1882 Per death record / age 63 yrs 4 months / born in Smithfield, RI / died of spasms or fits and occupation was manufacturer
1882 Per death record / age 63 yrs 4 months / born in Smithfield, RI / died of spasms or fits and occupation was manufacturer
1862 Served in Civil War enlisted August 14, 1862 was mustered in December 13, 1862 / served with 7th Regiment Company K RI Volunteers / wounded at the battle of Fredericksburg, VA and sent to hospital - transferred in invalid corps by order dated September 1, 1863 and was mustered out September 6, 1865 from 19th Company Battalion V.R.C.
George was found as a 21 year old child in the 1870 cenus Bedford Township Meigs County Ohio.
Daniel Wood was born 18 October 1800 at Duchess County, New York the second child of fourteen children. His father was Henry Wood, who married Elizabeth DeMelt (or DeMill, DeMell, DeMille). The family were staunch loyalist. When Daniel was three years old the family moved Earnestown, Canada, where they stayed four or five years. Then the family moved to Loughborough, Upper Canada, just north of the Great Lakes. Today it is known as Sidneyham, Frontenac, Ontario. The Woods took up a land grant in Earnestown and took up land again in this new place and built themselves a home. Daniel worked with his father and brothers on the farm during his early life.
It was while in this place that Daniel met, wooed and married a mild, kind, modest, sincere, and persevering young woman by the name of Mary Snider. The wedding took place in March 1824. The couple bought a farm and started life together. Daniel was a man of very strong character and steadfastly true to his convictions; once his mind was made up to the truth, nothing could sway him from the course. The family were very faithful Methodists.
Some eight years or more after the couple were married, two Mormon missionaries came to their town to preach the gospel. These men preached faith, repentance and baptism by immersion--doctrines which found their way to Daniel's heart. He could not forget their message, as his religion did not teach baptism by immersion, and so when a different preacher, a reformed minister, Robert Perry came into town teaching baptism, Daniel and his wife were baptized. Sometime later, Brigham Young and Joseph Young, his brother, came to their town to preach. Afterwards, the couple knew of the truthfulness of the gospel and were baptized by Brigham Young himself on February 17, 1833.
The following year, 1834, Daniel and his wife and their four children sold their belongings in Canada and left to join the saints in Kirtland, Ohio. They traveled by wagon to Kingstone, Canada, then across Lake Erie on the boat Great Britain to the United States. A forty acre farm was purchased at Kirtland and the family lived there for many years, enduring the persecutions and the mobbing of the saints. Daniel helped guard the temple and also the home of the prophet. The family was finally driven from their home and started the trek to Davies County, Missouri. A good share of their possessions were left behind or sold at a discount.
A new home was started in Davies County when the family arrived. The walls were of logs and the roof of peeled bark. It was here that Daniel took very sick, although he would still get up for family prayers. He prayed that he would be made whole, and in less than four hours, he was well enough to do a days work.
The persecutions and mobbing were becoming worse and finally the family moved on to Far West, as the mobs had burned all the prairie land around and their lives were in danger.
Upon arriving at Far West, the Wood family lived in a log cabin with three other families. During one great snow storm, the snow came in to a depth of four inches and covered the children as they were sleeping on the floor. The mobs continued to molest the saints and sometimes the shouting and shooting of the mobs were so close that the Wood children could hear it all. Times were so bad that guards had to be used night and day. A man by the name of William Gray a Mormon, was beaten on the head with the butt end of a gun and died soon afterwards.
The city was placed under guard by the mob. Daniel soon discovered that if he dressed like a Missourian that his family would not be harmed. He put a red patch on his shoulder, the same as they had, and then he could go in and out of the city as he pleased. He was even able to receive supplies from them when wagon loads came in. They thought he was one of the mob. The family has never lacked for food and always had some to share with others.
In 1839 the family started for Illinois where they rented a farm belonging to a Mr. Larkons. They had scarcely any food and only 50 cents in money. The people there were very prejudiced against the Mormons and would not trust them. Daniel Wood felt that he must break this attitude and prove to them that the Mormons were honest and upright. He went to a merchant in the town and persuaded him to lend him $5.00 promising to pay him back in a certain number of days. He took the money and went to another merchant and had it changed into small change. Bright and early on the appointed day, he took the small change to the merchant who had loaned him the money. The man was well pleased with him and Daniel Wood's credit was established for good. The next move was to Bike County where Daniel Wood was President of the branch of the church there.
