Atwood Ancestors Vol XIV No 1, 1996 Published by Claudette M. (Atwood) Maerz 3962 Xenwood Ave So. St. Louis Park, MN 55416 CONTENTS Judson Atwood Family - GA Patten Atwood II Family - IL Brad Potts' wife's Atwood Family line & the Warwick Atwoods - MA McDevitt Atwood Connections - PA. OH Queries JUDSON ATWOOD of GEORGIA Submitted by Denver G. Atwood, 5022 Mountain View Pkwy, Birmingham, AL 35244 1 Judson Atwood b 14 Nov 1792 d 7 Apr 1874 Metter, GA (ref# P138) m Mary TURNER b 7 Oct 1801 d 2 Nov 1868 Metter GA (ref# P139). "I believe that my great-great-grandfather Judson Atwood moved to Georgia in the early 1800's from Connecticut .... I do not know if he had any children other than Benjamin Atwood." (2) 2i Benjamin Turner Atwood b 24 Apr 1829 Bulloch Co. GA d 12 Jul 1896 (ref# P73); buried in Atwood Farm Cemetery, Bulloch Co. GA; 4th Sgt C.S. Army (Civil War); m Mary Jane JONES b 4 Sep 1838 Bulloch Co. GA d 29 Apr 1913 (ref# P74); buried in Atwood Farm Cemetery, Bulloch Co. GA; Children: (3) 3i Benjamin Turner Atwood (4) 3ii Bennie Atwood (female) (5) 3iii Eugenia Atwood (6) 3iv Vergie Atwood (7) 3v Ophelia Atwood (8) 3vi Bazzel J. Atwood (9) 3vii Judson Atwood (10) 3viii Mary (Molly) Atwood (11) 3ix Maggie Atwood (12) 3x Debbie Atwood Third Generation (3) 3i Benjamin Turner Atwood b 28 Jul 1880 Bulloch Co. GA d 10 Aug 1969 Metter GA (ref# P14); buried Lake Primitive Baptist Church; m Annie Evaden HALL b 17 Jul 1891 Bulloch Co. GA d 2 Aug 1977 Metter GA (ref# P15); buried Lake Primitive Baptist Church. Children: (13) 4i Willie Denver Atwood (14) 4ii Benjamin Turner Jr. Atwood (15) 4iii Mildred Mozelle Atwood (16) 4iv Max Burton Atwood (4) 3ii Bennie Atwood (female) (ref# P75); m Remur D LANIER (ref# P101); both buried in Lower Lotts Creek Cemetery; 7 children LANIER: Willis (ref# P102), Walton (ref# P103), Bertie, Clara, Bernard, Felton, Remur Jr. (5) 3iii Eugenia Atwood b 11 Jun 1873 d 6 Dec 1960 Metter GA (ref# P76); m George TRAPNELL (ref# P86); both buried Lake Primitive Baptist Church; 1 child Francina TRAPNELL (6) 3iv Vergie Atwood (ref# P77); m Julian PARRISH (ref# P109); both buried Lake Primitive Baptist Church; 5 children PARRISH: Wilma (ref# P110), Bertha, Hattie (ref# P112), Eugene "Jeanie", Ben Emmet. (7) 3v Ophelia Atwood (ref# P78); m Willie TRAPNELL; 5 children (Alton, Willie Denver, Atwood, Mary TRAPNELL) (8) 3vi Bazzel J. Atwood b 27 Feb 1867 d 16 Apr 1912 (ref# P133); m1 Mary M COLLINS b 24 Oct 1869 Evans Co near Hagan d 25 Sep 1899; both buried Atwood Farm cemetery, Bulloch Co. GA; m2 Lucy RIGGS (ref# P134) Children of Bazzel J. Atwood and Mary Collins: (34) 4i Ben Grady Atwood (35) 4ii Cecil Atwood (36) 4iii Bazzel J. Jr. Atwood (37) 4iv Wade Atwood died and buried in CA Children of Bazzel J. Atwood and Lucy Riggs: (38) 4v Juanita Atwood (ref# P135) (39) 4vi Lucille Atwood (40) 4vii Jimmy Atwood (ref# P137) (9) 3vii Judson Atwood (ref# P80) m Mattie POWELL (ref# P116); both buried Excelsior Cemetery, Excelsior GA Children: (41) 4i Ben Louis Atwood (42) 4ii Willie Atwood (43) 4iii Mary Lou Atwood (44) 4iv Tilla Atwood (45) 4v Sadie Bell Atwood (10) 3viii Mary (Molly) Atwood died somewhere in TX (ref# P81); m Ivy DEKLE (ref# P82); 2 Children DEKLE: Bertie (female - ref# P83), Mamie (ref# P84 (11) 3ix Maggie Atwood b 24 Dec 1859 d 20 Dec 1907 (ref# P85); m George TRAPNELL (ref# P86) buried Lake Primitive Baptist Church, Metter GA; 11 children TRAPNELL: Maggie, Debbie (ref# P92), Anna m DELOACH (ref# P95), Nancy, Euna (ref# P93), George (ref# P89), Judson, Ben (ref# P88), John (ref# P87), Lola (ref# P94), Alger (ref# P90). ---------- "The Atwood Family" compiled by the Atwood Family Association, Roscoe IL, 10 May 1928; Presented to the Madison WI Library by the association; CS 71 A91 1928. This is the 2nd edition - the first was issued in 1917. Only 19 pages are reproduced here. PART 1 (continued in Vol XIV No 2) 1 Joseph Atwood b 8 Apr 1756 d 9 Apr 1821; m1 16 Feb 1779 to Ruth Cross