Our American Family - Person Sheet
Our American Family - Person Sheet
NameJeremiah B. WOOD 194
Birth Date6 Feb 1792
Birth PlaceLaurel Grove, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Death Date17 Nov 1847 Age: 55
Death PlaceBlue Springs, Jackson County, Missouri
Burial PlaceBlue Springs, Jackson County, Missouri, Blue Springs Cemetery
OccupationWar Of 1812 Soldier Under Capt. Bailey & Burleigh,
Spouses
Birth Date20 Dec 1795
Birth PlaceHalifax County, Virginia
Death Date3 Apr 1884 Age: 88
Death PlaceBlue Springs, Jackson County, Missouri
Burial PlaceBlue Springs, Jackson County, Missouri, Blue Springs Cemetery
FatherJohn STANLEY , 170 (1748-1813)
Family ID2640
Marr Date18 Mar 1813194
Marr PlaceHalifax County, Virginia
ChildrenJohn Stanley (1814-1892)
 Eliza A. (1816-1840)
Notes for Jeremiah B. WOOD
Jeremiah Wood, formerly of Halifax Co, VA, lived there on the land and farmed for John Stanley during the years 1813, 1814 and 1815. The farm was situated 1 mile and a quarter east of Halifax Courthouse. After that he was an overseer for a widow Major in the vicinity. About 1822 he and his wife went to Patrick Co, VA. Mrs. Wood’s mainden name was Elizabeth Stanley and they were married Mar 18, 1813. In 1879 she was 84 years old, born in 1795. Jeremiah Wood was a native of Pittsylvania Co, VA, near a place called Laurel Grove. Mrs. Wood was a half-sister of Luke Stanley and Isham Stanley, both of whom were in the War of 1812. In 1831 Jeremiah Wood moved to Jackson Co, MO, where he died in 1847.594

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Said to be the Revolutionary War’s Patrick Henry’s nephew. His mother was Lucy Henry, Patrick was her brother.

On ancestry from tahenry78.

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Notes for Elizabeth (Spouse 1)
Infant when father died.194
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