Nee: Unknown - adopted name Johnson
Date of Birth: 1810 State: New York
Comment: "Mahala Johnson, believed to have been a full-blooded Iroquois woman of either the Oneida or Mohawk Nation. Orphaned as a young girl, Mahala had been adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Greelors Johnson of New York State." (source: "The Longs of Longfield" by Dale Martin Long-Howe Caragata. Toronto.) She married William Wood 1825 in Oneida Co. NY. Both died in WI.
Mahala, sometimes known as Mary is believed to be full blooded Oneida Iroquois or Mohawk nation as indicated. She and William "Luke" Elliot Wood married when they were both 15 years old.
Nee: Unknown - adopted name Johnson
Date of Birth: 1810 State: New York
Comment: "Mahala Johnson, believed to have been a full-blooded Iroquois woman of either the Oneida or Mohawk Nation. Orphaned as a young girl, Mahala had been adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Greelors Johnson of New York State." (source: "The Longs of Longfield" by Dale Martin Long-Howe Caragata. Toronto.) She married William Wood 1825 in Oneida Co. NY. Both died in WI.
Mahala, sometimes known as Mary is believed to be full blooded Oneida Iroquois or Mohawk nation as indicated. She and William "Luke" Elliot Wood married when they were both 15 years old.