Wood, George

Born: 1808-03-31 England, United Kingdom

Died: 1890-05-04

Wood moved to Sangamon County, Illinois, sometime before 1839, when he served as one of the founding members of the Springfield Mechanic's Union. In 1850, he was working as a tailor with his wife Eliza and seven children, and owned $800 in real estate. Ten years later, he was living in Decatur and working as a store clerk with $700 in real estate.

Gravestone, Greenwood Cemetery, Decatur, IL; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Sangamon County, IL, 120; Petition of Simeon Francis and others to the Illinois General Assembly; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Sangamon County, IL, 5.