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My Rood & Bowles Family

My 3rd Great Grandfather, Joseph Rood was born on Oct 23, 1795 in Pownal, Bennington, Vermont. He died between 1860-1870 in Wood County, Ohio. He was last listed on the 1860 Portage, Wood, Ohio Census with his son, my 2nd great granfather, Chauncey L Rood family.Chauncey L Rood was born in 1825 in Pownal, Bennington, Vermont and died on April 12, 1895 in Mermill, Wood, Ohio. He married Mary H Wheeler on Apr 22, 1849 in Huron County, Ohio. To this union, a son was born, Byron Rood. Mary H (Wheeler) Rood died in 1858, she is the daughter of Thomas D & Elizabeth Wheeler. On Nov.25,1857, Chauncey married for the 2nd time to, Abligail Holmes in Wood County, Ohio. To this union came 2 sons, John L Rood & George W Rood. Abligail (Holmes) Rood also died very young, in 1864. On March 9, 1864, Chauncey enlisted as a private at the age of 37 years in Comapny A, 182nd Ohio Infantry in the Civil War. He was discharged on July 7, 1865 in Nashville, Tenn. After the War, he married a 3rd time to Martha (Miner) Van Horn in May, 1864 in Wood County, Ohio.To this union, 7 kids were born, Franklin, William, Lenora, Joseph, Charles, Clarissa & Alfred Arthur Rood.My great grandfather, Joseph Marion Rood Sr, born September 17, 1873 & died on September 7, 1958 in Bowling Green, Wood, Ohio. Joseph Marion Rood married Emma C Leimgruber on July 29, 1894 in Wood County, Ohio. Emma died a ear later on May 19, 1895. Joseph married Maude M Luce on Oct 3, 1897 in Wood County, Ohio. To this union, 6 children were born, Lewis Leroy, Alma, Joseph Jr, Harold Abraham (My grandfather), John Henry & Mary Jane Rood, who died at infancy. Harold Abraham Rood, my grandfather, married Florence Marie Bowles on March 6, 1920 in Monroe, Missaukee, Michigan.To this union, 4 children were born, Richard, Gene, Larry & Sharon Ann Rood (my Mother)Florence M (Bowles) Rood, my grandmother was born to William John Bowles & Emma Catherine Reed.Florence had 4 siblings, Bessie May (Bowles) Cross, Helen F Bowles, Nellie (Bowles) Boellner & Benjamin Franklin Bowles.William John Bowles was born Aug 10, 1870 in Milton, Wood, Ohio & died Jan 10, 1927 in Bowling Green, Ohio. He married Emma Catherine Reed, daughter of Jeremiah & Sarah Jane (Fausey) Reed, on Oct 28, 1893. Emma died in 1945. William parents, John William & Jane (Watson) Bowles were married Nov. 15, 1863 in Wood County, Ohio. John Wiliam Bowles was born on May 24, 1834 in March, Cambridgshire, England to John Bowles & Jane Dickerson. John William Bowles, with his family, sailed the atlantic from Liverpool, England & arrived in Albany, New York on August 2, 1852. John served in the Civil War from April 25, 1861 through August 12, 1861 in Company C, 21st Ohio Infantry. During the war, he ruptured his veins in his legs. He married Jane Watson on Nov. 15, 1863 in Wood County, Ohio. To this union, 4 children were born, Benjamin C, Mary Louise, William J & Charles Maxwell Bowles. John William died on April 4, 1918. His wife Jane died in 1902.John Bowles Sr was born in Feb 21, 1809 in March, Cambridgeshire, England & died on Dec 2, 1875 in Wood County, Ohio. His wife Jane Dickerson, the daughter of Walker & Rebecca Dickerson, was born in England on March 5, 1809 & died Feb. 14, 1892 in Wood County, Ohio. To this union 10 kids were born, Anna (died in England), William ( who is believed to saty in New York), John William, Dickerson, Sarah ( who died in 1852), Susan (Bowles) Chappell, Elizabeth (Bowles)Horner, James, Charles & Arthur Bowles.

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Pvt Dickerson Bowles

12 Nov 1837 – 29 Mar 1899

Custar, Wood County, Ohio, USA

Emma Cathrine Reed Bowles

27 Jun 1874 – 13 Aug 1945

Custar, Wood County, Ohio, USA

Pvt James Bowles

11 Jan 1847 – 23 Nov 1926

Custar, Wood County, Ohio, USA

Jane Dickerson Bowles

5 Mar 1809 – 14 Feb 1892

Custar, Wood County, Ohio, USA

Jane Watson Bowles

3 Dec 1838 – 28 Feb 1902

Custar, Wood County, Ohio, USA

John Bowles

21 Feb 1809 – 2 Dec 1875

Custar, Wood County, Ohio, USA

William John Bowles

10 Aug 1870 – 10 Jan 1927

Custar, Wood County, Ohio, USA

Benjamin Henry Fausey

30 Apr 1836 – 8 Jun 1933

Gibsonburg, Sandusky County, Ohio, USA

Elizabeth Poats Fausey

12 Apr 1814 – 11 Jun 1893

Gibsonburg, Sandusky County, Ohio, USA

William Fausey

7 Sep 1811 – 4 Dec 1848

Gibsonburg, Sandusky County, Ohio, USA

Elizabeth Eliza Bowles Horner

9 Mar 1845 – 10 Apr 1917

Custar, Wood County, Ohio, USA

Jeremiah Reed

12 Nov 1841 – 22 Feb 1896

Custar, Wood County, Ohio, USA

Sarah Jane Fausey Reed

3 Mar 1845 – 27 Jun 1913

Custar, Wood County, Ohio, USA

Chauncey L Rood

1825 – 12 Apr 1895

Portage, Wood County, Ohio, USA

Plot info: 46 Block 1

Florence Marie Bowles Rood

24 Aug 1900 – 12 Nov 1970

Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio, USA

Plot info: Section 7

Gene Harold Rood

8 Apr 1929 – 6 Jan 1934

Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio, USA

Plot info: Sec, 7, row 17

Harold Abraham Rood

3 Jun 1902 – 20 Jan 1960

Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio, USA

Plot info: section 7, row 17

John Henry Rood

14 Dec 1903 – 10 Feb 1991

Custar, Wood County, Ohio, USA

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