- W. B. WOOD, general mechanic in cotton factory; born in Brainard's
Bridge, Renesselaer Co.,
- N.Y., Oct. 19, 1826; married Louisa HOAG, December, 1848;
she was born in September, 1826; children are Francis A., born
April 29, 1850; Andrew J., August, 1852; Adeline Jane, Willis
Elmer, Milo, Sidney, Charles and George, aged 25, 22, 20, 18,
16, 14, 11 and 9 years respectively; Mr. B. worked twenty-one
years at Brainard cotton mill, and was for a time manager in
the mill; was overseer of card-room and spring-room at North
Adams, Mass., for three years; came to Janesville in 1876, where
he still remains in the Janesville cotton factory.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 732.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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