Allen Minor Wood

Allen Minor Wood

Allen Minor Wood, 1902-1974

• Father: Minor Green Wood b. 13 December 1875, d. 2 April 1932
• Mother: Allena H. Martin b. 8 September 1877, d. 27 May 1940

• Allen Minor Wood was born on 8 June 1902 in Texas.
• Minor Green Wood and Allena H. Martin appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Allen Minor Wood.
• Minor Green Wood and Allena H. Martin appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Navasota, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Allen Minor Wood. Also in the household were two female boarders.
• He married Elizabeth West, daughter of Charles Richard West and Mary Elliott, circa 1923.
• Allen Minor Wood and Elizabeth West appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Cisco, Eastland County, Texas, at 903 West 7th Street. Other members of the household included Allen West Wood.
• He was employed as a salesman by a coffee company, according to the 1930 census.
• Allen Minor Wood died on 10 October 1974 at age 72 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, at 8502 Denby at his residence. Informant was Mary Wood.
• He was interred at Oakland Cemetery, Navasota, Grimes County, Texas.
• The following appeared on 17 October 1974 in The Navasota Examiner: Graveside services for Allen Minor Wood, 72, of Houston, were held at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11, from the family plot in Oakland Cemetery here, following funeral services held in Houston.
       Interment was under the direction of the Lindley Robertson Funeral Home.
       Mr. Wood died in Houston Thursday, Oct. 10. He will be remembered as a former resident of Navasota.

• Last Edited: 21 Nov 2014

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