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Woods Family Data shared by Mike Woods Jonathan Wood(s) was born in Guilford County, North Carolina about 1820. He moved to Fountain County, Indiana before 1848 where he married Eliza Van Sickle on October 15, 1848. They had a total of 9 children between 1848 and 1861, all born in Wabash Township of Fountain County. Milton F. born 1846 (if Milton’s birthday is correct then either Jonathan or Eliza may have been previously married), David F. born 1850, Elizabeth J. born 1852, John W. born 1853, Albert M. born in 1855, Joseph N. born 1858, Mary Casander (Causa) born 1859 and twins Nathan and Samuel born 1861. The family owned, lived and worked on a farm worth $600 dollars in 1860 and $3,000 in 1870 in the township of Wabash on the East bank of Coal Creek near Headley’s Mills. Jonathan joined the 63rd Indiana Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War on January 28, 1862, deserted once just after joining but reported back for duty shortly thereafter as prompted by Lincoln’s amnesty proclamation. He was wounded in the right arm at the battle of Resaca Georgia on May 14, 1864 and in hospital in Nashville Tennessee for months thereafter. He was discharged at the end of the war on May 3, 1865 and returned home. He and Eliza divorced March 2, 1869 and Jonathan moved to Parke County Indiana and was reported as a laborer and teamster in pension records. He married Elizabeth McCorkle on June 27, 1873. He applied for and received Civil War pension benefits in the low amount of 4 dollars a month because his arm was disabled from the wound he received at Resaca. A second appeal was made to the pension board signied by the local Parke County Doctor Thomas with less than desirable results. Jonathan had his name spelled Jonnathon and Jonaker as well; and his last name spelled with and without the ‘s’ at various times and particularly in Army records. His children also spelled Wood(s) with and without the ‘s’. Jonathan could not read or write as on all of his legal papers he only made his “mark (X)” and signed by witnesses. On September 25, 1886 he sickened and died of TB and dysentery. His widow then applied for the pension. Jonathan is buried in Parke County at the Old Rockville Cemetery in the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) plot in and unmarked grave. That spot has since been marked by a VA marker so he will not be forgotten.
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Parke
County, Indiana