After the death of his wife, Nathan Wood left Massachusetts with his sons, daughters and their families looking for land. The Wood clan first settled in Erie County, Pennsylvania, where three of Ruel's children were born: Huldah (1800), Daniel (1805) and Harvey (1807). A fourth child, Matilda, was born to Ruel and his wife, Sylvia, in Ohio in 1812.
The Wood families lived in Pennsylvania about 10 years. Searching for greater opportunities, they moved on. In the earliest histories of Bloomingvile, Ohio, Ruel's father, Nathan, and his sons; Standish, Jasper and Ruel Wood, are mentioned. Ruel's sister, Lucinda,is also mentioned as having married Dr Waitskill Hastings, one of the first doctors in Bloomingville. Nathan, in addition to owning land and farming, started the first general store.
Tragically, Nathan's three sons died soon after reaching Bloomingville. Standish and Jasper died in 1811; Ruel died in 1814. There is no record of Ruel's cause of death. Cholera, milk sickness, "ague" and unspecified fevers swept the settlement.
So many of the first settlers died in the early years that they were buried in mass graves in the Bloomingville Cemetery. Some of these are unmarked although the area of the mass graves is known. It is believed that Ruel was buried in one of them.
Sources:
L.C. Aldrich, History of Erie County, Ohio (1889)
Marjorie L. Cherry, Bloomingville Blockhouse: 1812 to 1814 (1867)
William W. Williams, History of the Firelands (1879)
1800 Census records
The Wood families lived in Pennsylvania about 10 years. Searching for greater opportunities, they moved on. In the earliest histories of Bloomingvile, Ohio, Ruel's father, Nathan, and his sons; Standish, Jasper and Ruel Wood, are mentioned. Ruel's sister, Lucinda,is also mentioned as having married Dr Waitskill Hastings, one of the first doctors in Bloomingville. Nathan, in addition to owning land and farming, started the first general store.
Tragically, Nathan's three sons died soon after reaching Bloomingville. Standish and Jasper died in 1811; Ruel died in 1814. There is no record of Ruel's cause of death. Cholera, milk sickness, "ague" and unspecified fevers swept the settlement.
So many of the first settlers died in the early years that they were buried in mass graves in the Bloomingville Cemetery. Some of these are unmarked although the area of the mass graves is known. It is believed that Ruel was buried in one of them.
Sources:
L.C. Aldrich, History of Erie County, Ohio (1889)
Marjorie L. Cherry, Bloomingville Blockhouse: 1812 to 1814 (1867)
William W. Williams, History of the Firelands (1879)
1800 Census records
After the death of his wife, Nathan Wood left Massachusetts with his sons, daughters and their families looking for land. The Wood clan first settled in Erie County, Pennsylvania, where three of Ruel's children were born: Huldah (1800), Daniel (1805) and Harvey (1807). A fourth child, Matilda, was born to Ruel and his wife, Sylvia, in Ohio in 1812.
The Wood families lived in Pennsylvania about 10 years. Searching for greater opportunities, they moved on. In the earliest histories of Bloomingvile, Ohio, Ruel's father, Nathan, and his sons; Standish, Jasper and Ruel Wood, are mentioned. Ruel's sister, Lucinda,is also mentioned as having married Dr Waitskill Hastings, one of the first doctors in Bloomingville. Nathan, in addition to owning land and farming, started the first general store.
Tragically, Nathan's three sons died soon after reaching Bloomingville. Standish and Jasper died in 1811; Ruel died in 1814. There is no record of Ruel's cause of death. Cholera, milk sickness, "ague" and unspecified fevers swept the settlement.
So many of the first settlers died in the early years that they were buried in mass graves in the Bloomingville Cemetery. Some of these are unmarked although the area of the mass graves is known. It is believed that Ruel was buried in one of them.
Sources:
L.C. Aldrich, History of Erie County, Ohio (1889)
Marjorie L. Cherry, Bloomingville Blockhouse: 1812 to 1814 (1867)
William W. Williams, History of the Firelands (1879)
1800 Census records
The Wood families lived in Pennsylvania about 10 years. Searching for greater opportunities, they moved on. In the earliest histories of Bloomingvile, Ohio, Ruel's father, Nathan, and his sons; Standish, Jasper and Ruel Wood, are mentioned. Ruel's sister, Lucinda,is also mentioned as having married Dr Waitskill Hastings, one of the first doctors in Bloomingville. Nathan, in addition to owning land and farming, started the first general store.
Tragically, Nathan's three sons died soon after reaching Bloomingville. Standish and Jasper died in 1811; Ruel died in 1814. There is no record of Ruel's cause of death. Cholera, milk sickness, "ague" and unspecified fevers swept the settlement.
So many of the first settlers died in the early years that they were buried in mass graves in the Bloomingville Cemetery. Some of these are unmarked although the area of the mass graves is known. It is believed that Ruel was buried in one of them.
Sources:
L.C. Aldrich, History of Erie County, Ohio (1889)
Marjorie L. Cherry, Bloomingville Blockhouse: 1812 to 1814 (1867)
William W. Williams, History of the Firelands (1879)
1800 Census records
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