Irma Conover Wood
b. 17 August 1888
- Father: John Wylie Wood b. 18 April 1856
- Mother: Mary Menard Bostwick b. 8 March 1862
- Irma Conover Wood was born on 17 August 1888 in Brunswick, Glynn County, Georgia.
- She was baptized/christened on 18 December 1889 at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Brunswick, Glynn County, Georgia.
- Mary Menard Bostwick and John Wylie Wood appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Manhattan, New York, at 168 East 90th Street. Other members of the household included Irma Conover Wood, Wilma Bostwick Wood, John R. Wood, Miriam Wylie Wood and Clayton Percy Wood.
- The following appeared on 3 May 1908 in the New-York Tribune: Of interest to the younger set in Flatbush was the wedding in the Church of the Nativity on Teusday evening of Miss Mabel V. Worthen and John R. Wood, son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Wood, of No. 421 East 28th street, Flatbush, but formerly of Brunswick, Ga. The ceremony, which ws performed by the Rev. Andrew Fleming, was followed by a reception at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Worthen, No. 387 Ocean avenue. There was a profusion of pink azaleas, Easter lilies and greens at the church and the house. Miss Worthen's gown was of white satin messaline, made Empire fashion, with collar and bertha of dutchess lace. She wore a tulle veil and carried lilies-of-the-valley and hyacinths. Her only ornament was Mr. Wood's gift, a pearl pendant. Miss Irma Conover Wood, as maid of honor, was gowned in pink flowered chiffon and carried pink sweetpeas. The two bridesmaids, Miss Mabel Holmes and Miss Mildred R. Taylor, classmates of the bride at Smith, wore Empire gowns of rose bordered white chiffon over pink, and also carried sweetpeas. The best man was Bert Worthen and the ushers were George Jackson and Daniel A. Palmer.
- John Wylie Wood and Mary Menard Bostwick appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, at 481 East 28th Street. Other members of the household included Irma Conover Wood, Wilma Bostwick Wood, Miriam Wylie Wood and Clayton Percy Wood.
- She was employed as a stenographer by an insurance company, according to the 1910 census.
- Last Edited: 19 May 2011