In September 1845 a great many saints were stricken with fever, or ague, the Wood family included. Henry , the oldest son of Daniel Wood, died with the disease. This was a terrible trial for the family, as Henry had been his father's right hand man.
Some time after this, the family was driven to Nauvoo for a short time while they prepared to make the great move west. In April, 1846, the saints were organized into companies and started to move out. The Wood family had provisions enough for one year, as they did not know what the future might be. Daniel had four wagons, four yoke of oxen, and four or five cows in his outfit.
Since Henry's death, Mary (Daniel's wife) had had poor health; so a young convert to the church, Peninah Cotton, 18 years old, was brought in to help. She remained with the family and in January of 1846 became Daniel Wood's second wife. Peninah's grandmother on her mother's side was full blooded Indian. As far as we know, she was the first one with Indian blood to join the church. This girl helped greatly on the journey because of her knowledge of plants, herbs and berries and also her ability at making moccasins and gloves from skins.
Daniel Wood and family moved out with the first companies of the saints. When they arrived at Far West, Brigham Young asked Daniel Wood to remain there until the following spring before going to the valley as he was needed at Far West to help the saints who would arrive there. Daniel was disappointed at not being able to go on with the first company, but was faithful to the prophet and did as he was asked.
As soon as the grass was high enough for feed, in the spring of 1849, the journey started. Daniel had three wagons, four yoke of oxen, one span of horses, three cows and a carriage which Mary drove and in which the children rode. One wagon carried three pigs, twenty-four chickens, three geese and a cat. The journey was full of trials and hardships, but after three months of travel, they arrived in the Salt Lake Valley July 23, 1848. Daniel was a captain of one company. They were joined later by Brigham Young in Gersah Pulciphur County. In October of 1849, Daniel move his family to North Canyon, Sessions Settlement (later known as Bountiful). They were one of the first six families that settled there. They built a house, or cabin, near the site where the Kimball Mill was later-built. They moved into the cabin in November. Later Daniel traveled over all the valley and decided on a track of land north and west of his present cabin. A new home was built on 120 acres of ground and the family was established.
Daniel Wood began a private school with his own children and six others. Emma Mariah, his third wife, taught for awhile until Charles Pearson, a young convert to the church, took over. Charles was adopted as a son later by Daniel.
In 1863, under instructions of Brigham Young, Daniel built a family meeting house. It was 30' x 50' and had a bell brought across the plains. The first meeting was held November 18, at 7:00 p.m. with Daniel Wood presiding and his family and many neighbors present. Two of his wives and his daughters formed the choir. Opening song: Come, Come, Ye Saints; opening prayer: Peter Wood; song: Ye Elders of Israel. Daniel Wood and Brother Sessions then spoke and Joseph Holbrook played the violin accompanied by Daniel Wood Jr. on the cello. Daniel's three wives, Mary, Emma and Peninah bore their testimonies. Song by the choir. All were invited to bear their testimonies if they cared to. Daniel Wood then invited any one of his neighbors to be present every Wednesday evening. Daniel C. Wood closed the meeting with prayer.
Many parties and entertainments were held in the Wood meeting house, besides the weekly meetings. At first candles were used for light, but later it was lighted by kerosene lamps. Some members of the Wood family were musically inclined and an orchestra was formed to play for parties and church. Later they played for family and friends- throughout the valley and gained quite a reputation.
Daniel planted a variety of fruit trees, covering five acres, the largest in the valley. In the north east corner of his farm he kept one quarter acre to be used as a burial plot. Nathan Wood was the first to be buried there (the son of Daniel and Emma Moriah). Daniel Wood, his wives, many of his children and grandchildren are buried in this cemetery. Three orphaned Indians are also buried there, which Daniel his wife Peninah adopted.
The family was active in helping to construct the Bountiful Tabernacle; especially John, Daniel,' Heber and Peter Wood. Daniel, the father, helped to bring down the timber from the mountains.
