"He had the honour of introducing Methodism into the Dale, and the credit during many years of being its principal supporter..."

 "Mr John Wood was thrice married; by his first wife, he had four sons and one daughter..."

 "Mr Wood's only daughter was, in after years, the third wife of Mr. Joseph Thornton, of Huddersfield, the father of the Rev. W. L. Thornton, M.A. was was elected Representative to the American Methodist Episcopal Churches in 1863..." 

 "The removal of Mr. Wood to his home in heaven was improved in the presence of a large audience, by Mr. John Turton, one of his old and tried friends. The service took place in the Dale chapel".

The four sons are named elsewhere in the book as John, James, Joseph, and Joshua; The book identifies the James Wood of the Title as the son of James and the grandson of this John Wood.

John Wood was probably born around the 1780s. Ann Wheen is identified in the International Genealogical Index (IGI) as being born in 1785 (details supplied by a LDS Church member rather than from the original parish records).

John Wood junior and Ann Wheen were married on 25th July 1825 in the Parish Church of Silkstone. Witness at the wedding were John Wood and W (?) Wheen.

John and Ann had three children. Mary, Charles, and Mrs T. Richardson.

Mrs T. Richardson : I have not located any information about her on the IGI, but she is mentioned in the book titled A memoir of James Wood including notices of other members of his family

James Wood was the husband of Mary, and according to the book, her first cousin. The book was published in 1883 after the death of James. It describes both John Wood (Mary's father) and the deathbed scene of Mrs Richardson, Mary's sister -:

"Another Mr John Wood.. he too was well known as a benevolent man.. He appears of have excelled in business energy. Unhappily his views were regarded as quixotic by his brothers; yet divested of some slight trappings, they will be seen simply to have aimed at securing a first-class market for their goods, instead of a third-class one".

"This worthy gentleman married Miss Ann Whern of Wink House, York. By her, he had three children ; the only one alive now is Mrs James Wood, the relict of the subject of this memoir."

The parish record of John & Anne's marriage in 1805 records that Anne was living at Wink House, York at the time of her marriage.

"An announcement of the wedding : 'Cousin Mary and I were married yesterday at Manchester, and are on our way to Patley Bridge'...Two days after their marriage, a visit was paid to the grave of Mrs Wood's only sister. She became the wife of the Rev. T. Richardson. Her itinerancy was a short one -eighteen months- at the close of which she died at Patley Bridge".

Charles occupation is given as manufacturer. In the 1851 census, it is given as commercial traveler. At the time of the 1851 census, the family was living at Leak Hill Green in Denbydale