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Robert Crooke Wood
Birth: 9-23-1799
Death: 3-28-1869
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Strong connections to the Civil War; Trained as a surgeon in the Minnesota frontier; Eventually advanced to Brigidier General in the Union Army (Assistant Surgeon General) by the end of the Civil War; Married Anne Mackall TAYLOR in 1829 who was the daughter of Zachary TAYLOR who eventually became the President of the United States; Also via this marriage, it made him the Brother-in-Law of Jefferson Davis who was eventually the President of the Confederacy; He also fathered two sons (John Taylor WOOD and Robert Crooke WOOD Jr.)who were both officers in the Confederate Army and Navy. Grave may be unmarked; Source: Lockport Union Sun & Journal (Lockport, Niagara County, NY) dated June 7, 2011
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, December 16, 1849
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, November 30, 1849
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Biography: Strong connections to the Civil War; Trained as a surgeon in the Minnesota frontier; Eventually advanced to Brigidier General in the Union Army (Assistant Surgeon General) by the end of the Civil War; Married Anne Mackall TAYLOR in 1829 who was the daughter of Zachary TAYLOR who eventually became the President of the United States; Also via this marriage, it made him the Brother-in-Law of Jefferson Davis who was eventually the President of the Confederacy; He also fathered two sons (John Taylor WOOD and Robert Crooke WOOD Jr.)who were both officers in the Confederate Army and Navy. Grave may be unmarked; Source: Lockport Union Sun & Journal (Lockport, Niagara County, NY) dated June 7, 2011Citation Notes: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=wood&GSfn=robert&GSmn=crooke&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=71161491&df=all&
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Biography: Found in 18630123FAS_LMW1. Fanny (in Washington) is invited by Mrs. Dr. Cook to spend time with Cook's daughter, Sarah Wood. I looked up the 1863 directory for Washington, D.C., and there was only one physician listed with the last name "Wood": a doctor, R.C. Wood. I then found correspondence between R.C. Wood and his "father-in-law, Zachary Taylor". Using this information and his wife's maiden name, "Taylor," I deduced our doctor to be Robert Crooke Wood - who just happens to have a daughter named Sarah! They live at 255 I North in D.C., very close to where the Sewards lived.
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Citation Notes: http://trees.ancestrylibrary.com/tree/65541648/person/46140242995
Citation for Death Info:
Citation Notes: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=wood&GSfn=robert&GSmn=crooke&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=71161491&df=all&
Biography
Strong connections to the Civil War; Trained as a surgeon in the Minnesota frontier; Eventually advanced to Brigidier General in the Union Army (Assistant Surgeon General) by the end of the Civil War; Married Anne Mackall TAYLOR in 1829 who was the daughter of Zachary TAYLOR who eventually became the President of the United States; Also via this marriage, it made him the Brother-in-Law of Jefferson Davis who was eventually the President of the Confederacy; He also fathered two sons (John Taylor WOOD and Robert Crooke WOOD Jr.)who were both officers in the Confederate Army and Navy. Grave may be unmarked; Source: Lockport Union Sun & Journal (Lockport, Niagara County, NY) dated June 7, 2011
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, December 16, 1849
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, November 30, 1849
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Biography and Citation Information:
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Biography:
Strong connections to the Civil War; Trained as a surgeon in the Minnesota frontier; Eventually advanced to Brigidier General in the Union Army (Assistant Surgeon General) by the end of the Civil War; Married Anne Mackall TAYLOR in 1829 who was the daughter of Zachary TAYLOR who eventually became the President of the United States; Also via this marriage, it made him the Brother-in-Law of Jefferson Davis who was eventually the President of the Confederacy; He also fathered two sons (John Taylor WOOD and Robert Crooke WOOD Jr.)who were both officers in the Confederate Army and Navy. Grave may be unmarked; Source: Lockport Union Sun & Journal (Lockport, Niagara County, NY) dated June 7, 2011
Citation Notes:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=wood&GSfn=robert&GSmn=crooke&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=71161491&df=all&
Biography:
Found in 18630123FAS_LMW1. Fanny (in Washington) is invited by Mrs. Dr. Cook to spend time with Cook's daughter, Sarah Wood. I looked up the 1863 directory for Washington, D.C., and there was only one physician listed with the last name "Wood": a doctor, R.C. Wood. I then found correspondence between R.C. Wood and his "father-in-law, Zachary Taylor". Using this information and his wife's maiden name, "Taylor," I deduced our doctor to be Robert Crooke Wood - who just happens to have a daughter named Sarah! They live at 255 I North in D.C., very close to where the Sewards lived.
Citation for Birth Info:
Citation Notes:
http://trees.ancestrylibrary.com/tree/65541648/person/46140242995
Citation for Death Info:
Citation Notes:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=wood&GSfn=robert&GSmn=crooke&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=71161491&df=all&