Hugh Wynne Hopkins Wood

Hugh Wynne Hopkins Wood

• Father: Robert Cummings Wood b. 4 February 1851, d. 7 January 1923
• Mother: Margaret Elizabeth Wynne b. 21 September 1852, d. 13 November 1939

• Hugh Wynne Hopkins Wood was born on 8 October 1878 in Texas.
• Robert Cummings Wood and Margaret Elizabeth Wynne appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Walker County, Texas. Other members of the household included Hugh Wynne Hopkins Wood, Fannie Ida Wood, Minor Green Wood and Lou Ella Wood.
• Martha C. Hopkins appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Calvert, Robertson County, Texas. Other members of the household included Hugh Wynne Hopkins Wood, Ida Harriet Wynne, Mildred Baldwin Wynne and Josie Ella Wynne.
• He was a railroad office clerk, according to the 1900 census.
• He married Sadie Wilder, daughter of Erwin G. Wilder and Eliza Jane Stewart, on 29 March 1902 in Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas.
• The following appeared on 2 April 1902 in The Dallas Morning News: HYMENEAL . . . WOOD - WILDER -- Texarkana, Tex., March 29.--W. H. W. Wood of Calvert and Miss Sadie Wilder, daughter of Dr. E. G. Wilder, were married at 11 o'clock this morning at the bride's home.
• Hugh Wynne Hopkins Wood registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, while living at 2207 San Jacinto in Houston, and working ther as an assistant cashier at Union National Bank.
• Hugh Wynne Hopkins Wood and Sadie Wilder appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, at 2204 San Jacinto. Other members of the household included Jesse Wilder Wood.
• He was employed by a bank as a cashier, according to the 1920 census.
• He officially witnessed the death of Josie Ella Wynne on 27 January 1925 at 2609 Travis in Houston, Harris County, Texas; at her residence.
• He was employed by a bank as an assistant cashier, according to the 1930 census.
• Hugh Wynne Hopkins Wood and Sadie Wilder appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, at 2245 Quenby. Other members of the household included Jesse Wilder Wood.
• Hugh Wynne Hopkins Wood and Sadie Wilder appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, at 1759 Hawthorne. Other members of the household included Jesse Wilder Wood.
• He was employed as a bank officer, according to the 1940 census.
• At the time of his death Hugh Wynne Hopkins Wood was living in Houston, Harris County, Texas, at 1759 Hawthorne.
• Hugh Wynne Hopkins Wood died on 7 January 1944 at age 65 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, at Jefferson Davis Hospital.
• His wife Sadie Wilder became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Calvert Cemetery, Robertson County, Texas.
• The following appeared on 8 January 1944 in The Dallas Morning News: (Houston, Jan. 7) Hugh Wynne Wood, well known in the oil lease business, died in a local hospital Friday. For twenty-five years he was cashier of the Union National Bank.

• Last Edited: 14 May 2015

• Charts: Descendants of ABERCROMBIE Charles & Edwina Malinda "Dicey" Booth, Descendants of LeGRAND John & Margaret Chambers, Descendants of WOOD William & Lydia Ballentine