Union County, Ohio Biographies Project - William C. Wood
WILLIAM C. WOOD
William C. Wood was a farmer. He was
born in Union Township December 3, 1825. His parents, Luther and
Rosanna (Cochran) Wood, were natives of Connecticut and
Pennsylvania. Mr. Wood was born March 31, 1799, and Mrs. Wood
April 23, 1802. Nathan and Lucinda Wood, parents of Luther,
resided in New York State and died at Chautauqua. In 1821, Mr.
Wood came to Union County and settled near Milford Center; in 1831, he
removed to Allen Township, where he resided till the early part of
1872, when he moved to Piqua, Miami County, where he died the following
August. Mrs. Wood, the widow, lives mostly with William C. Mr.
Wood was a man of some prominence, having filled the office of Township
Clerk ten years, and as Justice of the Peace the same length of
time. He was a Republican, formerly a Whig. William C., the
subject of this biography, was the second child of a family of three
sons and three daughters. His early life was passed on his
father's farm, and he has made that avocation his life-work.
January 22, 1846, he was married to Maria McWilliams, a daughter of
Alexander and Margaret (Nixon) McWilliams. Mrs. Wood, a native of
Belmont County, Ohio, was born March 19, 1824. This union was
blessed with five children ; four of them are living, viz.: Alice J.,
wife of Stanton Marsh, James D., Luther A., and Anna, wife of Delmer
Coe. An infant daughter is deceased. Mr. Wood started in
life with a capital not exceeding $100 but by his indomitable energy,
so characteristic of the pioneer, combined with good business
management, he acquired for himself a handsome competence. He
located at his present residence in 1864. His farm at one time
contained 500 acres of well improved land, but a division with his
children leaves him now with 2.56 acres. Mr. Wood's occupation
consisted in farming and rearing and dealing in fine stock, in which
pursuits he made a success. He and family are members of the
Milford Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically, he is Republican.<>