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From: "Christi Calvert Brogan" <>
Subject: [WOOD-L] FW: [NYCATTAR] WOOD family of Randolph
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 06:40:35 -0600


Thought this might be of some interest to someone...

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-----Original Message-----
From: LG Greene [mailto:]
Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2000 11:12 AM
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Subject: [NYCATTAR] WOOD family of Randolph


FROM: Historical Gazetteer and Biographical Memorial of Cattaraugus County,
ed by William Adams, published 1893.
Chapter: Town of Randolph
Page 1077

Surnames: WOOD, SNOW

Oscar C. Wood, son of Gaius and grandson of Gen. Seth Wood, an early settler
of Conewango, was born there April 16, 1844. In Nov., 1863, he married
Rosetta L., daughter of William Snow, and settled on a farm of 175 acres,
which he sold nine years later and bought in East Randolph the farm he now
owns. He was proprietor of five creameries from 1873 until 1885, in which he
manufactured both butter and cheese, his sales from one factory in 1873
aggregating $60,000 Since Sept., 1887, he has conducted a hotel in East
Randolph. His hostelry was burned May 14, 1888, and he has since erected a
handsome brick structure on the site. In connection he has a livery stable.
He has served as constable several years.


Submitted by Laura Greene & Martie Wilson

Note: Posted as part of the Cattaraugus County Genweb Biography Project -
the submitters do not belong to this family.

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