Col. John Roger Wood ^{1 2 3}

  Research Notes:

From "St. Lawrence Valley Cemetery" website (http://stlawrencevalleycemetery.ca/history.html) :

Wood Monument

The Wood Monument is of great historical interest. It is situated at the south side of the cemetery, overlooking Lake St. Lawrence and visible from all areas. It was originally located in St. David's Anglican Church Cemetery, Wales, a small hamlet just south of the present site. The memorial is unique in design. It is made from metal manufactured at an iron foundry owned by Col. John R. Wood whose memory it commemorates. The foundry was located on the Wood Farm, a short distance west of the Village of Lunenburg, about two and a half miles north of the cemetery. The Wood Monument is surrounded in the cemetery by a number of monuments bearing the Wood name, all descendants of Jonas Wood, U.E.L. Tribute is paid to the memory of Col. John R. Wood in the Historical Atlas of Ontario-Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry-1879. The descendants of Jonas Wood, (grandfather of John R. Wood) and his wife Sarah Osborne are many. The eight children of Jonas and Sarah all married and had large families and for the last two hundred years these have multiplied and spread out over Eastern Ontario and many other parts of Canada and the United States.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Served: (possibly) with the rank of Ensign in the Cornwall Volunteer Corps, 10 Jan 1838, Cornwall, Stormont, Eastern District (Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry), Upper Canada (Ontario), Canada. ⁵

• Promoted: to Lieutenant in the Stormont 2nd Regiment of the militia, 29 Sep 1838, Stormont, Eastern District (Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry), Upper Canada (Ontario), Canada. ⁶

• Served: (possibly) as Lieutenant in the 3rd Provisional Battalion of the Williamstown Highlanders, 5 Dec 1838, Cornwall, Stormont, Eastern District (Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry), Upper Canada (Ontario), Canada. Listed as "J. R. Wood" in Lunenburgh, or the Old Eastern District, p. 280. That J.R. Wood might be a different person.

• Occupation: Foundryman; machinist, 1879, Lunenburg, Osnabruck Twp (South Stormont), Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada. ³

• Owned: 24 acres in Lot 8 of 3rd Concession, 1879, Osnabruck Twp (South Stormont), Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada. Immediately to the west of the town of Lunenburg, to the south of A. Hough's 92 acres, east of A. W. Wood and Joel Adams.

• Owned: 37.5 acres in Lot 8 of 4th Concession, 1879, Osnabruck Twp (South Stormont), Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada. North of the town of Lunenburg. Adjoining his 100-acre farm to the north, with A. Hough's 92 acres to the south of him.

• Owned: 100 acres and 50 acres in Lot 6 of 3rd Concession, 1879, Osnabruck Twp (South Stormont), Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada.

John married Susannah Eve Fulton on 3 Feb 1834. (Susannah Eve Fulton was born on 29 Dec 1808 in Osnabruck Twp (South Stormont), Stormont, Eastern District (Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry), Upper Canada (Ontario), Canada and died on 12 Feb 1876 in Osnabruck Twp (South Stormont), Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada.)