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Lourinda Ellen <I>Wood</I> Gadd

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Lourinda Ellen Wood Gadd

Birth
North Carolina, USA
Death
19 Sep 1898 (aged 41–42)
Dunns, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Dunns, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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LOURINDA IS MY GREAT GREAT GRANDMOTHER. LOURINDA ELLEN WOOD GADD WAS THE DAUGHTER OF GABRIEL WOOD AND LOUELLA AKERS WOOD. SHE WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA AND CAME TO MERCER COUNTY VIRGINIA WITH HER PARENTS AS A BABY. HER PARENTS BOTH DIED VERY YOUNG (AFTER THE 1860 CENSUS FOR MERCER CO. VA AND BEFORE THE 1865 MERCER COUNTY COURT HOUSE RECORDS). LOURINDA, ALONG WITH HER BROTHER TAZEWELL "HAYDEN" WOOD AND SISTER NANCY "MAHALA" WOOD LILLY WERE RAISED BY THEIR PATERNAL GREAT UNCLE, GERMAN WOOD AND HIS FIRST WIFE NANCY WRIGHT WOOD. GERMAN WOOD AND HIS FAMILY LIVED NEXT DOOR TO ANDREW POWHATAN GADD AND DELILAH ELIZABETH FERGUSON GADD AT FLAT TOP, MERCER COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. LOURINDA ELLEN WOOD MARRIED THE BOY NEXT DOOR, WILLIAM HARRISON GADD, ON 28 AUGUST 1873. LOURINDA AND WILLIAM HARRISON GADD WERE THE PARENTS OF "ELIZA" ANN GADD FARLEY, JOSEPH "HAYDEN" GADD, ROSEY LEE GADD, "GEORGE" ELLARD GADD, DANIEL "PIERCE" GADD, "GILBERT" SPARKS GADD, ISAAC "AMOS" GADD, ANDREW "ELBERT" GADD AND WILLIAM "GABRIEL" GADD.

LOURINDA WAS THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF JEREMIAH WOOD AND MARY POLLY DEHART WOOD OF MEADOWS OF DAN, PATRICK COUNTY VIRGINIA. SHE WAS ALSO THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF FLEMING AKERS AND NANCY AKERS AKERS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY VIRGINIA.

THE WOOD AND AKERS FAMILIES WERE OF ENGLISH DESCENT AND THE DEHARTS WERE DUTCH.

DNA TESTING BY A GADD GREAT GRANDSON AND A GADD GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER INDICATED ZERO (0%) NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN BLOODLINES.

LOURINDA DIED 19 SEPTEMBER 1898 FROM CONSUMPTION. (TUBERCULOSIS)

LOURINDA IS MY GREAT GREAT GRANDMOTHER. LOURINDA ELLEN WOOD GADD WAS THE DAUGHTER OF GABRIEL WOOD AND LOUELLA AKERS WOOD. SHE WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA AND CAME TO MERCER COUNTY VIRGINIA WITH HER PARENTS AS A BABY. HER PARENTS BOTH DIED VERY YOUNG (AFTER THE 1860 CENSUS FOR MERCER CO. VA AND BEFORE THE 1865 MERCER COUNTY COURT HOUSE RECORDS). LOURINDA, ALONG WITH HER BROTHER TAZEWELL "HAYDEN" WOOD AND SISTER NANCY "MAHALA" WOOD LILLY WERE RAISED BY THEIR PATERNAL GREAT UNCLE, GERMAN WOOD AND HIS FIRST WIFE NANCY WRIGHT WOOD. GERMAN WOOD AND HIS FAMILY LIVED NEXT DOOR TO ANDREW POWHATAN GADD AND DELILAH ELIZABETH FERGUSON GADD AT FLAT TOP, MERCER COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. LOURINDA ELLEN WOOD MARRIED THE BOY NEXT DOOR, WILLIAM HARRISON GADD, ON 28 AUGUST 1873. LOURINDA AND WILLIAM HARRISON GADD WERE THE PARENTS OF "ELIZA" ANN GADD FARLEY, JOSEPH "HAYDEN" GADD, ROSEY LEE GADD, "GEORGE" ELLARD GADD, DANIEL "PIERCE" GADD, "GILBERT" SPARKS GADD, ISAAC "AMOS" GADD, ANDREW "ELBERT" GADD AND WILLIAM "GABRIEL" GADD.

LOURINDA WAS THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF JEREMIAH WOOD AND MARY POLLY DEHART WOOD OF MEADOWS OF DAN, PATRICK COUNTY VIRGINIA. SHE WAS ALSO THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF FLEMING AKERS AND NANCY AKERS AKERS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY VIRGINIA.

THE WOOD AND AKERS FAMILIES WERE OF ENGLISH DESCENT AND THE DEHARTS WERE DUTCH.

DNA TESTING BY A GADD GREAT GRANDSON AND A GADD GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER INDICATED ZERO (0%) NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN BLOODLINES.

LOURINDA DIED 19 SEPTEMBER 1898 FROM CONSUMPTION. (TUBERCULOSIS)



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