Portrait and biographical record of Shelby and Moultrie counties Illinois, containing ..sketches of prominent ..citizens ..the governors of the state ..the presidents of the United States . 55. -5- -*? , JDHNWOOD, Governo, 1860-1, and^i/tXil M* tne nrst settler of Quincy, 111.,was born in the town of Sempro-nius (now Moravia), Cayuga Co.,N. Y., Dec. 20, 179S. He wasthe second child and only son ofDr. Daniel Wood. His mother,nee Catherine Crause, was ofGerman parentage, and diedwhile he was an infant. was a learned and skillfulphysician, of classical attain-ments and proficient in sever
Portrait and biographical record of Shelby and Moultrie counties Illinois, containing ..sketches of prominent ..citizens ..the governors of the state ..the presidents of the United States . 55. -5- -*? , JDHNWOOD, Governo, 1860-1, and^i/tXil M* tne nrst settler of Quincy, 111.,was born in the town of Sempro-nius (now Moravia), Cayuga Co.,N. Y., Dec. 20, 179S. He wasthe second child and only son ofDr. Daniel Wood. His mother,nee Catherine Crause, was ofGerman parentage, and diedwhile he was an infant. was a learned and skillfulphysician, of classical attain-ments and proficient in severalmodern languages, who, afterserving throughout the Revolu-tionary War as a Surgeon, settled on the land grantedhim by the Government, and resided there a re-spected and leading influence in his section until hisdeath, at the ripe age of 92 years. The subject of this sketch, impelled by the spiritof Western adventure then pervading everywhere,left his home, Nov. 2, 1818, and passed the succeed-ing winter in Cincinnati, Ohio. The following sum-mer he pushed on to Illinois, landing at Shawneetovvn,and spent the fall and following winter in CalhounCounty. In 1820, in company with Willar
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