The Hartford Day Spring, Nov. 6, 1907
REAL DAUGHTER OF REVOLUTION
Mrs. Lucretia Wood, of Watervliet, Enjoys This Distinction
FATHER REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER
Remarkable Old Lady Is Spending Fall In Grand Rapids, Says the Press
The Grand Rapids Evening Press of Saturday devoted a column to the history of Mrs. Lucretia Wood of Watervliet, whom the Press terms a real daughter of the Revolution.
Mrs. Wood is well known to many Hartford people, having been a resident of Watervliet since an early day. She is 95 years of age and at present is spending the winter with her daughter, Mrs. Frank Mutchler, of Grand Rapids.
David Reed, Mrs. Wood's father, fought for American independence in the Revolutionary war. He joined the patriot army at the age of sixteen, a year before the year closed, but he served out his three years' term of enlistment in the reconstruction period which followed.
Mrs. Wood is a remarkably well preserved woman and not withstanding the fact that she is approaching the century mark, she is in possession of all her faculties, her mind is clear, her memory remarkable and her health excellent.
"I remember when a child hearing my father tell war stories, and I used to shudder when he told the terrible sufferings which the Revolutionary soldiers endured," says Mrs. Wood. "He took especial pride in telling about his uncle, Gen. Joseph Reed, who was a brave example of an incorruptable patriot. Gen. Reed was on Gen. George Washington's staff and an important man of that period.
"He was of so much consequence that King George of England offered him a rich estate and great wealth if he would desert the cause of the American colonists and join the forces of the King. To this Gen. Reed replied, "I am not worth purchasing, but such as I am the King of England cannot buy me."
"My father was proud of his uncle and often related this incident of his loyalty and patriotism. It is in the school books now. I suppose they wish the children of today to know about it. Some one showed me a book not long ago with that story in it. It was the same story that my father used to tell me, but I suppose he never thought it would some day be printed in the books."
Mrs. Wood was "discovered" a few years ago by several members of a Chicago chapter of the D. A. R. who were spending the summer near Watervliet. When they learned that she was the daughter of a Revolutionary soldier and became informed of the brilliant part which her uncle, her father and grandparents had played in the great war of the Revolution, her name was sent to the national board of D. A. R. in Washington and placed upon the pension roll and she was made a member of the George Rogers Clark chapter of Chicago.
Aside from the interest which her revolutionary connections give her, Mrs. Wood is a really remarkable woman. She was married when eighteen years old and has been the mother of fourteen children and has endured the hardships and privations of early pioneer life in Michigan when it was a trackless wilderness.
She has twenty great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Her oldest living child, David Wood, is seventy-five years old and lives at Watervliet, Mich. Her other children who are still living are Mrs. Ann Rowe, seventy-years old, who lives at Watervliet, Lewis Wood, aged fifty-five years, who lives at Bangor, Mich., and Addison Wood, the youngest, aged fifty-one, who lives at Foantain, Mich.
REAL DAUGHTER OF REVOLUTION
Mrs. Lucretia Wood, of Watervliet, Enjoys This Distinction
FATHER REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER
Remarkable Old Lady Is Spending Fall In Grand Rapids, Says the Press
The Grand Rapids Evening Press of Saturday devoted a column to the history of Mrs. Lucretia Wood of Watervliet, whom the Press terms a real daughter of the Revolution.
Mrs. Wood is well known to many Hartford people, having been a resident of Watervliet since an early day. She is 95 years of age and at present is spending the winter with her daughter, Mrs. Frank Mutchler, of Grand Rapids.
David Reed, Mrs. Wood's father, fought for American independence in the Revolutionary war. He joined the patriot army at the age of sixteen, a year before the year closed, but he served out his three years' term of enlistment in the reconstruction period which followed.
Mrs. Wood is a remarkably well preserved woman and not withstanding the fact that she is approaching the century mark, she is in possession of all her faculties, her mind is clear, her memory remarkable and her health excellent.
"I remember when a child hearing my father tell war stories, and I used to shudder when he told the terrible sufferings which the Revolutionary soldiers endured," says Mrs. Wood. "He took especial pride in telling about his uncle, Gen. Joseph Reed, who was a brave example of an incorruptable patriot. Gen. Reed was on Gen. George Washington's staff and an important man of that period.
"He was of so much consequence that King George of England offered him a rich estate and great wealth if he would desert the cause of the American colonists and join the forces of the King. To this Gen. Reed replied, "I am not worth purchasing, but such as I am the King of England cannot buy me."
"My father was proud of his uncle and often related this incident of his loyalty and patriotism. It is in the school books now. I suppose they wish the children of today to know about it. Some one showed me a book not long ago with that story in it. It was the same story that my father used to tell me, but I suppose he never thought it would some day be printed in the books."
Mrs. Wood was "discovered" a few years ago by several members of a Chicago chapter of the D. A. R. who were spending the summer near Watervliet. When they learned that she was the daughter of a Revolutionary soldier and became informed of the brilliant part which her uncle, her father and grandparents had played in the great war of the Revolution, her name was sent to the national board of D. A. R. in Washington and placed upon the pension roll and she was made a member of the George Rogers Clark chapter of Chicago.
Aside from the interest which her revolutionary connections give her, Mrs. Wood is a really remarkable woman. She was married when eighteen years old and has been the mother of fourteen children and has endured the hardships and privations of early pioneer life in Michigan when it was a trackless wilderness.
She has twenty great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Her oldest living child, David Wood, is seventy-five years old and lives at Watervliet, Mich. Her other children who are still living are Mrs. Ann Rowe, seventy-years old, who lives at Watervliet, Lewis Wood, aged fifty-five years, who lives at Bangor, Mich., and Addison Wood, the youngest, aged fifty-one, who lives at Foantain, Mich.
