Fifth Generation

16. William G Wood¹ was born after 1794 in Tennessee.¹ He was born in 1800.⁴ He died in White County, Illinois.¹ We had originally listed this person as the father of Ira McClain Wood but removed him based on information from Sandra Nees. Now we believe he was the grandfather.

The following is from the IL Secretary of State land sales archives. It could be a connection.
Purchaser: WOOD WILLIAM Record ID: 228729
Date: 08/14/1850
Acres: 40
Price: $1.25
Type of sale: Federal sale (FD)
County: 70 [Moultrie]
Section: 9 Section Part: SWSE
Township: 15N Range: 05E
Meridian: 3 Purchaser Res: 70
Arch. Vol. No: 147 Vol. Page No.: 090
Cash warrant code: Record corrected: 0 William G Wood and Disie White were married between 1814 and 1816 in Tennessee.¹ No records are available for Warren County.

17. Disie White was born after 1794 in Tennessee.¹ She died in 1836/37 in White County, Illinois.¹ Children were:

8	i.	James Wood.
	ii.	Elizabeth Wood was born on 6 Feb 1820 in Warren County, Tennessee.1 She appeared in the census in 1850 in Effingham, Effingham County, Illinois.1 Census shows Ira McClain Wood with Eliz. Gilbert. She appeared in the census in 1860 in Effingham, Effingham County, Illinois.1 Census shows Ira McClain Wood with Eliz. Gilbert. She died on 26 Jan 1903.1 She was buried in Greenhill Cemetery, Sullivan, Moultrie County, Illinois.1
	iii.	son Wood.1
	iv.	William M Wood.1
	v.	George W Wood.
	vi.	Nancy Wood was born in 1828.1
	vii.	Mary Wood.1
	viii.	Eliza Wood.
	ix.	dau Wood.1
	x.	son Wood.1
	xi.	dau Wood.1
	xii.	son Wood.1