Joel WOOD
1827 - 1913 (86 years)
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Name Joel WOOD Born 27 Jan 1827 Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States 
Gender Male Occupation blacksmith Reference Number ^ _UID D3CB5DF4AF450245B5059CA6B2EAF98B46EF Died 23 Nov 1913 Cadanasa, Yolo, California, United States Person ID I4361 SteveParker Last Modified 1 Jan 2018
Father William Thomas WOOD, b. Abt 1790, Tennessee, United States , d. Bef 1830, of Davidson County, Tennessee, United States (Age ~ 39 years) Mother Mary or Polly GLAZE, b. 1800, Tennessee, United States , d. Aug 1833, Rutlerford, Iowa (Age 33 years) Married Est 1826 [1] _UID 94CCD818605AD44FB8D91BC49E18AE767760 Family ID F1518 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Emmarine CLARK, b. 5 Jul 1839, Kentucky, United States , d. 10 Sep 1910, Capay, Yolo, California, United States (Age 71 years) Married 10 Apr 1853 Lamb Valley, Yolo, California, United States _UID 9DC13F8C8BADF74A86E8F7B89AF1CE263EC7 Children 1. William Thomas WOOD, b. 2 Oct 1854, Capay, Yolo, California, United States , d. 14 May 1863, Capay, Yolo, California, United States (Age 8 years)2. Mary A WOOD, b. 27 Oct 1856, Capay, Yolo, California, United States , d. 22 Feb 1934, Oakland, Alameda, California, United States (Age 77 years)3. Albert Joel WOOD, b. 5 Nov 1858, Capay, Yolo, California, United States , d. of San Bernardino County, California, United States 4. Josephine WOOD, b. 12 Dec 1860, Capay,Yolo, California, United States , d. Aft 1934, of Folsom, Sacramento, California, United States (Age > 75 years)5. George Washington WOOD, b. 1 Aug 1863, Capay, Yolo, California, United States , d. 1 Feb 1945, , Mendocino, California, United States (Age 81 years)6. Leander "Lee" WOOD, b. 20 Sep 1865, Capay Valley, Yolo, California, United States , d. 11 Feb 1917, Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States (Age 51 years)7. John Wesley WOOD, b. 5 Mar 1868, Capay, Yolo, California, United States , d. 19 Dec 1946, , Sonoma, California, United States (Age 78 years)8. William Smither WOOD, b. 27 Mar 1870, Capay Valley, Yolo, California, United States , d. 2 Aug 1896, , Yolo, California, United States (Age 26 years)9. Laura "Etta" WOOD, b. 25 Aug 1873, Capay, Yolo, California, United States , d. 22 Jul 1961, Capay, Yolo, California, United States (Age 87 years)10. Myrtle Jessie WOOD, b. 4 Jan 1876, Capay Valley, Yolo, California, United States , d. 20 Oct 1961, Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States (Age 85 years)11. Joel "Elmer" WOOD, b. 21 Aug 1879, Capay, Yolo, California, United States , d. 4 Nov 1964, , Yolo, California, United States (Age 85 years)12. Marcia "May" WOOD, b. 24 Jul 1884, Capay Valley, Yolo, California, United States , d. 24 Jan 1973, , Yolo, California, United States (Age 88 years)Last Modified 29 Mar 2021 Family ID F1500 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - NDGW # 33-094
His Biography in the "Capay Valley" by Ada Meirhoff,Pg 369
Any new information, contact Fern Anderson - Renning@aol.com
Great California Register of Voters of Yolo County Farmer, West Cottonwood, 1867
1880 census film #1254086 pg 359B West Capay, Yolo, CA
California Great Register 1890 - living in Capay, Yolo county- farmer
!NOTE Joel Wood was born sixteen miles from Nashville, Tenn. When he was 6 years of age he and his two brothers, accompanied by their uncle, William Gose (sic), walked the entire distance tetween Nashville and Carlton, Mo. near which he spent his boyhood. In 1849, in the company with Edmond Clark, a neighbor residing in Richmond county, MO., he joined a wagon train, led by Capt. William Gray, heading west. He arrived in California 16 Nov 1849 via Carson and Lassen. Resided at Bidwell Bar, Rich Bar (Yuba Co.) Marysville, Big Meadow, Lambs Valley, and Capay Valley (Yolo Co). He operated a Ferry across the Feather River and ran a trading post and general store in Bidwell Bar, Butte Co. in late 1849 until May 1850. He returned to Missouri and then next year came back to Marysville. He then opened a store and butcher shop at Rich Bar on the Middle Fork of the Yuba River. He tried raising cattle near Marysville. In 1852 He ran a trading post at Big Meadows on the Humboldt River. He lived for a time in Lake County but left because of the proximity of the Indians. In 1854 he moved to Yolo County and settled in Capay Valley, giving the valley the name of Capay. He operated a store and blacksmith shop in the area named Dogtown (later called Cadanasa). in 1880 the "Yolo Mail", the county newspaper wrote a spicy story of the a860's about Dogtown brawls and wild times. Dogtown became a way station for everyone going to Berryessa. It was the pioneer community for the whole valley.
