Susan Wood
Susan Wood was born on February 12, 1848, in Golconda, Illinois, to Hiram and Martha Wood. Her father was a farmer and carpenter who owned $2,500 of real estate and $550 of personal property by 1860. She grew up and attended school in Golconda. She married John L. Randolph on May 24, 1866, and they had at least six children: Hiram, born around 1868; Mark, born around 1870; Lucy, born around 1872; Robet, born around 1875; Harry, born around 1878; and Jessie, born around 1880.
 
They lived in Golconda, and her husband worked as a farmer. By 1870, they owned $1,500 of real estate. Her husband died in 1917. She applied for a widow’s pension in April 1917 and eventually received one. She died in Golconda on April 10, 1929.
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(3943)Wood, Susan ~ Randolph, Susan1848-02-121929-04-10
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Female
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 1

  • (11052) [writer] ~ Susan Wood to Mary Wood, 24 April 1862

People - Records: 5

  • (3943) Wood, Susan is the [cousin of] (3935) Wood, Solomon Francis
  • (3943) Wood, Susan is the [cousin of] (3936) Wood, James
  • (3943) Wood, Susan is the [cousin of] (3939) Wood, Mary
  • (3938) Wood, Joshua is the [aunt/uncle of] (3943) Wood, Susan
  • (5584) Wood, Fannie G. is the [sibling of] (3943) Wood, Susan

Places - Records: 1

  • (2558) [birth, death] ~ Golconda, Pope County, Illinois

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SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Illinois Marriage Index, 1860-1920, available from Ancestry.com; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com; Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947, available from Ancestry.com