{"id":3367,"date":"2022-01-10T17:51:51","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T23:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/?p=3367"},"modified":"2022-01-10T17:51:51","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T23:51:51","slug":"wood-reason-l","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/2022\/01\/10\/wood-reason-l\/","title":{"rendered":"Wood, Reason L."},"content":{"rendered":"

Reason L. Wood<\/strong>, one of the oldest native citizens of Lauderdale County, is a
\nson of Sabret and Mary E. (Thompson) Wood, both of whom were natives of North
\nCarolina, where they married, and lived until 1825, when they settled in
\nMiddle Tennessee, and in 1827 moved to Lauderdale County, and lived there
\nuntil they died; neither of them were church members. Mr. Wood is a Democrat.
\nWhen Lauderdale was a part of Tipton County, he held the office of deputy
\nsheriff and magistrate; he was a farmer, and died in 1836, and the mother died
\nin 1839. Our subject is of Irish extraction, and was born August 3, 1828 in
\nLauderdale County, was raised on a farm, and had poor school advantages, his
\nparents having died when he was small. He worked for his brother until
\ntwenty-one years of age, then commenced farming for himself. In 1850 he
\nmarried Sarah J. Currie, born November 25, 1831, and they had nine children —
\nthree sons and two daughters living. In 1879 Mrs. Wood died, and in 1880 he
\nmarried Sarah A. Burks, born April 20, 1829; no children have been born to
\nthis union. Mr. Wood is of Presbyterian faith though not a church member; his
\nfirst wife belonged to this church, and his present wife is a Methodist. He
\nis a Democrat in his political views. Mr. Wood owns a farm of 232 acres, and
\nhas been a resident of Lauderdale County all of his life, and is a good farmer
\nand an upright citizen.<\/p>\n

Goodspeed’s Biographies of Lauderdale Co., TN <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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