In 1869 Daniel Wood and his son Peter went on a six month mission to Canada. They traveled by train, as the railroad was then completed from coast to coast through Ogden. In May 1869, Brigham Young broke ground for a railroad connecting Ogden and Salt Lake. The government refused to help, so the people donated funds and labor to build the line. All native material was used, and it was called the Utah Central Railroad with Brigham Young as the President. It later was called the Oregon Short Line and was completed in January, 1870.
While Daniel Wood was on his mission, this railroad was put right through the center of his property without getting his consent. When he returned home on March, 1870, much to his surprise the conductor called out "Woods Cross" and Daniel Wood got up and said, "Yes, he's damn cross." So Daniel alighted from the train in the middle of his own field at the station.
Later that month a petition was presented to Brigham Young for the removal of the station and switch out to the road to its present location. This was later accomplished, but the name Woods Cross was placed on record in honor of Daniel Wood and still remains.
Daniel Wood was very good to new immigrant families. Several times he took them in from the sidewalks and brought them home where they were cared for until they could establish themselves. He was also a great lover of horses and always drove a very fine team and carriage.
Daniel was very proud of his family and always bore a strong testimony of the truthfulness of the gospel. He had seven wives and thirty children, and five adopted children. His wives were: Mary Snider, Peninah Cotton, Emma Mariah Ellis, Laura Ann Gibbs, Margaret Morris, Sarah Grace and Eliza Hunsey (or Hundy).
Daniel Wood died on April 15, l892, at the age of 92 years. His life had been full and rich in the service to his church, his fellow men and his God. He held many positions of trust in the church. He was ordained one of the seven presidents of seventies of the 24 quorum of 70 by Joseph Young. Later he was made a high priest.
There are many in this church today who are grateful for the heritage this man has left us. Through his lineage has come an apostle of the Lord in this generation, as well as countless numbers who are striving to become worthy of the noble heritage he left us.
Daniel Wood was born 18 October 1800 at Duchess County, New York the second child of fourteen children. His father was Henry Wood, who married Elizabeth DeMelt (or DeMill, DeMell, DeMille). The family were staunch loyalist. When Daniel was three years old the family moved Earnestown, Canada, where they stayed four or five years. Then the family moved to Loughborough, Upper Canada, just north of the Great Lakes. Today it is known as Sidneyham, Frontenac, Ontario. The Woods took up a land grant in Earnestown and took up land again in this new place and built themselves a home. Daniel worked with his father and brothers on the farm during his early life.
It was while in this place that Daniel met, wooed and married a mild, kind, modest, sincere, and persevering young woman by the name of Mary Snider. The wedding took place in March 1824. The couple bought a farm and started life together. Daniel was a man of very strong character and steadfastly true to his convictions; once his mind was made up to the truth, nothing could sway him from the course. The family were very faithful Methodists.
Some eight years or more after the couple were married, two Mormon missionaries came to their town to preach the gospel. These men preached faith, repentance and baptism by immersion--doctrines which found their way to Daniel's heart. He could not forget their message, as his religion did not teach baptism by immersion, and so when a different preacher, a reformed minister, Robert Perry came into town teaching baptism, Daniel and his wife were baptized. Sometime later, Brigham Young and Joseph Young, his brother, came to their town to preach. Afterwards, the couple knew of the truthfulness of the gospel and were baptized by Brigham Young himself on February 17, 1833.
The following year, 1834, Daniel and his wife and their four children sold their belongings in Canada and left to join the saints in Kirtland, Ohio. They traveled by wagon to Kingstone, Canada, then across Lake Erie on the boat Great Britain to the United States. A forty acre farm was purchased at Kirtland and the family lived there for many years, enduring the persecutions and the mobbing of the saints. Daniel helped guard the temple and also the home of the prophet. The family was finally driven from their home and started the trek to Davies County, Missouri. A good share of their possessions were left behind or sold at a discount.
A new home was started in Davies County when the family arrived. The walls were of logs and the roof of peeled bark. It was here that Daniel took very sick, although he would still get up for family prayers. He prayed that he would be made whole, and in less than four hours, he was well enough to do a days work.
The persecutions and mobbing were becoming worse and finally the family moved on to Far West, as the mobs had burned all the prairie land around and their lives were in danger.
