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Personal data John Alcester Alwood 


Household of John Alcester Alwood

He is married to Anne Jane Wightman.

They got married on December 25, 1888 at Dayton, Montgomery Co., OH, he was 33 years old.

John Alcester Alwood oo Anne Jane Wightman

Marriage source: Klaus, Terry, The Family Alwood, (Sacramento CA, T. Klaus, June, 1991), pg 159.

Raker, Burt, DC of John Alcester Alwood, (Delta OH, B.R., 1919)

'County Fulton Village Delta John Alcester Allwood Male White Divorced Divorced Wife: Sarah Alwood ...' <>

Child(ren):

  2. Virgil John Alwood  1891-1945 
  3. Seffie Anna Alwood  1895-1983
  5. Ruth Hannah Alwood  1903-1987 


Notes about John Alcester Alwood

John Alcester Alwood

Source: 1880 Swan Creek Twp Fulton Co OH soundex

Jun1860 Delta & Swanton POs Swan Creek Twp Fulton Co OH census, pg 388A-53

'line 13, John [Allwood], 4 [?], male, b. OH'

1880 soundex - John A. Alwood, son age 24 born OH

Jun 1900 Dellevue Dist, Bedford Co., VA census, e.d. 1, Sheet 12A

'11, 216,223, Alwood John A, head, white, male, b. Sept 1855, ae 44, marr. 12 yrs, b. OH, parents b. OH, Farmer, 0 months unemployed, can read/write, can speak Eng, rents farm, schedule 130 12, Anna, wife, white, fem, b. Feb 1864, ae 36, married 12 yrs, four children born, four children living, b. OH, parents b. OH, can read/write, can speak Eng 13, Larance, son, white, male, b. Sept 1889, ae 10, single, b. OH, parents b. OH, At school 5 mo, can read/write, can speak Eng. 14, Virgin, son, white, male, b. July 1890, ae 9, single, b. OH, parents b. OH, in school 5 mo, can read/write, can speak Eng 15, Seffie, daug, white, fem, b. Jan 1895, ae 5, single, b. VA, parents b. OH, cannot read nor write, can speak Eng 16, Francis, daug, fem, b. Nov 1899, ae 8/12, single, b. VA, parents b. OH, cannot read nor write, cannot speak Eng. 17, Marl[?]ook Lousana [?], Servant, white, male, b. Apr 1877, ae 23, single, b. MA, fath B. MA, moth b. NY, Farm Labor, unemployed 0 mo., can read/write, can speak Eng.'

1910 OH soundex - I forgot to note county.

'Alwood, John A, head white, 56, b. OH, citizen OH
Ann J, whife, 46, b. OH
Lawrence R, son, 20, b. OH
Virgil J, son, 18, b. OH
Seofie A, daug, 15, b. VA
Ruth H, daug, 7, b. VA'

30Mar1914 - 'J. A. ALWOOD of Columbus, O.'

Buried in Greenlawn Cem., Delta, OH

Tombstone reads John A. Alwood 1856 - 1919

OHDI '26 Fulton Co., ALLWOOD JOHN A, vol 2929 cert 18553, dod 3/19/19'

D.C. 'County Fulton Village Delta John Alcester Allwood Male White Divorced Divorced Wife: Sarah Alwood Date of birth 9-17-1855 Gardener Employed by State Hospital at Dayton O. Birthplace: Ohio Father: David Allwood fath. birthplaceMother Anna E. Brailey moth. birthplace Ohio Informant Burt Raker Delta Ohio Date of Death 3-19-1919 Cause Cancer of Stomach Place of burial: Greenlawn Cem. Date of Burial 3-21-1919'

1920 Franklin Co., OH soundex, e.d. 6 sheet 16

'line 11, Alwood, Anna J, white, ae 57, b. OH
Lawrence, son, ae 31, b. OH
Virgil, son, ae 27, b. OH
Seffie, daug, ae 25, b. VA
Ruth, daug, ae 17, b. VA
Thompson, Willian, Bo, ae 47, b. KS'

Agler, Leland, Clinton Twp., Franklin Twp Prec. D, Franklin Co., OH census, (Clinton Twp., Franklin Co., OH, U.S.Gov't, 20 Jan 1920), e.d. 6 sheet 289-16A

'11, Alwood, Anna J, head, owns under mortgage, fem, white, ae 57, widow, can read/write, b. OH, fath b. Ireland (lang. Eng.), moth b. NY, can speak Eng, Occ = None Farm Sch 42 12, Lawrence, son, male, white, ae 31, single, can read/write, b. OH, parents b. OH, can speak Eng., Gardner, Truck, Employment Own Account 13, Virgil, son, male, white, ae 27, single, can read/write, b. OH, parents b. OH, can speak Eng, Gardner, Truck, Employment Own Account 14, Seffie, Daug., fem, white, ae 25, single, can read/write, b. VA, parents b. OH, can speak Eng, Occ = None 15, Ruth, Daug., fem, white, ae 17, single, not in school, can read/write, b. VA, parents b. OH, can speak Eng, Occ = None 16, Thompson, William, Boarder, male, white, ae 47, single, can read/write, b. KS, parents b. OH, can speak Eng, Gardner Alwood (xed out) Farm, Employment Wage'

NSDAR CEMETERY READINGS In Two Volumes Vol. 2 ... Original Readings taken between 1930 and 1954 ... (Swanton OH, GCCOGS, 1998), pg 36 Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib. has the microfilm of the same data from which the FCCOGS published itsbook.

'GREENLAWN CEMETERY York Township ... ... ALWOOD, John A., 1856-1919'

cf. Stringfellow, Helena, The Alwood Family Tree, (Grantville PA, Wert Bookbinding, 1996), pg II-FGS-137.

cf. Stahl, Harriet, The Family of Johann Jacob Stahl, Sr. of LeHigh County, PA., (Mt. Vernon IN, Windmill Pub. Inc., 1995), pg 316

cf. Klaus, Terry, The Family Alwood, (Sacramento, CA, Terry Klaus, June, 1991), pgs 158 & 159 <>

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    Birthday September 17, 1855

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    Day of marriage December 25, 1888

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    Day of death March 19, 1919

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    Day of burial March 21, 1919

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