Wood & Torbert Families

Allen Wood

b. 20 March 1797, d. 9 January 1873

Allen Wood was born on 20 March 1797.
He accompanied Joshua Wood to Cahawba County, Alabama Territory, in 1818.
He married Delilah Clower, daughter of Jonathan Clower and Mary Shuler, on 6 February 1829 in Bibb County, Alabama.
He and Delilah Clower relocated to Fayetteville, Talladega County, Alabama, in circa 1834 with Henry Black Wood, Eason Blue Wood and Susannah Eugenia Wood and the Marble Valley area in Coosa County, just below the Talladega line.
Allen Wood and Delilah Clower appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Hatchet Creek, Coosa County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Henry Black Wood, Eason Blue Wood, Mary Willis Wood, Peity Dodd Wood, Elisha Beecher Steadman Wood, Missouri Ann Pearson Wood and William Forrest Wood.
He was a farmer, according to the 1850 census.
Allen Wood and Delilah Clower appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Mt. Olive, Coosa County, Alabama. Other members of the household included William Forrest Wood.
He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
Allen Wood and Delilah Clower appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Marble Valley Beat, Coosa County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Sarah Jane Jackson and William Henry Wood.
He was a farmer, according to the 1870 census.
Allen Wood died on 9 January 1873 at age 75 in Coosa County, Alabama.
His wife Delilah Clower became a widow at his death.
He was interred at Blue Springs Methodist Church Cemetery, Coosa County, Alabama.