The Hartford Day Spring, Nov. 6, 1907
REAL DAUGHTER OF REVOLUTION
Mrs. Lucretia Wood, of Watervliet, Enjoys This Distinction
FATHER REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER
Remarkable Old Lady Is Spending Fall In Grand Rapids, Says the Press
The Grand Rapids Evening Press of Saturday devoted a column to the history of Mrs. Lucretia Wood of Watervliet, whom the Press terms a real daughter of the Revolution.
Mrs. Wood is well known to many Hartford people, having been a resident of Watervliet since an early day. She is 95 years of age and at present is spending the winter with her daughter, Mrs. Frank Mutchler, of Grand Rapids.
David Reed, Mrs. Wood's father, fought for American independence in the Revolutionary war. He joined the patriot army at the age of sixteen, a year before the year closed, but he served out his three years' term of enlistment in the reconstruction period which followed.
Mrs. Wood is a remarkably well preserved woman and not withstanding the fact that she is approaching the century mark, she is in possession of all her faculties, her mind is clear, her memory remarkable and her health excellent.
"I remember when a child hearing my father tell war stories, and I used to shudder when he told the terrible sufferings which the Revolutionary soldiers endured," says Mrs. Wood. "He took especial pride in telling about his uncle, Gen. Joseph Reed, who was a brave example of an incorruptable patriot. Gen. Reed was on Gen. George Washington's staff and an important man of that period.
"He was of so much consequence that King George of England offered him a rich estate and great wealth if he would desert the cause of the American colonists and join the forces of the King. To this Gen. Reed replied, "I am not worth purchasing, but such as I am the King of England cannot buy me."
"My father was proud of his uncle and often related this incident of his loyalty and patriotism. It is in the school books now. I suppose they wish the children of today to know about it. Some one showed me a book not long ago with that story in it. It was the same story that my father used to tell me, but I suppose he never thought it would some day be printed in the books."
Mrs. Wood was "discovered" a few years ago by several members of a Chicago chapter of the D. A. R. who were spending the summer near Watervliet. When they learned that she was the daughter of a Revolutionary soldier and became informed of the brilliant part which her uncle, her father and grandparents had played in the great war of the Revolution, her name was sent to the national board of D. A. R. in Washington and placed upon the pension roll and she was made a member of the George Rogers Clark chapter of Chicago.
Aside from the interest which her revolutionary connections give her, Mrs. Wood is a really remarkable woman. She was married when eighteen years old and has been the mother of fourteen children and has endured the hardships and privations of early pioneer life in Michigan when it was a trackless wilderness.
She has twenty great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Her oldest living child, David Wood, is seventy-five years old and lives at Watervliet, Mich. Her other children who are still living are Mrs. Ann Rowe, seventy-years old, who lives at Watervliet, Lewis Wood, aged fifty-five years, who lives at Bangor, Mich., and Addison Wood, the youngest, aged fifty-one, who lives at Foantain, Mich.
REAL DAUGHTER OF REVOLUTION
Mrs. Lucretia Wood, of Watervliet, Enjoys This Distinction
FATHER REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER
Remarkable Old Lady Is Spending Fall In Grand Rapids, Says the Press
The Grand Rapids Evening Press of Saturday devoted a column to the history of Mrs. Lucretia Wood of Watervliet, whom the Press terms a real daughter of the Revolution.
Mrs. Wood is well known to many Hartford people, having been a resident of Watervliet since an early day. She is 95 years of age and at present is spending the winter with her daughter, Mrs. Frank Mutchler, of Grand Rapids.
David Reed, Mrs. Wood's father, fought for American independence in the Revolutionary war. He joined the patriot army at the age of sixteen, a year before the year closed, but he served out his three years' term of enlistment in the reconstruction period which followed.
Mrs. Wood is a remarkably well preserved woman and not withstanding the fact that she is approaching the century mark, she is in possession of all her faculties, her mind is clear, her memory remarkable and her health excellent.
"I remember when a child hearing my father tell war stories, and I used to shudder when he told the terrible sufferings which the Revolutionary soldiers endured," says Mrs. Wood. "He took especial pride in telling about his uncle, Gen. Joseph Reed, who was a brave example of an incorruptable patriot. Gen. Reed was on Gen. George Washington's staff and an important man of that period.
"He was of so much consequence that King George of England offered him a rich estate and great wealth if he would desert the cause of the American colonists and join the forces of the King. To this Gen. Reed replied, "I am not worth purchasing, but such as I am the King of England cannot buy me."
"My father was proud of his uncle and often related this incident of his loyalty and patriotism. It is in the school books now. I suppose they wish the children of today to know about it. Some one showed me a book not long ago with that story in it. It was the same story that my father used to tell me, but I suppose he never thought it would some day be printed in the books."
Mrs. Wood was "discovered" a few years ago by several members of a Chicago chapter of the D. A. R. who were spending the summer near Watervliet. When they learned that she was the daughter of a Revolutionary soldier and became informed of the brilliant part which her uncle, her father and grandparents had played in the great war of the Revolution, her name was sent to the national board of D. A. R. in Washington and placed upon the pension roll and she was made a member of the George Rogers Clark chapter of Chicago.
Aside from the interest which her revolutionary connections give her, Mrs. Wood is a really remarkable woman. She was married when eighteen years old and has been the mother of fourteen children and has endured the hardships and privations of early pioneer life in Michigan when it was a trackless wilderness.
She has twenty great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Her oldest living child, David Wood, is seventy-five years old and lives at Watervliet, Mich. Her other children who are still living are Mrs. Ann Rowe, seventy-years old, who lives at Watervliet, Lewis Wood, aged fifty-five years, who lives at Bangor, Mich., and Addison Wood, the youngest, aged fifty-one, who lives at Foantain, Mich.
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