Upon arriving at Far West, the Wood family lived in a log cabin with three other families. During one great snow storm, the snow came in to a depth of four inches and covered the children as they were sleeping on the floor. The mobs continued to molest the saints and sometimes the shouting and shooting of the mobs were so close that the Wood children could hear it all. Times were so bad that guards had to be used night and day. A man by the name of William Gray a Mormon, was beaten on the head with the butt end of a gun and died soon afterwards.
The city was placed under guard by the mob. Daniel soon discovered that if he dressed like a Missourian that his family would not be harmed. He put a red patch on his shoulder, the same as they had, and then he could go in and out of the city as he pleased. He was even able to receive supplies from them when wagon loads came in. They thought he was one of the mob. The family has never lacked for food and always had some to share with others.
In 1839 the family started for Illinois where they rented a farm belonging to a Mr. Larkons. They had scarcely any food and only 50 cents in money. The people there were very prejudiced against the Mormons and would not trust them. Daniel Wood felt that he must break this attitude and prove to them that the Mormons were honest and upright. He went to a merchant in the town and persuaded him to lend him $5.00 promising to pay him back in a certain number of days. He took the money and went to another merchant and had it changed into small change. Bright and early on the appointed day, he took the small change to the merchant who had loaned him the money. The man was well pleased with him and Daniel Wood's credit was established for good. The next move was to Bike County where Daniel Wood was President of the branch of the church there.
In September 1845 a great many saints were stricken with fever, or ague, the Wood family included. Henry , the oldest son of Daniel Wood, died with the disease. This was a terrible trial for the family, as Henry had been his father's right hand man.
Some time after this, the family was driven to Nauvoo for a short time while they prepared to make the great move west. In April, 1846, the saints were organized into companies and started to move out. The Wood family had provisions enough for one year, as they did not know what the future might be. Daniel had four wagons, four yoke of oxen, and four or five cows in his outfit.
Since Henry's death, Mary (Daniel's wife) had had poor health; so a young convert to the church, Peninah Cotton, 18 years old, was brought in to help. She remained with the family and in January of 1846 became Daniel Wood's second wife. Peninah's grandmother on her mother's side was full blooded Indian. As far as we know, she was the first one with Indian blood to join the church. This girl helped greatly on the journey because of her knowledge of plants, herbs and berries and also her ability at making moccasins and gloves from skins.
Daniel Wood and family moved out with the first companies of the saints. When they arrived at Far West, Brigham Young asked Daniel Wood to remain there until the following spring before going to the valley as he was needed at Far West to help the saints who would arrive there. Daniel was disappointed at not being able to go on with the first company, but was faithful to the prophet and did as he was asked.
As soon as the grass was high enough for feed, in the spring of 1849, the journey started. Daniel had three wagons, four yoke of oxen, one span of horses, three cows and a carriage which Mary drove and in which the children rode. One wagon carried three pigs, twenty-four chickens, three geese and a cat. The journey was full of trials and hardships, but after three months of travel, they arrived in the Salt Lake Valley July 23, 1848. Daniel was a captain of one company. They were joined later by Brigham Young in Gersah Pulciphur County. In October of 1849, Daniel move his family to North Canyon, Sessions Settlement (later known as Bountiful). They were one of the first six families that settled there. They built a house, or cabin, near the site where the Kimball Mill was later-built. They moved into the cabin in November. Later Daniel traveled over all the valley and decided on a track of land north and west of his present cabin. A new home was built on 120 acres of ground and the family was established.
Daniel Wood began a private school with his own children and six others. Emma Mariah, his third wife, taught for awhile until Charles Pearson, a young convert to the church, took over. Charles was adopted as a son later by Daniel.
In 1863, under instructions of Brigham Young, Daniel built a family meeting house. It was 30' x 50' and had a bell brought across the plains. The first meeting was held November 18, at 7:00 p.m. with Daniel Wood presiding and his family and many neighbors present. Two of his wives and his daughters formed the choir. Opening song: Come, Come, Ye Saints; opening prayer: Peter Wood; song: Ye Elders of Israel. Daniel Wood and Brother Sessions then spoke and Joseph Holbrook played the violin accompanied by Daniel Wood Jr. on the cello. Daniel's three wives, Mary, Emma and Peninah bore their testimonies. Song by the choir. All were invited to bear their testimonies if they cared to. Daniel Wood then invited any one of his neighbors to be present every Wednesday evening. Daniel C. Wood closed the meeting with prayer.
