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Isham WOOD

Isham WOOD

Male 1799 - 1871  (72 years)

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  • Name Isham WOOD  [1
    Birth 3 Jun 1799  Spartanburg County, SC Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 1 Oct 1871  Spartanburg County, SC Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial Wood's Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery, Near Greer, Spartanburg County, SC Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I712  Wood-Lester
    Last Modified 17 May 2024 

    Father Rev Henry WOOD, Sr.,   b. 16 Dec 1756, Granville County, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jun 1843, Spartanburg County, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Susan Elizabeth MAYFIELD,   b. 19 Dec 1759, Granville, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1800, Spartanburg County, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Abt 1777  in Warren County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Married Abt 1777  Bute County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F200  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Thurza JOHNSON,   b. 19 Jan 1803, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Oct 1881, Spartanburg County, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 1 Jan 1824  Spartanburg County, SC Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
    +1. Oliver Paschel WOOD,   b. 8 Jul 1824, Spartanburg County, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jul 1893, Spartanburg County, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]
    +2. John Pressley WOOD,   b. 20 Jan 1826, Spartanburg County, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Feb 1878, Spartanburg County, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)  [Father: natural]
     3. Elizabeth WOOD,   b. 4 Dec 1828, Spartanburg County, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Sep 1920, Spartanburg County, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)  [Father: natural]
    +4. Martha Durham WOOD,   b. 8 Jul 1829, Spartanburg County, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jul 1894 (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural]
    +5. Daniel Mayfield WOOD,   b. 2 Jan 1832, Spartanburg County, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 May 1865, Point Lookout Union POW Camp, St. Marys County, MD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years)  [Father: natural]
    +6. Elmina Jane WOOD,   b. 2 Feb 1834, Spartanburg County, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Dec 1915 (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]
    +7. Marhinda Gaines WOOD,   b. 4 Feb 1836, Spartanburg County, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jul 1913, Spartanburg County, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]
    +8. Mary Ann WOOD,   b. 30 May 1838, Spartanburg County, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Apr 1903, Spartanburg County, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural]
    +9. Eliza Margaret WOOD,   b. 23 Jul 1841, Spartanburg County, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Mar 1919, Spartanburg County, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]
    +10. Isham Jefferson WOOD,   b. 8 Oct 1845, Spartanburg County, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jun 1922 (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F516  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 May 2024 

  • Histories
    Isham Wood - Will
    Isham Wood - Will
    State of South Carolina, Spartanburg County

    For reasons satisfactory to myself, and calling to mind the uncertainty of life, and being desirous of disposing of such worldly estate as it has pleased GOD to bless me with. Do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in the following manner.


  • Notes 
    • Died at age 72 years, 3 months, 28 days.
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      In the 1850 census, Isham lives in Georgia with his brother.

      In the 1870 census, the Woods live in Beach Spring Township, Spartanburg
      County, South Carolina. Isham, 71, is a farmer. His real estate is worth
      $412 and his personal estate is worth $300. His wife, Therisa, 68, keeps
      house. With them is their daughter, Elizabeth, 44, and a servant, whose last
      name is Adams but whose first name is illegible live with them.
      Source: Research of Sandra McCraw Battin, Granddaugher of Bernie Marvin "Bud" McCraw.
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  • Sources 
    1. [S7] Robert Darious Wood, Sr and J Glenn Wood, "Our Time In History: This Wood and Lester Family", File 125A.txt.

    2. [S255] Research of Sandra McCraw Battin, Granddaugher of Bernie Marvin"Bud"McCraw.



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