Thomas Jefferson Elwood and Isabella Parks

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Husband Thomas Jefferson Elwood ^{1 2}

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           Born: 4 Mar 1844 - Apollo, Armstrong Co, PA 3
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           Died: 22 Feb 1906 4
         Buried:  - Leechburg, Armstrong Co, PA

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         Father: John Elwood (1796-1872) 1 3 5
         Mother: Mary Patterson (Abt 1800-1875/1880) 1 3 5

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       Marriage: 12 Jan 1877 4

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Wife Isabella Parks ⁶

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           Died: 13 Feb 1904 - Leechburg, Armstrong Co, PA 4
         Buried:  - Leechburg, Armstrong Co, PA

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         Father: James Bratton Parks (1810-1892) 7
         Mother: Lucinda C. Hill (1824-1878) 7

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Children

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1 M John Bratten Elwood ³

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           Born: 21 Jan 1878 - Leechburg, Armstrong Co, PA 3
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         Spouse: Lena Toella (      -      ) 4
           Marr: 12 Oct 1909 4

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2 M Thomas Jefferson Elwood, Jr. ⁴

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3 M Robert Parks Elwood ⁴

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General Notes: Husband - Thomas Jefferson Elwood

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He and his brothers, William J. and Robert D. Elwood, became associated in the mercantile and manufacturing business at the close of the Civil war under the firm name of Elwood Brothers, the firm being dissolved in 1873, after which Thomas J. stayed at Leechburg, Pennsylvania.

He was born at Apollo, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, and there received his education in the public schools. He learned the trade of harnessmaker, and also followed canalboating. When the war broke out he enlisted in the Union service, joining the 17th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was detailed to duty at the Allegheny arsenal as harnessmaker, being stationed there for three years, serving out his term of enlistment. Then coming to Leechburg, he engaged in the manufacture of salt, and later became interested in the grain, flour and feed business for several years, purchasing the Leechburg Flour Mill, which he operated until he sold it in 1884 to Schwalm & Elwood.
In 1878 he was elected treasurer of Armstrong County and served his term with high credit. Returning to Leechburg at the close of this service he became associated with B. F. Jennings as assistant superintendent of the West Penn Sheet & Steel Company, and later became weighmaster for Kirkpatrick & Co., at Leechburg. In 1891 he was elected to the office of justice of the peace, serving as such until his death. In politics he was a Republican. He and his wife were members of the Presbyterian Church, and both took an active part in its work. Mr. Elwood was a member of the Royal Arcanum and of the Masons, holding membership in Kittanning Chapter, R. A. M.

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 394.

2 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 455.

3 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 960.

4 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 961.

5 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 475.

6 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 455, 961.

7 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 455, 573.