Many parties and entertainments were held in the Wood meeting house, besides the weekly meetings. At first candles were used for light, but later it was lighted by kerosene lamps. Some members of the Wood family were musically inclined and an orchestra was formed to play for parties and church. Later they played for family and friends- throughout the valley and gained quite a reputation.
Daniel planted a variety of fruit trees, covering five acres, the largest in the valley. In the north east corner of his farm he kept one quarter acre to be used as a burial plot. Nathan Wood was the first to be buried there (the son of Daniel and Emma Moriah). Daniel Wood, his wives, many of his children and grandchildren are buried in this cemetery. Three orphaned Indians are also buried there, which Daniel his wife Peninah adopted.
The family was active in helping to construct the Bountiful Tabernacle; especially John, Daniel,' Heber and Peter Wood. Daniel, the father, helped to bring down the timber from the mountains.
In 1869 Daniel Wood and his son Peter went on a six month mission to Canada. They traveled by train, as the railroad was then completed from coast to coast through Ogden. In May 1869, Brigham Young broke ground for a railroad connecting Ogden and Salt Lake. The government refused to help, so the people donated funds and labor to build the line. All native material was used, and it was called the Utah Central Railroad with Brigham Young as the President. It later was called the Oregon Short Line and was completed in January, 1870.
While Daniel Wood was on his mission, this railroad was put right through the center of his property without getting his consent. When he returned home on March, 1870, much to his surprise the conductor called out "Woods Cross" and Daniel Wood got up and said, "Yes, he's damn cross." So Daniel alighted from the train in the middle of his own field at the station.
Later that month a petition was presented to Brigham Young for the removal of the station and switch out to the road to its present location. This was later accomplished, but the name Woods Cross was placed on record in honor of Daniel Wood and still remains.
Daniel Wood was very good to new immigrant families. Several times he took them in from the sidewalks and brought them home where they were cared for until they could establish themselves. He was also a great lover of horses and always drove a very fine team and carriage.
Daniel was very proud of his family and always bore a strong testimony of the truthfulness of the gospel. He had seven wives and thirty children, and five adopted children. His wives were: Mary Snider, Peninah Cotton, Emma Mariah Ellis, Laura Ann Gibbs, Margaret Morris, Sarah Grace and Eliza Hunsey (or Hundy).
Daniel Wood died on April 15, l892, at the age of 92 years. His life had been full and rich in the service to his church, his fellow men and his God. He held many positions of trust in the church. He was ordained one of the seven presidents of seventies of the 24 quorum of 70 by Joseph Young. Later he was made a high priest.
There are many in this church today who are grateful for the heritage this man has left us. Through his lineage has come an apostle of the Lord in this generation, as well as countless numbers who are striving to become worthy of the noble heritage he left us.
Daniel Wood was born 18 October 1800 at Duchess County, New York the second child of fourteen children. His father was Henry Wood, who married Elizabeth DeMelt (or DeMill, DeMell, DeMille). The family were staunch loyalist. When Daniel was three years old the family moved Earnestown, Canada, where they stayed four or five years. Then the family moved to Loughborough, Upper Canada, just north of the Great Lakes. Today it is known as Sidneyham, Frontenac, Ontario. The Woods took up a land grant in Earnestown and took up land again in this new place and built themselves a home. Daniel worked with his father and brothers on the farm during his early life.
It was while in this place that Daniel met, wooed and married a mild, kind, modest, sincere, and persevering young woman by the name of Mary Snider. The wedding took place in March 1824. The couple bought a farm and started life together. Daniel was a man of very strong character and steadfastly true to his convictions; once his mind was made up to the truth, nothing could sway him from the course. The family were very faithful Methodists.
