John Wood

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Born 1821 in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich,_England Greenwich, England]
 
Born 1821 in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich,_England Greenwich, England]
  
He came to Quebec from England sometime between 1837 and 1843.
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He came to Quebec from England sometime between 1837 and 1843, settling first at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Prairie,_Quebec La Prairie, Quebec] where he was a Leather Tanner and Captain of the Militia (Military Service).  In 1850 he moved to the area that would later become the town of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxton_Falls,_Quebec Roxton Falls, Quebec].
  
Died 16 Jul 1899 in Acton Vale,Quebec, Canada
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In 1863 he was elected the first Mayor of Roxton Falls, a position he held until 1880.  He retired from his occupation as a Leather Tanner in 1888.
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<blockquote>Thanks to the unslacking devotion of John Wood, mayor of Roxton Falls, the first goods train of South Eastern Townships Railways made it's appearance in 1877.</blockquote>
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He died 16 Jul 1899 in Acton Vale,Quebec, Canada
 
Buried at the Cemetery of St Mark, Acton Vale, Quebec, Canada
 
Buried at the Cemetery of St Mark, Acton Vale, Quebec, Canada
 
   
 
   
Occupation: Leather Tanner from 1837 to 1850 La Prairie,Quebec
 
Immigration: 1837/1843 Quebec 1
 
Event: Captain of the Militia Military Service 1837/1843 Quebec 1
 
Occupation: Leather Tanner from 1850 to 1888 Roxton Falls,Quebec 1
 
Occupation: Mayor from 1863 to 1880 Roxton Falls,Quebec 1
 
 
Census: 1871 Roxton Falls,Shefford Co,Quebec  
 
Census: 1871 Roxton Falls,Shefford Co,Quebec  
 
Census: 1881 Roxton Falls, Shefford Co, Quebec  
 
Census: 1881 Roxton Falls, Shefford Co, Quebec  
Note:  First mayor of Roxton Falls. Was mayor in 1871.
 
 
Thanks to the unslacking devotion of John Wood, mayor of Roxton Falls, the first goods train of South Eastern Townships Railways made it's appearance in 1877.
 
 
  
  

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