 brothers be half brothers?
Note that in the 1880 census from IL, Eliza Douglas is shown as head of household and had only Belle, 17, and Solon, 21 living with her. In the 1900 census she is listed as only having 2 children, 1 alive and 1 deceased.
Could it be possible that the cousin writing down the info from Gladys Wood Harwood made a mistake and misunderstood what she told him? Could it be that she said she had 2 brothers and 1 sister?
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Facts about Eliza Jane Douglas Wood ? Hart
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In the 1880 census from IL she is shown
as head of household with a ? after the
word married and at age 39 had daughter
Belle, 17, and son Solon, 21, living
with her.
Eliza J. Douglas is listed as a witness
to Solon Wood Sr.'s marriage to Eva
Cooper in Dec 1882 in Beloit, WI.
Eliza Douglas is listed as a witness to
Belle Wood's marriage to Irving Holcomb
in Feb 1883 in Belvidere, IL.
Her marriage certificate to Lorenzo in
1886 indicates she was born in Concord,
Erie, NY.
Eliza signed her name Eliza
Jane Douglas on the certificate of the
IL State Board of Health "Return of a
Marriage to County Clerk" June 17, 1886,
the date she married Lorenzo D. Hart in
Belvidere, IL. The marriage certificate
indicated it was the second marriage for
Lorenzo and the THIRD marriage for
Eliza.
In the 1900 census she is shown living
with Lorenzo at 736 East Hurlbut Ave.,
Belvidere. The adjacent entry in the
1900 census appears to be 730 and
reflects Irving A. Holcomb and Belle
W.(wife) and LaVern (son) and Ellen L.
(daughter).
Her obituary in 1924 indicates she was
born in Cattaraugus County, NY.and
indicates "a resident of Belvidere since
1900..." and further "...her home was
made in the east until her removal here
(Belvidere) 24 years ago. Mrs. Hart was
the last of a family of eleven
children". This is where the English
language gets funny. Was she the last
born of eleven or was she the last one
alive?
Eliza was living with her
daughter, Belle (then Mrs. A. McDowell)
at 124 1/2 Buchanan in Belvidere at the
time of her death.
Summary Timeline:
1840 born in Cattaraugus County, NY or
Concord, Erie, NY
1858 her son born in Chautauqua, NY
1862 her daughter born in Battle Creek,
MI
1880 living in Belvidere, IL
1882 witnesses son's wedding in Beloit,
WI
1883 witnesses daughter's wedding in
Belvidere, IL
1886 marries Lorenzo Hart in Belvidere,
IL
1900 living with Lorenzo in Belvidere,
IL
1924 dies at daughter Belle's home in
Belvidere, IL
Questions:
Where are Eliza and Nathan Wood in the
1860 census? NY? MI?
Where is Eliza Jane Wood or Eliza Jane
Douglas in the 1870 census? MI? WI? IL?
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We need to get his and Eliza's marriage
cert. from NY - if possible
We need
to get Solon Wood, Sr.'s birth cert from
Chatauqua, NY - if possible
We need
to get Belle Wood's birth cert. from
Battle Creek Michigan - if
possible
Ken's ideas
We need
to
get a copy of Solon L. Wood's obit from
the Dubuque, IA newspaper.
Thanks to
Marianne Owen this has been done. It is
from the Dubuque Herald of June 4, 1893
"Solon A. Wood, aged 34 years, an
employee of the Carr, Ryder & Engler
Company, died at 1:30 o'clock Thursday
afternoon at his residence, 1342 Clay
Street. He is survived by his wife and
four children. The funeral will be held
Saturday at 2 o' clock; services
at the congregational church. Deceased
was a member of the A.O.U.W.
Marianne
points out the error in the middle
initial. Thanks Marianne!
Ken is
looking for the following books that
might have been done in the
1880's
History of Dubuque County,
IA
History of Rock County,
WI
History of Chattaraugus County,
NY
History of Chautauqua County,
NY
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After a little internet surfing the
following titles have been found. We
need to find them in libraries if we
can. Before buying any title make sure
no one has found them yet in a
library.
HISTORY OF DUBUQUE COUNTY, Being a
General Survey of
Dubuque County History, including a
History of the
City of Dubuque...from the Earliest
Settlement to the
Present Time [1911]. Ed. by Frank T.
Oldt & P.J.
Quigley. 943p. (1911) 1993.
COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF THE
COUNTIES OF ROCK, GREEN,
GRANT, IOWA & LAFAYETTE, Containing
Biographical Sketches of Prominent
& Representative Citizens & Many of the
Early Settled Families. 990p.
(J.H. Beers; 1901) 1997.
HISTORY OF ROCK COUNTY, Containing a
History of Each County, its Early
Settlement, Growth, etc...& Biographical
Sketches. 897p. (Western
Hist. Co.; 1879) 1994.
HISTORY OF CATTARAUGUS CO., with
Illustrations & Biographical Sketches
of Some of its Prominent Men & Pioneers.
512p. (1879) 1991.
HISTORICAL GAZETEER & BIOGRAPHICAL
MEMORIAL OF CATTARAUGUS CO., with
Map and Illustrations. Ed. by Wm. Adams.
1164p. (Lyman, Horton &
Co.; 1893) 1995.
SKETCHES OF THE HISTORY OF CHAUTAUQUA
COUNTY. By Emory F. Warren.
159p. (J. Warren Fletcher, Pub.; 1846
1997.
HISTORY OF CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY & ITS
PEOPLE. Ed. by John P. Downs &
Fenwick Y. Hedley. 3 vols. in 2,
475+702p. (American Hist. Co.;
1921) 1997. The set: Volume I, History:
Volumes II & III, Biography:
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY GRAVESTONE
INSCRIPTIONS [from various cemeteries].
Comp. by Minnie Cohen. 2 vols. in 1,
58+79p., paper. (1931) 1997.
CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY:
Detailed & Entertaining Story
of 100 Years of Development. 2 vols.,
698+1173p. (1904) 1992.
Volume I: Volume II: The set:
The following title has been checked out by Ken W. Holcomb and he states that it "has no clues about Douglas or Wood or Smith"
HISTORY OF CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, from its
First Settlement to the Present
[1875] By Andrew W. Young. 672p. (1875)
1992.
Marianne Owen says that she is about 1 1/2 hours away from Battle Creek and she maybe able to check into birth records there - this would be super!
Does anyone else have any ideas or info?
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