He later farmed and raised cattle and sheep. He was a Constable and made the arrest of 2 desperados, James Marble and L. Glasscock. He was the second of the first 5 settlers in Capay Valley. He could read and write whereas most Pioneers could not. The Wood family originally was from England and emigrated from Virginia to Tenn. (This information came from an article in the "Woodland Democrat" !SOURCE family bible of Myrtle White (her first husband was a brother to Ken Bowles) information from Marjorie Bell, South Land Park, Sacramento, CA. She is the gr. gr. grandaughter of Joel Wood. There is also information in the CA state library files in Sacramento.
He lived in Cadanasa 64 years before his death. He died of old age. Book 2 death records.
1880 United States Federal Census <http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6742&enc=1> about Joel Wood
Name: Joel Wood
Age: 58
Birth Year: abt 1822
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1880: West Cottonwood, Yolo, California
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Emeline Wood
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Occupation: Blacksmith
Household Members: Name Age
Joel Wood 58
Emeline Wood 41
Josephine Wood 18
George Wood 16
Lee Wood 15
John Wood 12
William Wood 8
Ettie Wood 6
Norcil Wood 4
Elmore Wood 8m
From: Louise Pryor
To: marlparker
Subject: Family History
Date: Thu, May 9, 2013 1:43 pm
Dear Marilyn,
I had a few minutes to go over some of the family history on the Parker Press
website. One of the questions was how Mary Wood and Marcellus Nurse met. I
will quote from a letter my grandmother wrote to me years ago after she took me
to the site of Joel and Emerine's home, and to the site of her parents' ranch in
the Capay Valley.
"Joel from Tennessee, Emerine from Kentucky, crossed the plains in 1840's.
Joel went up on the Feather River near Oroville Ca. during the gold strike,
settled at Rich Bar with a few other pioneers, made camp. Joel struck it rich
by mining (on Feather River) came to the Capay Valley, Yolo Co. bought with a
$20 gold piece acres and acres of land which sold at that time (1850's) 25 cents
to 50 cents per acre. And he had lots of the gold pieces. Married Emerine and
had eleven children, and as each married he gave them a ranch, which at that
time was called a short quarter (140 acres). Your great grandmother Mary got a
beautiful ranch (almond, fruit, etc.) nice home--eight children, one passed away
at the early age of eight or nine (Guy Frank). Made money and in those days it
was good--(not so today). Joel Wood had a store, hotel and your great
grandfather Marcellus A. Nurse came out from Portsmouth, Ohio, with two other
young surveyors, started this side of S.F. in a place called Elmira and surveyed
for a railroad to go up through the Capay Valley. When they got as far as
Joel's line they stayed at the hotel and that is where he met your great
grandmother Mary, courted her, after finishing the line, left, and came back and
really fell in love and they married in 1872."
This was written as kind of a long handwritten note, with the sentences running
together, and punctuation left out, but it still holds together. I have also
heard, and can't remember when or where, that Marcellus went to a box lunch
social in the Capay Valley where he saw Mary the first time, and was taken with
her, and bought her box lunch. I don't know if this is true but I have heard
that story for a long time. Grandma also told me that Joel and Emerine's home
was a wonderful place for the whole family, days filled with good visits and
good food. She said that Marcellus was a good but very strict father. Once
as a little girl she followed him out into the orchard, she was so excited that
he was home. I think he commuted by train to Sacramento where he worked. She
said he switched her legs with a switch all the way back to the house because
she had disobeyed him. That may be why she loved Rose so much, as he was the
oldest, and she was the youngest, and he was so sweet and loving to her. She
said that Marcellus brought home musical instruments for the children and they
played them together in the evenings. She played the piano and the accordion by
ear, but she could also read music. Once as a little girl she was asked to play
the organ or piano during church, as the pianist was sick that day. She went to
the front of the church, sat down, and played "There'll be a Hot Time in the Old
Town Tonight". No one scolded her. She rode a horse to school and one time
fell into the creek and was saved by clinging to what she called a cockle burr
branch. Another story I love is that when it became necessary to move to
Sacramento to be close to Marcellus' work, Mary said she would only go if she
could take her milk cow, and she did. Grandma sometimes accompanied her father
to the state capital and one day she visited the treasurer's office. They told
her that she could have any sack of gold she could carry out of the office, but
of course the sacks were so heavy she couldn't budge them. I love these stories
and tell them to my daughter and granddaughters. Nick and I took our daughter
back east years ago, and with my cousin Merrilyn Marquering Powell, spent the
day at the home of Rebecca Nurse. We walked from the home out to the memorial
site, which is an approximation of her burial site or grave. Grandma and
Grandpa visited her home many years before that. It felt necessary to honor
Rebecca in some way, and visiting helped us feel that we did.
Thanks for listening!!
We wish you a very happy Mother's Day and will be thinking of you and Ron each
day and especially on Monday.
Best wishes,
Louise
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Sources - [S44] International Genealogical index, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
William Thomas WOOD; Male; Birth: About 1800 <, , Tennessee>; Spouse: Mary GLAZE; Marriage: < 1826>
Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church.
Search performed using PAF Insight on 11/6/2007
- [S44] International Genealogical index, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.