Some eight years or more after the couple were married, two Mormon missionaries came to their town to preach the gospel. These men preached faith, repentance and baptism by immersion--doctrines which found their way to Daniel's heart. He could not forget their message, as his religion did not teach baptism by immersion, and so when a different preacher, a reformed minister, Robert Perry came into town teaching baptism, Daniel and his wife were baptized. Sometime later, Brigham Young and Joseph Young, his brother, came to their town to preach. Afterwards, the couple knew of the truthfulness of the gospel and were baptized by Brigham Young himself on February 17, 1833.
The following year, 1834, Daniel and his wife and their four children sold their belongings in Canada and left to join the saints in Kirtland, Ohio. They traveled by wagon to Kingstone, Canada, then across Lake Erie on the boat Great Britain to the United States. A forty acre farm was purchased at Kirtland and the family lived there for many years, enduring the persecutions and the mobbing of the saints. Daniel helped guard the temple and also the home of the prophet. The family was finally driven from their home and started the trek to Davies County, Missouri. A good share of their possessions were left behind or sold at a discount.
A new home was started in Davies County when the family arrived. The walls were of logs and the roof of peeled bark. It was here that Daniel took very sick, although he would still get up for family prayers. He prayed that he would be made whole, and in less than four hours, he was well enough to do a days work.
The persecutions and mobbing were becoming worse and finally the family moved on to Far West, as the mobs had burned all the prairie land around and their lives were in danger.
Upon arriving at Far West, the Wood family lived in a log cabin with three other families. During one great snow storm, the snow came in to a depth of four inches and covered the children as they were sleeping on the floor. The mobs continued to molest the saints and sometimes the shouting and shooting of the mobs were so close that the Wood children could hear it all. Times were so bad that guards had to be used night and day. A man by the name of William Gray a Mormon, was beaten on the head with the butt end of a gun and died soon afterwards.
The city was placed under guard by the mob. Daniel soon discovered that if he dressed like a Missourian that his family would not be harmed. He put a red patch on his shoulder, the same as they had, and then he could go in and out of the city as he pleased. He was even able to receive supplies from them when wagon loads came in. They thought he was one of the mob. The family has never lacked for food and always had some to share with others.
In 1839 the family started for Illinois where they rented a farm belonging to a Mr. Larkons. They had scarcely any food and only 50 cents in money. The people there were very prejudiced against the Mormons and would not trust them. Daniel Wood felt that he must break this attitude and prove to them that the Mormons were honest and upright. He went to a merchant in the town and persuaded him to lend him $5.00 promising to pay him back in a certain number of days. He took the money and went to another merchant and had it changed into small change. Bright and early on the appointed day, he took the small change to the merchant who had loaned him the money. The man was well pleased with him and Daniel Wood's credit was established for good. The next move was to Bike County where Daniel Wood was President of the branch of the church there.
In September 1845 a great many saints were stricken with fever, or ague, the Wood family included. Henry , the oldest son of Daniel Wood, died with the disease. This was a terrible trial for the family, as Henry had been his father's right hand man.
Some time after this, the family was driven to Nauvoo for a short time while they prepared to make the great move west. In April, 1846, the saints were organized into companies and started to move out. The Wood family had provisions enough for one year, as they did not know what the future might be. Daniel had four wagons, four yoke of oxen, and four or five cows in his outfit.
Since Henry's death, Mary (Daniel's wife) had had poor health; so a young convert to the church, Peninah Cotton, 18 years old, was brought in to help. She remained with the family and in January of 1846 became Daniel Wood's second wife. Peninah's grandmother on her mother's side was full blooded Indian. As far as we know, she was the first one with Indian blood to join the church. This girl helped greatly on the journey because of her knowledge of plants, herbs and berries and also her ability at making moccasins and gloves from skins.
Daniel Wood and family moved out with the first companies of the saints. When they arrived at Far West, Brigham Young asked Daniel Wood to remain there until the following spring before going to the valley as he was needed at Far West to help the saints who would arrive there. Daniel was disappointed at not being able to go on with the first company, but was faithful to the prophet and did as he was asked.
