Tombstone Tuesday - Josiah and Peter Wood

 

 

Josiah D.

Wood

Born

Feb. 6, 1797

Died

July 2, 1865

 

 

Peter H.

Wood

Born

Mar. 20, 1832

Died

Nov. 8, 1865

 

 

Josiah D. and Peter H. Wood, father and son, are buried at Mt. Zion Cemetery, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Their tombstones were photographed 24 October 2012.

 

The 1860 Crittenden County census shows that Josiah Wood was age 62 and born Virginia. Also in his household were Eliza Wood, age 54 and born Virginia; Peter H. Wood, age 27 and born Tennessee and Louisa B. Wood, age 17 and born Tennessee. The family can be found in Smith County, Tennessee in 1850.

Published 14 May 2013, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog,  http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/