Bowen Griffin WOOD

1843 - 1924  (80 years)

• Name	Bowen Griffin WOOD  [1]
  Birth	1 Jun 1843	Cherokee County, GA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	1 Jun 1843	South Carolina   [1]
  Name	B G Wood  [3]
  Military	18 Mar 1863  [4]
  	CSA: Company C (also known as company I) Phillip's Legion (Georgia) inCherokee County, GA
  Death	6 Apr 1924  [5]
  Burial	Bascomb Cemetery, Woodstock, Cherokee County, GA   [5]
  Person ID	I1109	Wood-Lester
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Pickney Ford WOOD,   b. 3 Sep 1809, Spartanburg County, SC d. 21 Jun 1892, Cherokee County, GA (Age 82 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Ann GRIFFIN,   b. Abt 1817
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1830
  Family ID	F486	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah Frances HARDMAN   d. Between 1873 and 1875
  Marriage	1865  [5]
  Children	1. Florroy Lorenzo WOOD,   b. Abt 1866   d. Bef 1921 (Age < 54 years)  [Father: natural]   2. Lena Florentine WOOD,   b. 1868  [Father: natural]   3. Pledger P WOOD,   b. 2 Jun 1871   d. 21 Oct 1931 (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]   4. Theodocious Fernando WOOD,   b. 26 Mar 1873   d. 16 Feb 1961 (Age 87 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F4047	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Catherine M STONE,   b. 11 Jul 1847   d. 31 Jan 1921, Cherokee County, GA (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	22 Dec 1885  [5]
  Children	+ 1. Mary Belle WOOD,   b. 4 Jan 1877   bur. Bascomb Cemetery, Woodstock, Cherokee County, GA  [Father: natural]   2. Oscar H WOOD,   b. 7 Apr 1878  [Father: natural]   3. Chester Lea WOOD,   b. 20 Mar 1882   d. 29 Jul 1964 (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]   4. Alma WOOD,   b. 23 Jul 1884   d. 16 Nov 1964, Clayton County, GA (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural] + 5. Orlando Walter WOOD,   b. 12 Jul 1888  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F4049	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

• Photos		Bowen Griffen Wood and wife Catherine Stone and family.
  		L-R, Theodocious Fernando Wood, Bowen Griffin Wood and Pledger P. Wood Theodocious and Pledger are sons of Bowen Griffin Wood and Sarah Frances Hardman, Bowen's first wife.

  
  

• Notes

  Died at age 80 years, 10 months, 5 days. ----------------------------- Bowen enlisted as a Private in Company C (also known as Company I), Phillips’ Legion (Georgia) on March 18, 1863 in Cherokee County, Georgia. The Company was known as the Cherokee Dragoons. The valuation of his horse was $100. He was detailed as a shoe maker on April 23, 1864 by order of General Stuart. He was hospitalized in Pettigrew General Hospital #13, Raleigh, North Carolina on March 24, 1865 with bronchitis and was captured in the hospital on April 13, 1865 when Raleigh fell to the Yankees. Source: John T. Nash

  
  

• Sources

  [S279] Cherokee County Heritage Book Committee, The Heritage of Cherokee County Georgia 1831-1998, (Name: Name: Name: Waynesville, NC: Don Mills, Inc., 1998; Location: BellResearchCenter, Cumming, GA 30041;;;), Page 592. [S302] James Suddath Paget, Jr., Wood Family History, (Name: Name: Name: published date 2000; Location: Personal Library of RobertWood,Jr.;;;), Page 258. [S7] Robert Darious Wood, Sr and J Glenn Wood, "Our Time In History: This Wood and Lester Family", File 188A.txt. [S243] Research of John T. Nash, 6th great grandson of Capt. William Wood, Jr. [S279] Cherokee County Heritage Book Committee, The Heritage of Cherokee County Georgia 1831-1998, (Name: Name: Name: Waynesville, NC: Don Mills, Inc., 1998; Location: BellResearchCenter, Cumming, GA 30041;;;).