As soon as the grass was high enough for feed, in the spring of 1849, the journey started. Daniel had three wagons, four yoke of oxen, one span of horses, three cows and a carriage which Mary drove and in which the children rode. One wagon carried three pigs, twenty-four chickens, three geese and a cat. The journey was full of trials and hardships, but after three months of travel, they arrived in the Salt Lake Valley July 23, 1848. Daniel was a captain of one company. They were joined later by Brigham Young in Gersah Pulciphur County. In October of 1849, Daniel move his family to North Canyon, Sessions Settlement (later known as Bountiful). They were one of the first six families that settled there. They built a house, or cabin, near the site where the Kimball Mill was later-built. They moved into the cabin in November. Later Daniel traveled over all the valley and decided on a track of land north and west of his present cabin. A new home was built on 120 acres of ground and the family was established.
Daniel Wood began a private school with his own children and six others. Emma Mariah, his third wife, taught for awhile until Charles Pearson, a young convert to the church, took over. Charles was adopted as a son later by Daniel.
In 1863, under instructions of Brigham Young, Daniel built a family meeting house. It was 30' x 50' and had a bell brought across the plains. The first meeting was held November 18, at 7:00 p.m. with Daniel Wood presiding and his family and many neighbors present. Two of his wives and his daughters formed the choir. Opening song: Come, Come, Ye Saints; opening prayer: Peter Wood; song: Ye Elders of Israel. Daniel Wood and Brother Sessions then spoke and Joseph Holbrook played the violin accompanied by Daniel Wood Jr. on the cello. Daniel's three wives, Mary, Emma and Peninah bore their testimonies. Song by the choir. All were invited to bear their testimonies if they cared to. Daniel Wood then invited any one of his neighbors to be present every Wednesday evening. Daniel C. Wood closed the meeting with prayer.
Many parties and entertainments were held in the Wood meeting house, besides the weekly meetings. At first candles were used for light, but later it was lighted by kerosene lamps. Some members of the Wood family were musically inclined and an orchestra was formed to play for parties and church. Later they played for family and friends- throughout the valley and gained quite a reputation.
Daniel planted a variety of fruit trees, covering five acres, the largest in the valley. In the north east corner of his farm he kept one quarter acre to be used as a burial plot. Nathan Wood was the first to be buried there (the son of Daniel and Emma Moriah). Daniel Wood, his wives, many of his children and grandchildren are buried in this cemetery. Three orphaned Indians are also buried there, which Daniel his wife Peninah adopted.
The family was active in helping to construct the Bountiful Tabernacle; especially John, Daniel,' Heber and Peter Wood. Daniel, the father, helped to bring down the timber from the mountains.
In 1869 Daniel Wood and his son Peter went on a six month mission to Canada. They traveled by train, as the railroad was then completed from coast to coast through Ogden. In May 1869, Brigham Young broke ground for a railroad connecting Ogden and Salt Lake. The government refused to help, so the people donated funds and labor to build the line. All native material was used, and it was called the Utah Central Railroad with Brigham Young as the President. It later was called the Oregon Short Line and was completed in January, 1870.
While Daniel Wood was on his mission, this railroad was put right through the center of his property without getting his consent. When he returned home on March, 1870, much to his surprise the conductor called out "Woods Cross" and Daniel Wood got up and said, "Yes, he's damn cross." So Daniel alighted from the train in the middle of his own field at the station.
Later that month a petition was presented to Brigham Young for the removal of the station and switch out to the road to its present location. This was later accomplished, but the name Woods Cross was placed on record in honor of Daniel Wood and still remains.
Daniel Wood was very good to new immigrant families. Several times he took them in from the sidewalks and brought them home where they were cared for until they could establish themselves. He was also a great lover of horses and always drove a very fine team and carriage.
Daniel was very proud of his family and always bore a strong testimony of the truthfulness of the gospel. He had seven wives and thirty children, and five adopted children. His wives were: Mary Snider, Peninah Cotton, Emma Mariah Ellis, Laura Ann Gibbs, Margaret Morris, Sarah Grace and Eliza Hunsey (or Hundy).
Daniel Wood died on April 15, l892, at the age of 92 years. His life had been full and rich in the service to his church, his fellow men and his God. He held many positions of trust in the church. He was ordained one of the seven presidents of seventies of the 24 quorum of 70 by Joseph Young. Later he was made a high priest.
There are many in this church today who are grateful for the heritage this man has left us. Through his lineage has come an apostle of the Lord in this generation, as well as countless numbers who are striving to become worthy of the noble heritage he left us.