b 18 Jun 1752 d 6 Dec 1830 (no children); m2 5 Mar 1801 to Polly Powers (d/o Nahum Powers b 11 Apr 1741) b 19 Oct 1771 d 9 Sep 1826 ; 7 children 2i Irene Atwood 2ii Joseph Atwood (14 children) (2) 2iii Patten Atwood (15 children) 2iv Lura [sic] Atwood m () Warner (11 children) 2v Candace Atwood m () Wilson (17 children) 2vi Ira Atwood 2vii Alfred Atwood (died bef 1816) Joseph enlisted in the Revolutionary forces as a private (7 May 1775 - 18 Dec 1775) in 6th Co. of 2nd Regiment of Connecticut Volunteers; again 26 May 1777 - Jan 1778; and again 18 Aug 1780 - 4 Dec 1780 in 9th Connecticut Regiment under Col S. B. Webb. Polly "is said to have been a woman of rare beauty, culture and refinement..." In 1816 this family (Alfred had died) moved to Canada where Joseph died almost 1 year after being struck by a falling timber while raising the frame of a house. (2) 2iii Patten Atwood, Deacon b 11 Jan 1805 Alexandria, Grafton Co. NH, d 2 Jan 1898 m 14 Feb 1826 to Anna Brooks (d/o William Brooks and Lydia Simmons) b 20 Mar 1808 in Canada d 30 Jul 1890; moved to Owen IL 1839 and to a farm nine miles north of Rockford IL 1849. 15 children (6 sons, 8 daughters), 1 died in infancy. [That, according to a tidbit in the book, was one ton of children - combined weight of 2100 pounds on the occasion of their parent's 60th wedding anniversary./rea] (continued in Vol Xiv No 2) --------- Brad Potts submitted data on his wife's Atwood line, and other Warwick Atwoods which can be found at his website: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~genesis/atwood.htm This is the Philip Atwood and Sarah Robbins line with details of the families of their children Asa, Nathan and Silas. ---------- Atwoods connection in the McDevitt Family Pedigree submitted by Robert T. McDevitt, 17432 Sybrandy Ave, Cerritos, CA 90703-8139 1 M. L. ATWOOD b 14 Apr 1839 ME d 16 Dec 1897 Armstrong Co. PA; m 13 May 1867 WC, PA to Catharine LAUFFER b 7 Aug 1837 WC, PA 2 Hannah Elizabeth ATWOOD b 30 Apr 1875 AC, PA d 23 Dec 1954 East Liverpool, CC, OH; m 17 Jul 1894 in AC, PA to Thomas Michael HINDES (s/o Stanley Livingstone Hindes & Hannah Eliza Hartman) b 28 Oct 1874 Manorville, AC, PA d 15 Feb 1963 East Liverpool, CC, OH. 3 Aida Bertha HINDES b 1894 d 1981 m Arthur McDevitt (s/o John Benton McDevitt & Mary Ann Johnson) b 1891 d 1966 Other names in the pedigree are: GODDARD, JOHNSON, HARTMAN - [please contact me if you want more details on them. /rea] --------- MISC. CDR Stoughton Atwood, USNR (Ret.); wrote an article published in "Foundation", Fall 1995, entitled "A Cookoo Flies Over the Nest". [no details about him] ---------- QUERIES ATWOOD * McCOLLUM * GREER * TUCKER KY submitted by Sarah King, 306 S. Lee Ave., Wagoner OK 75567 Fatima Jane ATWOOD b abt 1836 to James ATWOOD 1794 and Margaret McCollum 1793 in Kentucky. Yet in the 1850 Casey Co. Kentucky federal census, she and her youngest brother, Franklin born abt 1839 are listed as children of Rebecca Ellen and Moses GREER. Did Fatima's eldest brother William, whose first wife was Rebecca Ellen, divorce Rebecca and she take the two youngest to raise when she married Moses GREER? How did Fatima come to tell her children her maiden name was GREER when the Kentucky marriage records says it was ATWOOD??? Fatima married Dandridge TUCKER 17 Aug 1852 Casey Kentucky. ATWOOD * WALTER submitted by Fran Loring, PO Box 785, Cosmopolis, WA 98537 Peter ATWOOD b 1796 NH d MN; m Harriet WALTER b 1798 d MN Children: Norris Atwood b abt 1822 VT Martha Atwood b abt 1824 VT (these might be children of Norris - not clear in submission /rea): Mavonen Atwood b abt 1843 VT Urana Atwood b abt 1848 VT ---------- ATWOOD * WILLIAMS * CRANE submitted by Mrs. Jane Digerness, PO Box 66, Randolph Utah 84064 Freeman ATWOOD m Sophia WILLIAMS Frances Leona Atwood b 11 Dec 1872, Rock Co. WI; m Clifford Crane; they ended up in Boulder Co. Colorado; (Frances was foster mother to submitter's mother) ---------- end of Vol XIV No 1