Oliver W. Atwood (abt. 1838 - 1906)

Born about May 1838 in Woodbury, Connecticut

Ancestors

Died 1 May 1906 at about age 68 in Chatham, Columbia, New York, United States

Biography

Oliver Atwood served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: August 14, 1862
Mustered out: May 20, 1863
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 1st Regiment, New York Dragoons

Oliver Atwood was born in 1838, Woodbury, Connecticut, he was discharged due to disability in June of 1863. (Information card has 20 May 1863 ^[1] as discharge date, and 1 May 1906 as date of death.) The 1900 Census has his year of birth as 1848. He was the son of Burr Buckingham Atwood (1803-1873) Mary Charlotte Hawley (1811-1880).

1850 Census, Woodbury, Connecticut: ^[2]

Burr B Atwood Male 47 Connecticut

Nancy C Atwood Female 34 Connecticut

Ruth A Atwood Female 19 Connecticut

Martin ? Atwood Male 16 Connecticut

Elisha Atwood Male 13 Connecticut

Olive Atwood Female 11 Connecticut (1839)

Mary A Atwood Female 8 Connecticut

1860 Census, Woodbury, Connecticut: ^[3]

Bure B Atwood Male 56 Con

Mary C Atwood Female 41 Con

Elisher Atwood Male 23 Con

Oliver Atwood Male 21 Con (1839)

Mary A Atwood Female 18 Con

Marion Atwood Female 14 Con

Nancy M Atwood Female 9 Con

Ruth Ann Atwood Female 29 Con

Noble Atwood Male 7 Con

Enlisted on 14 August 1862 for three years in Coalville, Bennington, New York on the same day as Benjamin F. Atwood. The muster record listed from Fold3 shows that Oliver Atwood was discharged for disability. It does NOT say that he died. The record itself shows dis., not died. ^[4]

1st Marriage: 9 February 1866, Connecticut, Oliver married Maria Atwood (maiden name is Atwood, her first marriage in 1849 was to Chester A. Atwood).^[5] Maria died 5 July 1887, age 66.^[6]

1880 Census, Watertown, Connecticut: ^[7]

Oliver Atwood Self Male 39 Connecticut, United States (1841)

Maria Atwood Wife Female 58 Connecticut, United States

Stiles Atwood Son Male 21 (1859) Connecticut, United States (step-son)

Ruth Atwood Daughter Female 18 (1862) Connecticut, United States (step-daughter)

2nd Marriage: 1 January 1889, Dalton, Berkshire, Massachusetts, Oliver "L." Atwood, widow, born in Woodbury, Connecticut, married Mary H. Branch. Oliver's parents named as: Burr B. Atwood and Maria Hawley. He was a Stone Mason.^[8]Mary died 7 December 1894, age 37, the daughter of Albert Branch and Hannah Minkler.^[9]

1. Howard B. Atwood, born 22 May 1890, Dalton, Berkshire, Massachusetts ^[10]

3rd Marriage: 19 June 1895, Dalton, Berkshire, Massachusetts, Oliver W. Atwood married Mary Smith. Oliver listed his parents as: Burr B. Atwood and Charlotte Hawley.^[11] Mary was the daughter of George Smith and Mary Ambler, previous marriage to Everett. Both Oliver and Mary were widowed when they married.

1900 Census, Chatham, New York: ^[12]

Oliver W Atwood Head Male 52 Connetticut

Mary Atwood Wife Female 56 New York

Howard B Atwood Son Male 10 Massachusetts

1905 Census, Ghent, Chatham Village, New York:^[13]

Oliver W Atwood Head Male 61y United States

Mary Atwood Wife Female 68y United States

Howard B Atwood Son Male 25y United States

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150265968/oliver-w-atwood
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M682-XJG : 19 December 2020), Olive Atwood in household of Burr B Atwood, Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH51-KFZ : 18 February 2021), Oliver Atwood in entry for Bure B Atwood, 1860.
4. ↑ fold3.com/image/1/316472597
5. ↑ "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7P1-KBM : 11 January 2020), Oliver W. Atwood, 1866.
6. ↑ "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F72P-DYS : 16 January 2020), Maria Atwood, 1887.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFCL-68P : 13 January 2022), Oliver Atwood, Watertown, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
8. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28D-2CWY : 22 July 2021), Oliver L Atwood and Mary H Branch, 1 Jan 1889; citing Dalton, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,902,542.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NW7S-F7C : 2 March 2021), Oliver Atwood in entry for Mary H Branch, 07 Dec 1894; citing Dalton, Massachusetts, v 445 p 48, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 961,512.
10. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXWF-C6Y : 27 October 2020), Oliver W. Atwood in entry for Howard B. Atwood, 1890.
11. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28D-2KVP : 22 July 2021), Oliver W Atwood and Mary Smith Everett, 19 Jun 1895; citing Dalton, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,902,542.
12. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS6R-3PF : 22 January 2022), Oliver W Atwood, 1900.
13. ↑ "New York State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPDZ-6MZ : 8 March 2021), Oliver W Atwood, Ghent, Chatham Village, E.D. 01, Columbia, New York; citing p. 577, line 18, various county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 479,105.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29Y-KGQ3 : 9 July 2020), Oliver W. Atwood, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1965/images/31514_220389-00081?pId=75996