Wood, John

WOOD

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Date: 7/9/2021 at 23:21:35

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.724

WOOD, JOHN, farmer and stock-dealer, Allen Township, Sec. 18, P. O. Summerset; was born in Berwickshire, Scotland, August 19, 1824, and lived there till 1850, when he emigrated to America, and settled in Columbiana county, Ohio, for two and a-half years, then came to this county, in the fall of 1852, and located where he now lives; owns a farm of 120 acres; he married Miss Mary Runciman, April 1, 1850, a native of that place; has held various township offices, and in 1872, he returned to his old home, and was absent for three months.