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DAVID D. WOOD was born in Spartensburg district, South Carolina, near Greenville, June 14, 1844. He removed from South Carolina to Cherokee county, Ga., near Atlanta, and soon after to Blunt county, Brown’s Valley, Ala., where his father died Aug. 12, 1862, and his mother Aug. 14, 1863. His father’s name was M. M. Wood; was born and reared in South Carolina, as also his mother, whose maiden name was Martha Ford. Being left an orphan when young and one of ten children, as he was among the older of the children, the little property belonging to the family was willed to young David as trustee for his brothers and sisters, and for years this small income had to be supplemented by the sweat, bone, and sinew of the strong arm and fraternal regard of the manly protector. He was married to Mrs. Nancy Slaughter Nov. 15, 1871, who was born in Jackson county, Mo., Jan. 17, 1841. The children’s names are Charles, Alexander, Benjamin F., Dancler, Mancy O., and Lonzo. Mrs. Wood was previously married to a Mr. Walker, who deserted her with two children to raise, Sidney and Josiah, who died Oct. 27, 1881, and was buried at Galena, Kan., being twenty-two years old May 9, 1882. Mr. Wood enlisted in the Confederate army, under General Forest, from Blunt county, Ala., in 1863, serving as his escort or body guard. Mr. Wood is living on a farm of eighty acres, in section 3, township 29, range 29, of Duval township. There is a good orchard of seven acres, and a good prospect of grain for the coming season. His energy and enterprise, health being spared, will enable him to earn a good living and raise a family of children who will rise up and call him blessed.