Biographical Sketch of

Jonathan Wood

Transcribed by Sandra Boudrou for the Marquette Co WI Pages


Source: Portrait and Biographical Album of Green Lake, Marquette and Waushara Counties, Wisconsin, 
published 1890 by Acme Publishing Co., Chicago, Page 754 


Jonathan Wood, deceased, was one of the early settlers of Marquette County, Wis.  He was a native of Hartford, 
Washington Co., N. Y., where his birth occurred Oct. 10, 1792.  In his youth he learned the trade of a millwright 
and followed that occupation for many years.  His father, who was also named Jonathan, was born in Shoreham, 
Addison Co., Vt., and when but fifteen years old joined the army of Washington and served during the Revolutionary 
War.  When the country had attained its freedom, he settled in Washington County, N. Y., and was numbered among the 
prominent citizens of that day.  He was called upon to serve in various official positions, including that of Justice, 
County Clerk, Sheriff and Judge.  In that county he married Elizabeth Bolton, a daughter of Hugh and Ann (Morrison) 
Bolton, who were married at Ft. Henry during the French and Indian War.  The grandfather was also Jonathan Wood, and 
he was born in New Hampshire, where he married Roxanna Finey, a daughter of Joseph Finey, a Magistrate of Deerfield, 
Mass.  His house was one of the few that escaped destruction when Deerfield was burned by the Indians.  Jonathan Wood, 
grandfather of our subject, removed to Shoreham, Vt., and there reared a large family.  His wife lived to the advanced 
age of ninety years, dying in Harrison County, Ohio, in the year 1832.
 
Mr. Wood, whose name heads this sketch, was reared to manhood in his native county, where, on Jan. 20, 1820, he was 
united in marriage with Lucy R. Murrell, daughter of William Murrell, who was forced by the "press gang" to enter the 
army of Burgoyne.  At Saratoga he was taken prisoner by the Colonial troops, and refusing to be exchanged served his 
county as a loyal soldier during the remainder of the war.  Mrs. Wood was born Jan. 12, 1795, in Windsor County, Vt., 
and by her marriage with Mr. Wood became the mother of the following children:  Sarah, who was born Jan. 18, 1821, 
is now deceased; Jane, born Oct. 22, 1822, is the wife of William Ames, and is living in Watertown, Wis.; John J., 
born May 16, 1824, is a resident of Berlin, Wis.; Cordelia, born Oct. 12, 1826; and Mary, born Nov. 30, 1832, resided 
for many years in Harrison, Butler and Tuscarawas Counties, Ohio, and are now deceased.
 
After making his home in the Buckeye State for a number of years, Mr. Wood came with his family to Wisconsin in 1856, 
and settled in Neshkoro, where he passed the remainder of his life.  His death occurred Feb. 8, 1860.  His wife afterward 
removed to Horicon, Wis., where she died Oct. 23, 1866, but both were buried in the cemetery of Neshkoro.
 





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