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128. Milton Pierce WOOD was born on 6 September 1846 in Millbury, Worcester County, MA.11,26,67,68 He moved to Wisconsin in 1855 in an ox cart with his parents and three brothers. He attended a school that his father had built in the wilderness. He appeared in the census in 1860 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.26 About 1870 he was a grocery store owner and wagon and carriage maker in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.11,14 Milton appeared in the census in 1870 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.28 He was living with his parents and his occupation was listed as "Grocer." He appeared in the census in 1880 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.29 His occupation was listed as "Wheelwright." He died on 25 April 1929 at the age of 82 in West Salem, La Crosse County, WI.11,68,69
Milton Pierce WOOD and Alice Jane JENNINGS were married on 22 April 1871 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.11,14,59,67,68,70 
Alice Jane JENNINGS, daughter of George Henry JENNINGS and Harriet CLUTTON, was born on 2 March 1850 in Cape Vincent Township, Jefferson County, NY.67 She appeared in the census in June 1850 in Cape Vincent Township, Jefferson County, NY.68 She appeared in the census in 1860 in Worth, Jefferson County, NY.71 Alice appeared in the census in 1870 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.28,68 She was a "domestic servant" in the Wood home, just prior to her marriage to Milton Pierce Wood.
In April 1870 she received the following letter from her father's brother, James and his wife Alice: "Uncle John and Jane are well. We had a letter from Mr. & Mrs. Degraff of Amsterdam (NY); they send their respects and they would like to have you write to them. Had a letter from Iowa from Wm. & Jane Jennings; they are well. Mrs. Dennant and family are all well. We have had a letter from England and Mr. Betts and family are all well, and Uncle and Aunt Samuel Wilson were well but getting old." She appeared in the census in 1880 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.29 She died on 30 March 1914 at the age of 64 in Rocky Ford, Otero County, CO.11,68
Milton Pierce WOOD and Alice Jane JENNINGS had the following children:
164 | i. | Sumner Milton WOOD was born on 30 September 1873 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.11,27,69 (The Oak Grove Cemetery records list his year of birth as 1872.) He died on 21 November 1874 at the age of 1 in Worcester, Worcester County, MA.11,69 He was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.27 in the Oak Grove Cemetery. |
+165 | ii. | Evis May WOOD. |
166 | iii. | Myrtle Ruth "Myrtie" WOOD was born on 4 January 1879 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.11,14,29,69 She appeared in the census in 1880 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.29 She died on 17 December 1949 at the age of 70.69 |
+167 | iv. | Letitia Vinetta WOOD. |
168 | v. | Adelaide Mary "Addie" WOOD was born on 27 March 1882 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.11,14,72 She died on 13 December 1902 at the age of 20 in Colorado.72 |