Major Thomas Jones WOOD

1840 - 1926  (85 years)

• Name	Thomas Jones WOOD  [1, 2]
  Title	Major
  Birth	1 Mar 1840	Randolph County, NC   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Military	5 Jun 1861  [3]
  	CSA: Company I (davis Guards), 22nd North Carolina Infantry, mustaredin as a SGT
  Death	1921  [1]
  Medical Notes	Contributor: Hypertension  [2]
  Death	4 Feb 1926	Highpoint, Guilford County, NC   [2]
  	Cause: Cerebral Hemmorage Paralyzing Left Side
  Burial	Trinity Cemetery, Trinity, Randolph County, NC   [1]
  Person ID	I590	Wood-Lester
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Penuel WOOD, Jr.,   b. 17 Dec 1812, Randolph County, NC d. 8 Aug 1881, Randolph County, NC (Age 68 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Callistia BURKHEAD,   b. 17 Aug 1816, Rowan County, NC d. 16 Apr 1903, Randolph County, NC (Age 86 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F331	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah M CHRISTAIN,   b. 1843   d. 1900 (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	29 Jan 1866
  Children	1. Marshall WOOD  [Father: natural]   2. Julia WOOD  [Father: natural]   3. Lewis WOOD  [Father: natural] + 4. Calista WOOD   d. 10 Sep 1926  [Father: natural]   5. Thomas WOOD  [Father: natural]   6. A G WOOD  [Father: natural]   7. Edmound Franklin WOOD,   b. 12 Feb 1867   d. 30 Sep 1946, Luling, TX (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F1304	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

• Documents

  Thomas Jones Wood (1840-1926) North Carolina Board of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics Standard Death Certificate

  
  

  Headstones

  Headstone: Major Thomas Jones Wood (1840-1926) and Sarah M Christain (1843-1900) Headstone shows Thomsas's date of death as 1921, however, his death certificate shows his date of death as 1926.

  
  

• Notes

  Thomas resided in Randolph County where he enlisted at the age of 21 on June 5, 1861. He mustered in as Sergeant. He was reported absent without leave in September – October 1862 and returned to duty on an unspecified date. He was captured at or near Jericho Mills, Virginia on May 23, 1864. He was confined at Point Lookout yankee prison, Maryland until paroled and transferred to Cox’s Landing, James River, Virginia where he was received on October 15, 1864 for exchange. He returned to duty on an unspecified date and was promoted to 1st Sergeant subsequent to October 31, 1864. He was paroled at Appomattox Court House, Virginia on April 9, 1865. -- Source; John T. Nash

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] Robert Darious Wood, Sr and J Glenn Wood, "Our Time In History: This Wood and Lester Family", File 144A.txt. [S243] Research of John T. Nash, 6th great grandson of Capt. William Wood, Jr. As shown on North Carolina Board of Health Bureau of VitalStatisticsStandard Death Certificate 372 [S243] Research of John T. Nash, 6th great grandson of Capt. William Wood, Jr. In an email dated 9-Sep-2009