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EARLY SETTLERS OF SANGAMON COUNTY - 1876
By John Carroll Power

These biographies were submitted by a researcher and evidently abstracted from the 1876 History of Sangamon County, IL. Errors could occur, so one should always verify the correctness by obtaining copies of vitals and performing all necessary research to document what is contained herein.



WOOD, SENECA, was born Oct. 1, 1806, in Springfield, Massachusetts, and came to Island Grove, Sangamon county, Illinois, in the fall of 1831. He was married there in January, 1834, to Sarah M. Todd, who was born in 1817, in Bourbon county, Kentucky. They had eight children, four of whom died young. Of the other four--

CLARA L., born in 1837, married William Wardell. He died, leaving one child. Mrs. Wardell and her daughter, ALICE, reside in Buffalo, Sangamon county, Illinois.

SENECA W., born March 7, 1840, in Sangamon county. He was married December, 1868, to Molly J. Allgate.

She died Nov. 17, 1872, and he was married Dec. 14, 1873, to Mary J. Allgate. They live in Springfield, Illinois. Mr. Wood is conductor on the Capital street railroad.

LEWIS ARTHUR, born in 1846, in Sangamon county, married Elizabeth Hillman. They have two children, FRANK and LEWIS, and live in Springfield, Illinois.

KATIE resides with her parents.

Seneca Wood spent a few years in farming, then kept a hotel and stage stand in Berlin, was postmaster there five years, and justice of peace four years. In 1848 he moved to Springfield, where he now resides--1876.



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