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About John Freeland Wood
JOHN FREELAND WOOD a merchant of Newark, Ind., is a native of Sullivan County, and was born January 8, 1845. Lacy and Jane (Reneau) Wood are his parents, who bore a family of fourteen children. Mr. Wood received a good education, graduating from the Southwestern Normal School at Lebanon,Ohio, August 15, 1867, when he received the degree of Bachelor of Science. After this he engaged in teaching school thirty-seven months, part of the time in the town of Sullivan, Ind. On February 18, 1865, he enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Forty-ninth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, but the war ending soon after, he was honorably discharged September 27, 1865. In the spring of 1872, he began the merchandise business at Pleasantville, in the firm of Parks, Wood & Co., but in the fall of 1873 the firm became L. R. & J. F. Wood. In this manner, it remained until the spring of 1875, when he went into the same business at Linton, which he followed for about two years before he went into partnership with J. P. McIntosh. In the fall of 1878, in partnership with his brother, he began business at Newberry, Ind. This he continued until July 8, 1881, when he became one of the firm of J. P. McIntosh & Sons, at Newark, where he has ever since been. On August 1, 1876, he was married to Mary H. McIntosh, by whom he is the father of two children, Bessie M. and Orion L. In the winter of 1877 and 1878, he attended lectures at the Eclectic Medical College at Cincinnati, Ohio. He was formerly a member of the fraternity of Odd Fellows, although he now holds a withdrawal card. Mrs. Wood was born November 17, 1859, and is a daughter of J. P. McIntosh. Mr. Wood is firm in advocating the principals of the Republican Party.
Beech Creek TWP. Source: History of Greene and Sullivan Counties, state of Indiana: from the earliest time to the present, together with interesting biographical sketches, reminiscences, notes, etc. Chicago: Goodspeed Bros. & Co., 1884 824 pgs. page 400.font
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John Freeland Wood's Timeline
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January 8, 1845
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Sullivan, Indiana, United States
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| 1879 |
1879
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Newark, Greene, Indiana, United States
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March 31, 1881
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Newberry, Greene, Indiana, United States
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January 21, 1883
Age 38
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Newark Cemetery, Greene, Indiana, United States
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