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Gideon Durphy Wood


Birth30 June 1808Hartwick, Otsego, New York, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Gideon Durphy Wood (1808-1980), memorial #61661.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Gideon Durphy Wood, ID: KWJ8-WLH.

    Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 171, n. #14; citing Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register: 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846.

    Endowment House (LDS Church), Sealings of couples, living and by proxy, 1851-1889 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958, 1978), p. 106-107, FHL microfilm 1149514.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Gideon Wood, folder "Pottawattamie branches, schedules, 1848 February" (#73), image 1, line 25" (#24), image 1, line 27 and Folder "Amasa M. Lyman's company schedules, circa 1847 February-April" (#28), Image 2, Line 38.

    Deseret News, Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News Co., 1889-1910), "Death of a Veteran," 18 September 1890, p. 3, column 4.
Death9 September 1890Springville, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Gideon Durphy Wood (1808-1980), memorial #61661.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Gideon Durphy Wood, ID: KWJ8-WLH.

    Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, Utah: Tribune Pub. Co., 1871-1919), "Mulberry Pleads Not Guilty," 11 September 1890, p. 7, column 2.

    Utah Enquirer, Utah Enquirer (Provo, Utah, 1888-1890), "Local News," 12 September 1890, p. 3, column 1.

    Deseret News, Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News Co., 1889-1910), "Death of a Veteran," 18 September 1890, p. 3, column 4.
Burial11 September 1890Historic Springville Cemetery, Springville, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Gideon Durphy Wood (1808-1980), memorial #61661.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Gideon Durphy Wood, ID: KWJ8-WLH.

    Utah Enquirer, Utah Enquirer (Provo, Utah, 1888-1890), "Local News," 12 September 1890, p. 3, column 1.
FatherJabez Wood
MotherLydia Stephens
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   • Hannah Electa Daley
Married27 December 1830Florence, Huron, Ohio, United States
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    Ohio County Clerks, Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016 (Ohio: County courthouses), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Gideon D. Woods and Hannah Daley (27 December 1830); citing Huron County, Ohio, Probate Court, “Record of licenses and permits, 1815-1828 -- Marriage records, v. 1-2, 1818-1846,” image 70-71, FHL microfilm 4016712.

    Deseret News, Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News Co., 1889-1910), "Death of a Veteran," 18 September 1890, p. 3, column 4.
          Children:
               Lyman Stephen Wood
               Electa Wood
               Elizabeth Wood
               Gideon Wood Jr.
               Emma Hannah Wood


   • Adelia Almira Wilcox
Married25 May 1854Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Gideon Durphy Wood and Adelia Almira Wilcox, ID: KWJ8-WLH and ID: KWJR-F4S.

   • Eunice Rosetta Childs
Married12 March 1857Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Gideon Durphy Wood and Eunice Rosetta Childs, ID: KWJ8-WLH and ID: KWJX-NLC.

    Endowment House (LDS Church), Sealings of couples, living and by proxy, 1851-1889 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958, 1978), p. 106-107; FHL microfilm 1149514.

   • Eliza Maria Jordan
Married12 March 1857Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    Endowment House (LDS Church), Sealings of couples, living and by proxy, 1851-1889 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958, 1978), p. 106-107, FHL microfilm 1149514.

   • Elizabeth Elliott Wakefield
Married6 December 1869Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Gideon Durphy Wood and Elizabeth Elliott Wakefield, ID: KWJ8-WLH and ID: LLQK-V1B.

    Deseret News, Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News Co., 1889-1910), "Death of a Veteran," 18 September 1890, p. 3, column 4.
          Children:
               Henry Gideon Wood
               Mary Ellen Wood
               Pauline Estella Wood

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• 1840Quincy Twp., Adams, Illinois, United States
• 1845Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Iron County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Springville, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
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• 1840 Population CensusQuincy Township, Adams, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusIron County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusSpringville, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusSpringville, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusSpringville City and Precinct, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Heber C. Kimball CompanyView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departure7 Jun 1848
       Arrival24 Sept 1848

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