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John Birch Wood

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SPOUSE: (2)MARY MCLANE
Marriage: about 1848
Place: <Lancashire, England>
SPOUSE: (1)MARY JOHNSON



Birth Date: 9 August 1805
Birth Place: Stockport, Cheshire, England
Death Date: 10 June 1868
Burial:
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

CHILDREN
Sarah Ann Wood (1)
Maria A. Wood (1)
Thomas Wood (1)
Amelia Wood
Nephi Wood
John Wood

OCCUPATION(S): Chairmaker (in England)

FAMILY
Father: THOMAS WOOD
Mother: ANN BIRCH

SIBLINGS

John Birch Wood




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Salt Lake Cemetery Records have exact birth and death information for John Birch Wood. grave location D-7 on Utah Cemetery Index- Ancestry.com
1860 Utah Census Index has John B.Wood, Mary Wood, Nephi Wood all in SL 15th Ward p.151
1880 Census Mary is a widow in Plain City, Weber County. Nephi is unmarried, age 27. There is also a son John, age 19. (Amelia Wood Holmes had a child in Plain City in 1875)
John emigrated on the Windermere in February of 1854. There was an outbreak of smallpox on board, many saints died. All were quarantined at St. Louis or New Orleans upon arrival.
Mary emigrated on the William Tapscott in April of 1859 with Amelia (age 9) and Nephi (age 6)
Mary is listed in the British Mission Records p. 109
John is listed in the British Mission Records p. 27 John was a member of the Stockport Conference
John is listed in Pioneers and Prominent Men, "Came to Utah in 1856 in the Martin 'frozen' handcart company. Father of mother of Frederick Wheeler, Plain City, Utah"
Need to look: 1860 Census, 1870 Census in Utah, 1851 Census in England, British Mission Records, Look for Marriage License in England for John and Mary in 1849, birth for Amelia in 1850 and Nephi in 1853
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