James WOOD

(b. abt. 1831 , New Jersey, USA d. abt. 1875 , Springport, New York, USA )

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James WOOD was born abt. 1831 in New Jersey, USA

James WOOD was the child of Peter B. WOOD and Catherine BURLEW and the grandchild of: (paternal) Winant WOOD and Mary BARBER

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James married Elnora BURLEW abt. 1862 in Cayuga County, New York, USA . Elnora BURLEW was born abt. 1832 in Cheesequake, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA. Elnora died 20 February 1883 in Springport, New York, USA (Union Springs). Elnora was the child of Stephen BURLEW and Dorcas WARNE.

James WOOD died abt. 1875 in Springport, New York, USA .
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Elnora BURLEW-- Date: abt. 1862 Place: Cayuga County, New York, USA
Elnora BURLEW was the child of Stephen BURLEW and Dorcas WARNE

Elnora A. Burlew, b. 1832, d. Feb. 20, 1883; m. 1862, James Wood, d. 1875. Residence, Union Springs, Cayuga Co., N. Y. Engaged in tile business. No children.

Title A Genealogy of the Warne Family in America: Principally the Descendants of Thomas Warne, Born 1652, Died 1722, One of the Twenty-four Proprietors of East New Jersey
Author George Warne Labaw
Publisher Frank Allaben genealogical Company, 1911
Original from the University of Wisconsin - Madison
Digitized Feb 19, 2008
Length 701 pages

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1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 - Springport, New York
Name: James Wood
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1850
Event Place: Springport, Cayuga, New York, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1831
Birthplace: New Jersey
House Number: 746
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Peter B Wood Male 48 New Jersey
Catherine Wood Female 48 New Jersey
Wynance Wood Male 22 New Jersey
James Wood Male 19 New Jersey
Etsel Wood Male 15 New Jersey
George P Penney Male 9 New Jersey
Rebecca Miles Female 7 New Jersey
1850 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1855 Springport, Cayuga, New York
name: James Woods
event: Census
event date: 1855
event place: Springport, Cayuga, New York, United States
gender: Male
age: 24
relationship to head of household: Son
estimated birth year: 1831
family number: 37
line number: 18
page:
film number: 1435219
digital folder number: 004296305
image number: 00318
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Peter B Woods M 54
wife Catharine Woods F 54
son Winonce Woods M 28
son James Woods M 24
son Etsel Woods M 20
son Geo P Woods M 14
boarder Cathorine Brulens U 17
domestic Sary French U 24
domestic Mary French U 6
domestic William Vandyck U 17

'New York, State Census, 1855,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ K6S6-17V : accessed 10 Feb 2013), James Woods in entry for Peter B Woods, 1855.
1855 New York State Census
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1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1860 - Springport, New York
Name: James Wood
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1860
Event Place: Springport, Cayuga, New York, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 29
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1831
Birthplace: New Jersey
Page: 28
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Peter B Wood Male 59 New Jersey
Catharine Wood Female 59 New Jersey
James Wood Male 29 New Jersey
Etsel Wood Male 25 New Jersey
George Wood Male 19 New Jersey
Jane Miles Female 16 New Jersey
Breby A Baker Female 6 New York
1860 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Union Springs, Cayuga, New York
James Wood, 32, m, b. New Jersey, married 1 time, now married, tile maker
Eleanora Wood, 30, f, wife, b. New Jersey, married 1 time, now married
James Burlew, 21, brother in law, b. New Jersey, single, tile maker
1865 New York State Census
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April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - Springport, New York
Name: James Wood
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1870
Event Place: New York, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 39
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Birth Year (Estimated): 1830-1831
Birthplace: New Jersey
Page Number: 55
Household ID: 458
Line Number: 5
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M593
GS Film number: 000552410
Digital Folder Number: 004274894
Image Number: 00510

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
James Wood M 39 New Jersey
Elena Wood F 38 New Jersey

1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.