
to JOHN WOOD'S PLACE
Bradley CO & later McMinn CO, TN
Family Group of
John Wood b 8 Jan 1818 TN d 11 Nov 1889 McMinn CO, TN buried Tranquility Methodist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
Company C, 3rd TN Cav, transferred on the Sultana
son of John & Lucretia Wood
m 19 Mar 1845 Washington CO, TN TO
Mary Jane McKeehan b 8 Jan 1828 Washington CO, TN d 19 Jul 1900 McMinn CO, TN buried Tranquility Methodist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
dau of Samuel McKeehan* & Susannah Oberholtzer/Overholtser of Washington CO, TN & later McMinn CO, TN
issue:
1(M) James E. Wood b 15 Jan 1846 d 29 Mar 1901
m 3 Dec 1886 TO
Lavisa Marrs b d
2(F) Permelia Emiline Wood b 16 June 1848 d 21 Mar 1911 buried Tranquility Methodist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
m 3 Jan 1867 TO
William Fletcher Carpenter b 12 Jul 1847 d 21 Aug 1932 buried Tranquility Methodist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
Cpl. CO B, 7th TN INF, Civil War
3(M) Richmond Wood b 20 June 1850 d
m 16 Jan 1869 TO
Eliza Ann Burgess b d
4(F) Mary Elizabeth Wood b 5 Feb 1852 d 3 Dec 1926 buried Tranquility Methodist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
m TO
John Consider Carpenter b 28 Jan 1850 d 28 June 1915 buried Tranquility Methodist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
5(F) Martha Lucretia Wood b 6 Aug 1854 d
m (1) 2 Feb 1873 McMinn CO,TN by Joseph Neil, JP TO
Thomas Jefferson Large b 2 May 1849 d
but divorce granted to Thomas Large Nov 1874, McMinn CO, TN
She m (2) TO
_____ Johnston b d
6(F) Margaret Marilla Wood b 22 Aug 1858 d
m 23 Jan 1879 McMinn CO, TN TO
Levi Rice b 22 June 1862 d 14 Dec 1881 buried Tranquility Methodist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
7(M) Samuel Wood b 14 Jan 1860 d 19 Mar 1903 buried Tranquility Methodist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
m 26 Sep 1880 TO
Susan B. Bohannan b 17 Mar 1861 McMinn CO, TN d 7 Apr 1929
[NOTE: She remarried (2) TO Jim Rucker.]
8(F) Amanda Jane Wood b 21 Apr 1862 TN d 9 June 1917 McMinn CO, TN death certificate #601 buried Tranquility Methodist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
m 22 Feb 1879 TO
Andrew Jackson Wade b 13 May 1860 d 14 Feb 1945 buried Tranquility Methodist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
9(M) William Henry Wood b 26 Mar 1866 d 18 Oct 1913 buried Tranquility Methodist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
m (1) 3 Dec 1886 TO
Miriam S. McPhail b d
m (2) 23 Dec 1889 TO
Alice Key b 6 Oct 1872 d 3 Sep 1946 buried Tranquility Methodist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
10(F) Eliza Jane Frances Wood b 15 Mar 1868 d (moved to TX)
m 18 Aug 1890 McMinn CO, TN TO
Samuel H. Large b 1870 TN d (moved to Dennison area TX)
11(F) Artie Belle Wood b 8 Jan 1870 d
m 28 Aug 1887 TO
Jacob Webb b d
* great-great-great-great-grandparents of Sandra (Nipper) Ratledge
Many thanks to Cousin Charles Ward, Cousin Maudie (Stanton) Vaughn, and Cousin Paul Wade for much help with this line!

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