Captain Samuel R. Wood
Captain Samuel R. Wood was born September 6, 1788. He died September 23, 1867. Ruth Shoemaker, whom he married as the widow of Samuel Bradford, was born August 18, 1793. She died August 25, 1879. The following children were born to them: James Hervey, born April 7, 1816; died March 18, 1844; Angeline, now the wife of George Sample, was born January 2, 1818: Caroline, now Mrs. S. P. Kirkpatrick, was born December 26, 1819; John Nelson was born May 11, 1822; David, born December 27, 1824; Matilda, born April 20, 1829, afterward married a Mr. Locke, and is now deceased; Ann Elizabeth, born March 25. 1830, married a Henderson; George W., born February 24, 1833, deceased; Joseph William, born December 12, 1834, now deceased; and Francis Marion, born June 27, 1840.
Ruth Shoemaker is said to have been stolen by the Indians in 1796 while residing on Ohio Brush Creek at Shoemaker's Crossing, in the vicinity of the mouth of Lick Fork. See history of Meigs Township and also biography of Samuel Grimes Bradford in this volume.
From History of Adams County, Ohio from its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time - by Nelson W. Evans and Emmons B. Stivers - West Union, Ohio - Published by E. B. Stivers - 1900