Mary Rebecca LEONARD

1839 - 1873  (33 years)

• Name	Mary Rebecca LEONARD  [1]
  Birth	3 Nov 1839  [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	3 Jun 1873	Spartanburg County, SC   [1]
  Burial	Wood's Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery, Near Greer, Spartanburg County, SC
  Person ID	I1188	Wood-Lester
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Thomas LEONARD
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth ANDERSON
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F511	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	John Pressley WOOD,   b. 20 Jan 1826, Spartanburg County, SC d. 7 Feb 1878, Spartanburg County, SC (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	2 Nov 1867
  Children	+ 1. John D WOOD,   b. 3 Apr 1867, Spartanburg County, SC d. 4 Apr 1935, Spartanburg County, SC (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]   2. Mary Louisa WOOD,   b. 22 Nov 1872, Spartanburg County, SC d. 17 Dec 1876, Spartanburg County, SC (Age 4 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F509	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Daniel Mayfield WOOD,   b. 2 Jan 1832, Spartanburg County, SC d. 2 May 1865, Point Lookout Union POW Camp, St. Marys County, MD (Age 33 years)
  Children	1. Thomas Isham LaFayette WOOD,   b. 15 Aug 1858, Spartanburg County, SC d. 5 Sep 1863, Spartanburg County, SC (Age 5 years)  [Father: natural]   2. James Daniel WOOD,   b. 1 May 1862, Spartanburg County, SC d. 26 Nov 1864, Spartanburg County, SC (Age 2 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F510	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Died at age 33 years, 7 months, 0 days. ----------------------------- What terrible tragedies Mary suffered in her short life: in 1863 she looses her first son, Thomas at age 5, then the next year her young husband dies at age 32 then that same year their second and only remaining son, James, dies at age 2. In 1867 Mary married John Pressley Wood, her first husband's brother. and bore two more children only one of which lived to adulthood.

  
  

• Sources

  [S6] Robert Darious Wood, Sr and J Glenn Wood, "Our Time in History: This Wood & Lester Family", File 198A.txt.