Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.

************************************************

File contributed for use by:
Dori Leekly & Margie Glenn

Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

E. J. WOOD, farming; P. O. Plainfield; the subject of this sketch was born in Cheshire, 
Mass., Dec. 21, 1809. He married Miss Hester Ann HILLS July 7, 1831; she was born in 
Lewis Co., N. Y., Aug. 1, 1814; they had seven children, five of whom are living, viz., 
James D., Amelia E., Milton R., Ervin E. and Elwyn A. He lived in Massachusetts until he 
was 7 years old; he then went to Lewis Co., N. Y., with an uncle, where he lived until 
1845, except two years in Seneca Co.; he was engaged at his trade of carpenter and builder; 
he served nine years as Justice of the Peace, and also engaged in general merchandise; in 
1845, he came to this township, and engaged in farming; in 1849, he engaged in general 
merchandise in Plainfield; he was Postmaster from 1849 to 1853; he has also served as 
Road Commissioner and Assessor; he has been a member of the M. E. Church for just fifty 
years, and has been Superintendent of Sunday school for twenty-five years; all of his 
children are married and living out of this county; all are pleasantly situated, and 
take an active part in the business of their respective communities.


Additional Comments:
HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.