WI BIO - Dane Co - ROOD, John Q. A.
Biographical Review of Dane County, WI. Chicago: Biographical Review Pub. Co. 
1893, Vol II, p 501

John Q. A. [Quincy Adams?] ROOD, a successful farmer of Dane County, 
Wisconsin, was born in Washington County, Vermont, 22 May 1825, a son of 
Moses and Edith (ROBINSON) ROOD, also natives of Vermont. The father [Moses 
ROOD], a farmer and lumberman by occupation, died in Wisconsin in 1854, and 
the mother [Edith nee ROBINSON] died in Wisconsin in 1862. They [Moses and 
Edith (ROBINSON) ROOD were the parents of eight children, six sons and two 
daughters, all but one of whom lived to years of maturity.

John Q. A. ROOD, the subject of this sketch, came to [the Territory of] 
Wisconsin in 1845, locating in Janesville, Rock County. Three years later he 
went to Stoughton [Dane County; in the Territory of Wisconsin if he came 
there before 29 May 1848; in the State of Wisconsin if he came 29 May 1848 or 
after], where he and his brother built the mill dam across the [Rock] river; 
remained there two years; then at Waterloo [Jefferson County], Wisconsin, 
until 1852; in that year went West with ox teams, being from April until 
September in making the trip, and took up a tract of land in Willamette 
valley [Multnomah County], Oregon. He [John Q. A. ROOD] was engaged in 
mining in that State seven years, and in 1858 returned to Waterloo, Jefferson 
County, Wisconsin, where he followed the lumber business four years. [The 
lumber business in WI grew along with the development of railroads, since 
wood was required for railroad ties and as fuel for locomotives, as well as 
for heating the homes and cooking the food of an increasing number of 
settlers.] In 1865 Mr. ROOD bought his present farm of 140 acres in Dunkirk 
Township, Dane County [WI], where he has since been engaged in general 
farming.

In June 1852, he [John Q. A. ROOD] was united in marriage with Mary E. ESTES, 
who was reared in North Carolina, and they have one child, Harriet E., wife 
of William TYLER, of Dunkirk Township, Dane County, Wisconsin. Politically 
Mr. ROOD affiliates with the Republican party, and has held the office of 
Township Supervisor two years. 

Submitted by Cathy Kubly