Herbert Ragan Wood

b. 17 May 1895, d. 7 March 1960
  • Herbert Ragan Wood was born on 17 May 1895 in Navasota, Grimes County, Texas.
  • George Scovell Wood appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Navasota, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Herbert Ragan Wood, Minnie E. Ragan, Maria Eloise Wood and Philip Aurene Wood.
  • George Scovell Wood and Minnie E. Ragan appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Navasota, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Herbert Ragan Wood, Maria Eloise Wood.
  • He married Emma Louise Quinn, daughter of Charles A. Quinn and Margaret Virginia Roan, on 25 May 1914 in Grimes County, Texas.
  • Herbert Ragan Wood registered for the draft on 5 June 1917 in Navasota, Grimes County, Texas, while living with his wife and baby in Navasota, and employed there as a bookkeeper and clerk by L. G. Wood.
  • Charles A. Quinn and Margaret Virginia Roan appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Navasota, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Herbert Ragan Wood, Emma Louise Quinn.
  • He was employed as a salesman of retail groceries, according to the 1920 census.
  • Herbert Ragan Wood and Emma Louise Quinn appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Navasota, Grimes County, Texas, at Water Street.
  • He was proprietor of a grain store, according to the 1930 census.
  • Herbert Ragan Wood and Emma Louise Quinn appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Navasota, Grimes County, Texas, at Water Street.
  • He was a wholesale and retail grain dealer, according to the 1940 census.
  • Herbert Ragan Wood died on 7 March 1960 at age 64 in Navasota, Grimes County, Texas, at 1017 Water Street at his residence. . His death was officially witnessed by Emma Louise Quinn.
  • His wife Emma Louise Quinn became a widow at his death.
  • He was interred at Roans Prairie Cemetery, Roans Prairie, Grimes County, Texas.
  • Last Edited: 4 Feb 2014

Family: Emma Louise Quinn b. 11 August 1894, d. 25 March 1993