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CHAELES G. AT WOOD, OF RIVERSIDE, CAL. 75
city, Kansas. Children: Zella Baker,' b. July 18, 1883. Zona
Baker,' b. Feb. 27, 1885. ISTewell Baker,' b. Sept. 27, 1888.
7. Thomas Atwood,= b. Bedford, N. H., Nov. 25, 1824; m., Oct. 14, 1846,
Clarissa M. Clongh, of Nunda, N. Y., b. Jan. 1, 1827, who, on
April 1, 1891, was in
living Avoca, N. Y. Mr. Atwood, while
engaged in Ypsilanti, Mich., in erecting some shafting in a new
building, lost his balance on the scaffolding, and fell, pulling
the shafting with him, one end of which struck him upon the
temple, pinning him to the floor below, and killing him
instantly. Children: •
I. DeLisle Atwood," b. at Nashua, N. H., Sept. 5, 1848; m., Sept. 26,
1883, Mary A. McCord, of Big Flats, N. Y., b. March 27, 1861;
res. Avoca, N. Y. Children b. Avoca, N. Y. : Albert Lewis
Atwood,' b. Dec. 27, 1884. Carrie May Atwood,' b. Sept. 15,
1886. Minnie Maud Atwood,' b. May 3, 1888.
II. Fred. M. Atwood," b. at Nunda, N. Y., May 26, 1852; m., March 13,
1870, Frances Taft, of Addison, N. Y., b. July 18, 1854; res.
Avoca, N. Y, Children: Fred A. Atwood,' b. at Wyalushing,
N. Y., Jan. 3, 1871. Edward T. Atwood,' b. at Addison, N. Y., -
Nov. 19, 1873.
III. Charles T. Atwood," b. at Pike, N. Y., Nov. 9, 1861 ; m., Sept. 24,
1890, Leda E. Shults, b. at Wheeler, N. Y., Dec. 21, 1867. They
reside at Avoca, N. Y.
8. Catherine McAfee Atwood, s b. Bedford, N. H._, Feb. 2, 1827. She
went with her parents to Nunda, N. Y., in 1840; m., Sept. 7,
1850, Jacob Smith, who d. Oct. 15, 1863, at Galesburg, 111,
She m. second, Dec. 13, 1865, Seymour M. Arnold, and res. at
Galesburg, 111. Child b. Galesburg, 111. :
I. Jane B. Arnold," b. July 21, 1870.
9. Charles G. Atwood,^ b. Bedford. N. H., April 7, 1829; m. Marcelia E.
Bradley; no children. He learned the printer's trade in
Amherst, N. H. Left there in 1848, and was in Boston on the
Boston Daily Bee for one year, then joined his parents in
Nunda, N. Y., and for two years was editor and proprietor of
the Nunda Telefjraph later was in ;
Syracuse, N. Y., in charge
of the Daily Star; went to Baltimore, Md., in 1853, and was
employed on different papers till 1S55, when he went to Chicago,
111., and in 1856 to Mt. Morris, 111., and started the
North Westei-n Bejniblican, which he sold after the defeat of
General Fremont for the presidency ;
was then in Galesburg,
la. ; run a newspaper, and was in the grocery and coal business,
employing one hundred and fifty men. There, for a
year, he bought and shipped horses to the principal cities in
the country. Later he went to Quincy, 111., built a horse railroad,
managed it for one year, tlien sold it and went to Red
Oak, la., in 1875, where he engaged in farming till July, 1890,
when he sold liis property, pvirchased an extensive oi'ange
ranch (paying $21,000) in Riverside, Cal., where he resided in
1891, and where he expects to end his days.
10. Ann Elizabeth Atwood,5 b. July 7, 1831, at Bedford, N. H. went
;
with her parents to Nunda, N. Y. m. ; W^illiam Wirt and res.
at Hornellsville, N. Y. She d. Sept. 6, 1884. He d. April 14,
1886. Children :
I. Katie Wirt," b. Canasaraga, N. Y., Oct. 20, 1859; m., April 27, 1889,
Charles W. Ricliardson, and res. at Dansville, N. Y. Child,
b. Dansville, N. Y. : Mary Jenette Richardson,' b. Feb. 23,
11.
1891.
Charles Wirt," b. Sept. 20, 1861, at III.
Canaseraga, N. Y. He is m., and
res. at No. 10 Washington St., Hornellsville, N. Y.
Susan Wirt," b. at Canaseraga, N. Y., Sept. 2, 1864; m., April 28,
1887, Fred H. Cowen; res. No. 88 Cypress St., Rochester,
N. Y. ; no children.