Benjamin
Wood
Born in Tennessee
Ancestors 
Son of George Wood Sr.
and [mother unknown]
Brother of
Elijah Wood, Jefferson Wood, William G. Wood, Sarah Wood [half], Elizabeth Wood [half], Hannah Wood [half], Tabitha E. Wood [half], John W. Wood [half] and George W. Wood Jr. [half]
Husband of
Nancy (Abney) Meece
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Berry Jackson Wood, Benjamin J. Wood, Lucinda Wood, Mary E. Wood and Sarah Alice (Wood) McClelland
Died about
at about age 34
in Alton, Madison, Illinois, United States [uncertain]
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Biography
Pvt. Benjamin Wood served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: June 18, 1862
Mustered out: Feb 28, 1863
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): Company E, 27th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry
Enlisted: June 18, 1862
Mustered out: Feb 28, 1863
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): Company E, 27th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry
27th Regiment Arkansas Infantry (Confederate), US Civil War
Benjamin was born 1830 in Tennessee or Arkansas. He is the son of George W Wood Sr,
(1780–?) and Margery Snodgrass (1782–?) who were married 5 February, 1805,
in Jefferson, Tennessee, United States, Benjamin married Nancy (Abney) Meece (1829-1930) who was born in Kentucky. They lived In Buffalo Fork Township Marion County, Arkansas in 1850 and Union Township of the same County in 1860.[1]
Likely: Civil War service in Company E, Twenty-seventh Regiment Arkansas Infantry (CSA): WOOD, BENJAMIN Private—Enlisted in Co. E in Marion county, Arkansas, June 18, 1862; age 33,, born in Arkansas; transferred to this company, July 17, 1862; dropped from the rolls for desertion, February 28, 1863 [4]
Private Benjamin Wood served in the United States Civil War.
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): Schnabel's Battalion, Missouri Cavalry
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): Schnabel's Battalion, Missouri Cavalry
Benjamin may have also served in the Army during the Civil War at the rank of Private. Company D, Schnable's Missouri Battalion.[5][6] Captured 10/01/1864 Jefferson City, Missouri. Died 01/24/1865 from Pneumonia.
If Benjamin served in Company D, Schnable's Missouri Battalion. he passed away 1865 in Illinois, and is buried in Confederate Cemetery, Alton, Madison County, Illinois.[7][8] NOTE: This death information is different than what appears in his wife Nancy's obituary.
After George's was killed in an engagement in the Civil War [9]his wife and children are found living in Greene County, Missouri.
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Research Notes
- Some have connected him with this CSA soldier from a Missouri fighting unit who died in Alton Prison in 1865 but SOURCES NEEDED to establish the connection:
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10007365/benjamin-wood : accessed 05 October 2021), memorial page for Pvt Benjamin Wood (25 Aug 1830–24 Jan 1865), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10007365, citing Confederate Cemetery, Alton, Madison County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by J. Colin Clark (contributor 47094715) .
- "United States Register of Confederates and Civilians Who Died in the North,1861-1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1W-YFWR : 16 March 2018), Benjamin Wood, 24 Jan 1865; citing Death, Alton, Madison, Illinois, United States, p. 40, NARA microfilm publication M918 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1; FHL microfilm 1,024,456.
Sources
- ↑ The "Bramble Bush" Volume 3 Number 2,
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M678-JX2 : Wed Oct 04 17:49:58 UTC 2023), Entry for Benjamin Wood and Nancy Wood, 1850.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M87Y-KKP : Fri Oct 06 01:39:07 UTC 2023), Entry for Benjamin Wood, 1860.
- ↑ Edward G. Gerdes Civil War http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/27infcoe.html
- ↑ National Park Service https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=6534B2E0-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A
- ↑ Family Search https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Schnabel%27s_Battalion,_Missouri_Cavalry_-_Confederate
- ↑ "United States Register of Confederates and Civilians Who Died in the North,1861-1865", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1W-YFWR : Mon Oct 23 21:01:37 UTC 2023), Entry for Benjamin Wood, 24 Jan 1865.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10007365/benjamin-wood: accessed 27 December 2023), memorial page for PVT Benjamin Wood (25 Aug 1830–24 Jan 1865), Find A Grave: Memorial #10007365, citing Confederate Cemetery, Alton, Madison County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by J. C. Clark (contributor 47094715).
- ↑ Nancy Meese Obituary (age 101) Nov 27, 1930, in “The Kansas City Times” , image attached
- The "Bramble Bush" Volume 3 Number 2, The Quarterly Newsletter of the Historic Genealogical Society of Marion County Arkansas, compiled by Vicki Roberts and Mysty McPherson:
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M678-JX2 : 12 April 2016), Benjamin Wood, Marion county, Marion, Arkansas, United States; citing family 181, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M87Y-KKP : 13 December 2017), Benjamin Wood, 1860. Union Township, Marion County, Arkansas
- Likely Private Benjamin Wood: *Civil War Record: Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Home Page; http://couchgenweb.com/civilwar/ for Twenty-seventh Regiment Arkansas Infantry, Company E.; http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/27infcoe.html
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Then I also found Benjamin's wife's obituary and it says the following about her husband's death:
This obit says she had lived in Missouri as a young girl and married Benjamin Wood there. The couple was homesteading in Arkansas when the Civil War started. Her husband enlisted in the Confederate Army. Federal troops raided the Arkansas home, leaving her and 6 children destitute. They made their way back to Missouri . (The obit implies it was just Nancy and the children.) “Her husband was killed in an engagement in Illinois.” (I'll post this very fuzzy obit to her profile, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Abney-1723)
My thoughts are: the name Benjamin Wood is too common to assume he's the soldier who died in Alton Military Prison. One thing that would help clear this up: if we found the date of enlistment for the Benjamin Wood who was in Company D, Schnable's Missouri Battalion.
More research needed.