Seventh Generation

16. John Dollison WOOD was born on 3 December 1856 in Wales Center, Erie County, NY.^2,11,21 He appeared in the census in 1860 in Wales Township, Erie County, NY.⁵ He appeared in the census in 1870 in Richford Township, Waushara County, WI.⁶ John appeared in the census in 1880 in Byron Township, Monroe County, WI.² About 1897 he was a farmer in Byron Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸ His farm was located in the southeast quadrant of Section 18. He appeared in the census in 1900 in Byron Township, Monroe County, WI.¹¹ John died on 5 June 1922 at the age of 65 in Byron Township, Monroe County, WI.^3,9,21

Obituary Notes: "John D. Wood was born December 3, 1855, at Wales Center, Erie Co., N. Y. He died on June 5th, 1922 after two years of a lingering illness.

He, with his parents, moved to Waukesha county in 1866. Six years later they moved to Valley Junction, Wis. On October 13, 1878, he married Miss Carrie Edwards. To this union there were born four children, three of whom are living, viz: Mrs. C. O. Root of Wyeville, Horace Wood, and Mrs. E. W. Fox of Drain, Oregon.

He leaves to mourn his loss his wife, three children, eleven grandchildren, three sisters, and two brothers. The brothers and sisters are Mrs. Alvira Root, Mr. A. J. Wood, Mrs. Ruth Toothman of Valley Junction, Elmer Wood of Drain Oregon, Mrs. Josephine Garber of Victor, Montana.

On Wednesday afternoon, funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. G. Smith from his late residence. The burial was in the Wood cemetery."
He was buried in Wyeville, Byron Township, Monroe County, WI.⁹ in the Wood Cemetery.

John Dollison WOOD and Carrie Betsy EDWARDS were married on 13 October 1878 in Monroe County, WI.^2,3,21,23 Carrie Betsy EDWARDS, daughter of (Unknown) EDWARDS and (Unknown) UNKNOWN (EDWARDS), was born in September 1860 in Wisconsin.^2,9,11 (This is a picture of John Dollison Wood, his wife and his horses.) She appeared in the census in 1880 in Byron Township, Monroe County, WI.² She died on 18 April 1925 at the age of 64 in Byron Township, Monroe County, WI.^3,9 Carrie was buried in Wyeville, Byron Township, Monroe County, WI.⁹ in the Wood Cemetery.

John Dollison WOOD and Carrie Betsy EDWARDS had the following children: