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Zadock Woods
By Kathy Carter
Zadock Woods was born near Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1773 and later moved with his family to Woodstock, Vermont. He married Minerva Cottle and the Woods and Cottle families migrated to Louisiana territory (Missouri) around 1800. There he built a fortified home known as Wood’s Fort.
During the War of 1812, he served in Boone’s Company of mounted rifleman patrolling a 2000-square…