Rush Brevard Wood

M, b. 6 March 1882, d. 25 April 1939
Rush Brevard Wood|b. 6 Mar 1882\nd. 25 Apr 1939|p140.htm|Solomon William Wood|b. 26 Jan 1849\nd. 5 Oct 1922|p12.htm|Martha Clarana Reed|b. 27 Jul 1853\nd. 4 Jan 1929|p13.htm|Green M. Wood|b. 7 Sep 1814\nd. 5 Mar 1898|p17.htm|Mary J. LeGrand|b. 23 Jan 1830\nd. 19 Mar 1900|p18.htm|Samuel Reed|b. c 1820\nd. c 1858|p14.htm|Martha F. Harrison|b. c 1830\nd. c 1875|p15.htm|

Rush Brevard Wood, 1882-1939

  • Rush Brevard Wood was born on 6 March 1882 in Phelps, Walker County, Texas.
  • Solomon and Mattie Wood and their children posed for a photograph in 1893.
  • A photographic portrait was made of Rush Brevard Wood as a young man.
  • Solomon William Wood and Martha Clarana Reed appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Anderson, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Rush Brevard Wood, Henry Campbell Wood, Walter Warren Wood, Homer LeGrand Wood, Ella Lynn Wood, Solomon William Wood Jr. and Elizabeth B. Hurst. It is worthy of note that birth information for the entire family is extraordinarily inaccurate.
  • He was working on the farm, according to the 1900 census.
  • He and Claudia Gertrude Bay obtained a marriage license on 22 December 1900 in Grimes County, Texas.
  • He married Claudia Gertrude Bay, daughter of John Edwin Bay and Stacy Scott Teague, on 23 December 1900 in Dolph (later Fairview), Grimes County, Texas.
  • Rush Brevard Wood was Grimes County Commissioner, Precinct 2, from 1908 to 1912.
  • Rush Brevard Wood and Claudia Gertrude Bay appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Mary Eula Wood, Henry Campbell Wood and Claude Irvin Wood.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1910 census.
  • Members of the Haynie and Wood families, and some neighbors, were photographed in front of "the Haynie hotel" in Richards, about 1911.
  • John Edwin and Stacy Scott Teague Bay were photographed with their children and grandchildren during 1915 in front of "the Bay hotel" in Richards.
  • Rush Brevard Wood registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Grimes County, Texas, while living with Claudia in Richards, and employed there as a farmer.
  • Rush Brevard Wood and Claudia Gertrude Bay appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Richards, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included William Boyd Wood, Walter Warren Wood, Solomon William Wood, Martha Clarana Reed, Henry Campbell Wood, Claude Irvin Wood and Myrtle Ernestine Bay.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1920 census.
  • A photograph was taken, about 1922, of Rush Brevard Wood, his uncle "Big" Rush, and cousin Goree Wood and his sons Sam Madeley and Goree Jr.
  • Rush Brevard Wood was Grimes County Clerk 1929-1932.
  • Rush Brevard Wood and Claudia Gertrude Bay appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Anderson, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Henry Campbell Wood.
  • He was county clerk, according to the 1930 census.
  • Caught in a snapshot: Claudia Bay Wood, Isabel Haynie LeNorman, Mary Louise Easley, and Gertrude Wood.
  • Gertrude was Rush and Claudia's youngest child.
  • Rush Brevard Wood died on 25 April 1939 at age 57 in Richards, Grimes County, Texas, . His death was officially witnessed by Claude Irvin Wood.
  • His wife Claudia Gertrude Bay became a widow at his death.
  • He was buried at Fairview Cemetery in Grimes County, Texas, near Richards.
  • A single grave marker identifies the graves of Rush Brevard Wood and Claudia Gertrude Bay.
  • Last Edited: 11 Mar 2013

Family: Claudia Gertrude Bay b. 30 January 1885, d. 7 June 1963

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