Zelotus L. WOOD

Family 1: Mary HARPER
  1. William Silas WOOD
  2. Henry Zelotus WOOD
  3. Ida M. WOOD 
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Here is further information on Mary Harper (born 1825) daughter of William Harper & Deborah T hompson. Mary Harper married Zelotus L. Wood. Here is a nice bio on the family, which inclu des names of additional children. I only had one child, William S. Wood, born 1846. This Mary Harper is a descendant of Col John Harper & Miriam Thompson. From "History of the Great Lakes," Vol. 2, J. B. Mansfield, [J. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1899 ] CAPTAIN Z. L. WOOD is a pioneer and patriarch of Conneaut, Ohio, whose early life was passe d as a lake mariner, from boy to master. Although he has reached the good old age of seventy- eight years none of his faculties have been noticeably impaired, and he bears himself with th e deliberation and dignity of a man who has lived an upright life. Captain Wood was born Octo ber 25, 1820, son of Silas and Olive [Kennedy] Wood, of Connecticut and Vermont respectively , who were among the earliest settlers of Conneaut township. The Captain's wife, who is a daughter of William and Deborah [Thompson] Harper, is a rem arkable woman and as cheerful a housewife as in her youthful days. They were united in marria ge on January 1, 1845, and, celebrated their golden wedding on New Year's day, 1895, the happ y event being attended by their children, grandchildren and friends for miles around. Both fa milies, the Woods and Harpers, acquired large tracts of land in and about Conneaut, much of w hich is still retained by their descendants. Captain Wood and his wife are now enjoying the o ld homestead of the Harpers, on the east side of the Conneaut river at the harbor. Their children have all established themselves in homes of their own: William Silas, th e eldest son, is carrying on a grocery business in Conneaut: Henry Z. is in the drug busines s in Forest, Ind.; Ida M. is the wife of Thomas Foran, a conductor on the Nickel Plate railro ad, residing in Buffalo. There are five grandchildren. Captain Wood began his career on the l akes away back in 1837, as cook in the scow Free Trader, which was wrecked and rebuilt the sa me year and renamed the Commercial. The next spring he shipped in the schooner William G. Buc kner, with Capt. Jacob Imsen, as cook. In 1839 he advanced to the dignity of sailor before the mast in the Benjamin Barton, an d changed into the schooners Joliet, H. H. Kenney and others until the spring of 1842, when h e was appointed second mate of the schooner Benjamin Barton, later receiving promotion to fir st mate's berth, and finally taking command of her. In 1848 he joined the schooner Big Z, a s mate, closing the season on the steamer Benjamin Franklin, as wheelsman and second mate, an d the next spring he was appointed master of the schooner Albany, which he sailed two seasons . In the spring of 1846 Captain Wood brought out the brig Lucy A. Blossom, but after one roun d trip she was sold and he assumed command on the brig Saginaw, sailing on her the balance o f the season. His next vessel was the schooner Stambach. She was caught by a gale off Conneau t and capsized, the mate, cook and one seaman drowning; the other members of the crew clung t o her bottom until rescued. One of the number, who had never been known to perpetrate a joke , remarked that "this would be a good opportunity to caulk her bottom." In the spring of 1848 Captain Wood was appointed master of the schooner Harriet Ross, fo llowing with a season in the brig Sultana, which hailed from Chicago. In 1850 he joined the s chooner Grand Turk, which nine years later went down to the sea on a voyage from Detroit to H amburg with a cargo of ship plank. Captain Wood says she also made a voyage to Constantinople . After sailing various vessels the Captain purchased the scow Times, which he commanded, an d in the spring of 1870 he bought the schooner John Fretter, which he sold after sailing he r with good results for four seasons, retiring to the ease and comfort of farm life. He is no w occupied for the most part in looking after his real estate. It is safe to say that he an d his good wife enjoy life as fully as the youngest mariners, with a comfortable competency a nd the consciousness that their work has been well done.



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