Marion Pleasant WOOD

1833 - 1912  (78 years)

• Name	Marion Pleasant WOOD  [1]
  Birth	22 Apr 1833	Jackson County, GA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Military	4 Mar 1862  [2]
  	CSA: Company C, 43rd Georgia Infantry at Jefferson, Jackson County, GA
  Military	10 Mar 1862  [3]
  	Private CSA
  Military	16 May 1863  [3]
  	Wounded at Baker's Creek, MISS Leg amputated above knee
  Military	17 Feb 1864  [3]
  	Discharged, disability
  Death	11 Mar 1912	Jackson County, GA   [1]
  Burial	Caleb Wood Family Cemetery, North of Commerce, Jackson County, GA   [4]
  Person ID	I1021	Wood-Lester
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Caleb WOOD,   b. 9 Apr 1804, Spartanburg County, SC d. 16 Oct 1864, Jackson County, GA (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth WILSON,   b. 6 Jul 1806, Georgia d. 29 Feb 1896, Jackson County, GA (Age 89 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F454	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah HOLMES,   b. 10 Sep 1785   d. 22 Feb 1864, Jackson County, GA (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	13 Sep 1858	Jackson County, GA   [5]
  Family ID	F560	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Melvina Brown DYCHE,   b. 14 May 1840, Bradley County, TN d. 23 May 1923, Jackson County, GA (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	26 Dec 1865	Clarke County, GA   [5]
  Children	+ 1. John Caleb WOOD, Sr.,   b. 4 Sep 1866, Jackson County, GA d. 31 Oct 1940, Banks County, GA (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural] + 2. Edwin Arthur WOOD,   b. 11 Nov 1867, Jackson County, GA d. 21 Oct 1908 (Age 40 years)  [Father: natural] + 3. Julia Blanche WOOD,   b. 3 Sep 1869, Jackson County, GA d. 14 Dec 1950, Hinds County, MS (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural] + 4. Pleasant Martin Luther WOOD,   b. 9 Dec 1871, Jackson County, GA d. 20 May 1945, Spartanburg County, SC (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural] + 5. Laura Jane WOOD,   b. 8 Mar 1874, Jackson County, GA d. 6 Mar 1961 (Age 86 years)  [Father: natural]   6. Viola Irene WOOD,   b. 23 Feb 1877, Jackson County, GA bur. Sunrise Cemetery, Maysville, Banks County, GA  [Father: natural] + 7. Ernest Russell WOOD,   b. 28 Aug 1879, Jackson County, GA d. 5 Jan 1961, Walton County, GA (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]   8. Margaret Grover WOOD,   b. 1885   d. Feb 1921, Duval County, FL (Age 36 years)  [Father: natural]   9. Marion Offie WOOD,   b. 6 Jun 1891, Jackson County, GA d. 18 Feb 1965, Jackson County, GA (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F561	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

• Headstones

  Marion Pleasant Wood and his wife, Melvina Brown Dyche combined tombstone.

  
  

• Notes

  Died at age 78 years, 10 months, 18 days. ----------------------------- Commerce, GA., March 11-Special Marion P. Wood, an old Confederate veteran, 79 years old, died at his home near this place this morning. The remains will be interred tomorrow at his home with the ritual services of Camp John J. Morgan of this place. The Atlanta Constitution, March 12, 1912 ----------------------------- Marion enlisted as a Private in Company G, 43rd Georgia Infantry on March 4, 1862 at Jefferson, Jackson County, Georgia. He was wounded in both legs at the Battle of Baker’s Creek, Mississippi on May 16, 1863 and captured at Champion Hill, Mississippi on the same day [apparently because of the severity of his wounds he was turned back over to Confederate forces]. His name appears on an undated register of beneficiaries of the Association for the Relief of Maimed Soldiers, Richmond, Virginia. Due to the wound to his left leg turning gangrenous, it was amputated on July 28, 1863 in Demopolis, Alabama. He was discharged on February 17, 1864 by order of General Joseph Johnston. Marion applied for an artificial limb on November 1, 1864. From his Certificate of Disability: He was born in Jackson County in the State of Georgia, is thirty-two years of age, five feet eleven inched high, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, and by occupation, when enlisted, a farmer. Source: John T. Nash, 6th great grandson of Capt. William Wood, Jr. -----------------------------

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] Robert Darious Wood, Sr and J Glenn Wood, "Our Time In History: This Wood and Lester Family", File 183A.txt. [S243] Research of John T. Nash, 6th great grandson of Capt. William Wood, Jr. [S198] Muster Roll of Company G 43D Regiment. [S213] Personal observation of tombstone at Caleb Wood Cem - Robert & KarhrynWood March 2006. [S6] Robert Darious Wood, Sr and J Glenn Wood, "Our Time in History: This Wood & Lester Family", File f/314A.txt.