George W. Wood
George W. Wood was born around 1844 in Madison, Ohio, to Elisha and Polly Wood. His father was a farmer and tanner who owned $15,000 of real estate and $15,000 of personal property by 1860. Wood grew up and attended school in Madison. He enlisted in the Union army on February 22, 1862, and mustered into the 15th Ohio Light Artillery. The regiment took part in the siege of Corinth, the siege of Vicksburg, the Atlanta campaign, the March to the Sea, and the Carolinas campaign. He mustered out on February 22, 1865, when his three-year term of enlistment expired. Wood returned to Madison after the war, and by 1880, he was working as a farmer. He remained in Lake for the rest of his life, and he died there on July 25, 1919.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (1174) | Wood, George W. | 1844 | 1919-07-25 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Soldier
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- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 6
- (2277) [writer] ~ George W. Wood to Mary C. Wood, 22 March 1863
- (2278) [writer] ~ George W. Wood to Mary C. Wood, 1 October 1863
- (2279) [writer] ~ George W. Wood to Polly Wood, 18 September 1863
- (2280) [writer] ~ George W. Wood to Polly Wood, 26 November 1863
- (2281) [writer] ~ George W. Wood to Mary C. Wood, 12 January 1864
- (2282) [writer] ~ George W. Wood to Polly Wood, 8 February 1864
People - Records: 2
Places - Records: 1
- (139) [birth, death] ~ Madison, Lake County, Ohio
Regiments - Records: 1
- (390) [enlisted] ~ 15th Ohio Light Artillery
SOURCES
1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, and 1910 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; 1890 Veterans Census, available from Ancestry.com.
