Mary Wood
Mary Wood was born on October 3, 1835, in Madison County, Illinois, to Joshua and Sarah Wood. Her father was a farmer who owned $4,900 of real estate and $1,500 of personal property by 1860. She grew up and attended school in Madison County.
 
She married William Wilson, and they had at least four children: Laura, born around 1870; Frank, born around 1873; William, born around 1873; and Victor, born around 1876. They lived in Fosterburg, Illinois, and her husband worked as a farmer. They moved to Sherman, Kansas, in the late 1800s. Her husband died in January 1911. She applied for a widow’s pension later that month, and she eventually secured one. By 1920, she was living in her son Frank’s household in Sherman. She died on August 8, 1932.
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(3939)Wood, Mary ~ Wilson, Mary1835-10-031932-08-08
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Female
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 29

  • (11019) [recipient] ~ Solomon F. Wood to Mary Wood, 25 March 1863
  • (11021) [recipient] ~ Solomon F. Wood to Mary Wood, 11 October 1863
  • (11022) [recipient] ~ Solomon F. Wood to Mary Wood, 20 October 1863
  • (11023) [recipient] ~ Solomon F. Wood to James Wood and Mary Wood, 3 November 1863
  • (11025) [recipient] ~ Solomon F. Wood to Mary Wood, 14 November 1863
  • (11026) [recipient] ~ Solomon F. Wood to Mary Wood, 30 December 1863
  • (11027) [recipient] ~ Solomon F. Wood to Mary Wood, 18 January 1864
  • (11028) [recipient] ~ Solomon F. Wood to Mary Wood, 22 January 1864
  • (11029) [recipient] ~ Solomon F. Wood to Mary Wood, 21 February 1864
  • (11030) [recipient] ~ Solomon F. Wood to Mary Wood, 11 April 1864
  • (11033) [recipient] ~ Solomon F. Wood to Mary Wood, 29 April 1864
  • (11035) [recipient] ~ Solomon F. Wood to Mary Wood, 8 June 1864
  • (11039) [recipient] ~ Solomon F. Wood to Mary Wood, 18 June 1864
  • (11043) [recipient] ~ Solomon F. Wood to Mary Wood, 7 July 1864
  • (11044) [recipient] ~ Solomon F. Wood to Mary Wood, 15 July 1864
  • (11045) [recipient] ~ Solomon F. Wood to Mary Wood, 27 October 1864
  • (11047) [recipient] ~ Solomon F. Wood to Mary Wood, 1 April 1865
  • (11048) [recipient] ~ Solomon F. Wood to Mary Wood, 5 April 1865
  • (11049) [writer] ~ Solomon F. Wood to Mary Wood, undated
  • (11050) [recipient] ~ Solomon F. Wood to Mary Wood, undated
  • (11052) [recipient] ~ Susan Wood to Mary Wood, 24 April 1862
  • (11053) [recipient] ~ M. E. Luken to Mary Wood, 26 March 1863
  • (11055) [writer] ~ Mary Wood to (?) Dickey, 12 July 1864
  • (11057) [recipient] ~ Sara E. Cox to Mary Wood, 1 September 18XX
  • (11980) [recipient] ~ William H. Clayton to Mary Wood, 22 March 1863
  • (11981) [recipient] ~ William H. Clayton to Mary Wood, 1 July 1864
  • (11982) [recipient] ~ William H. Clayton to Mary Wood, 17 September 1864
  • (11983) [recipient] ~ William H. Clayton to Mary Wood, 19 January 1865
  • (11984) [recipient] ~ William H. Clayton to Mary Wood, 13 February 1865

People - Records: 10

  • (3939) Wood, Mary is the [sibling of] (3935) Wood, Solomon Francis
  • (3939) Wood, Mary is the [child of] (3938) Wood, Joshua
  • (3939) Wood, Mary is the [friend of] (4364) Clayton, William H.
  • (3936) Wood, James is the [sibling of] (3939) Wood, Mary
  • (3937) Wood, Cornelia is the [sibling of] (3939) Wood, Mary
  • (3943) Wood, Susan is the [cousin of] (3939) Wood, Mary
  • (3944) Luken, M. E. is the [friend of] (3939) Wood, Mary
  • (3945) Dickey, (?) is the [friend of] (3939) Wood, Mary
  • (3946) Cox, Sara E. is the [friend of] (3939) Wood, Mary
  • (5584) Wood, Fannie G. is the [cousin of] (3939) Wood, Mary

Places - Records: 2

  • (669) [birth] ~ Madison County, Illinois
  • (2589) [death] ~ Dickinson County, Kansas

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SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com