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                  <text>i;r:rr__,_lDUGi-r.2Y

- Fort Erie.

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1

1866. d.

born in râ€¢Jilloughby

â€¢

son of Edwin Atwood

&amp; IV:r&gt;ry E.

1835-1911.
married to

Bov1ep

19 4 2 Â· Greenwood C:::mt.
Atwood .

1837- 1906.

Annie A.Bo~e:;.'l_l868-1950.

Grenwood Cemeter.-.

Children: Lloyd
1895- 1973. wife Pearl: 1900-1975. ~reenwood.
1897- 1960. wife Stella M. 1902-1972."""
Ira T .
.Tohn R.
1904 - 1 1Â§06- 1975. G~~en~6dÂ·
Edward
Mac. Fhee
1899- 1964. Greenwood.
Reva
b. 1901- 1974. Greenwood.
Vera
1901- 1936.
Marion E BrOiÂ·::l

.:Cohn H. Atwood caflle to Fort Erie from the family home in Willoughby on the
river road lot 10. S.E. angle :B.F. He arrived in the village Oct.1. 1890.

Ee opened a grocery store on the nortt side of Jarvis St.in the middle of
-t.'1.e block, in later years the site of t:he .A.P. store. In
iJ1dertaking business.By 1892 he had

b~ilt

himself a home,

18~1

he hought th-=

store, and

carried on his undertaking .business fr a large ba:im at t.'li.e rear. It stood or
Â·~

â€¢

rÂ·

ti.'J.e north west earner of Duffer in and
tusinesses here till 1932.

~aauck

Streets. He carried on both

Early in 1939 a fire destroyed t!11e parn and ths
,Â§Â«,4 "" ..

s:-lass hearse that he had stored there.
:~2'vl

In 1895 John had gone into the ::â€¢.rrniture business. In 1928 he built a
store on the north side of Jarvis, to the east of the old post office.

:::n 1931 he built several homes on the south side of Winter:iute St., one
:::ff him[&gt;elf and others for family r.1erntâ€¢ers. On this sar.ie location he opened
~.is

undertakiny parlor and funeral business in Oct. 1940.

�ATWOOD: WIIJ..OUGIIDY.

â€¢

lot lO:B.F. S.E. Angle. (deviding line between Rertie.

Feb. 10. 1797. CrrnÂ·m to Denjarnin Hardison 19 acres .
Jan.

8.

mar. 20.

1798. benjamin Hardison to Joshia Fairbanks. 19 acres.

D.&amp;.S.

1802. ,Joshia Fairbanks etaux to ,John Miller : lot 10 S.E. angle and
other lands: 159 acres.

Apr. 24. 1834. lTohn Miller to daughter Mary 1vTiller: 28 acres beginning on
the limits between Tovms. of Willoughby and Bertie.28 acres.
( Edwin Atv1ood married Mary Miller)
1900.

~Qwin M. Atwood to John Atwood: 28 acres ,subject to life

lease.
Oct. 12. 1922. ,John H. Atwood

â€¢

â€¢

&amp;

wife to l\rthur I\. Erl.wards : 20 acres .

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