John R. Wood

b. 13 August 1884
  • John R. Wood was born on 13 August 1884 in Brunswick, Glynn County, Georgia.
  • He was baptized/christened on 16 June 1886 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 John R. Wood, Wilma Bostwick Wood, Miriam Wylie Wood, Irma Conover Wood and Clayton Percy Wood.
  • He married Mabel Zora Worthen, daughter of Henry B. Worthen and Elizabeth Dyer, on 28 April 1908 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, with Andrew Fleming, Rector of The [Episcopal] Church of the Nativity, officiating.. Address of the groom, a bank clerk, was 481 East 28th Street, and the bride 387 Ocean Avenue. Witnesses were George H. Jackson and Daniel A. Palmer..
  • 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 R. Wood and Mabel Zora Worthen appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, at 229 Sixth Avenue. Other members of the household included John R. Wood Jr.
  • He was employed as a bookkeeper by a trust company, according to the 1900 census.
  • John R. Wood registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Essex County, New Jersey, while living with his wife Mabel Worthen Wood at 2 Vesper Place in Bloomfield, and employed as an assistant manger by the Corn Exchange Bank, Washington Branch, at 253 Broadway in New York City.
  • John R. Wood and Mabel Zora Worthen appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey, at 2 Vesper Place. Other members of the household included John R. Wood Jr.
  • He was employed as a banker by the New York Corn Exchange, according to the 1920 census.
  • He was employed as a branch bank manager, according to the 1930 census.
  • John R. Wood and Mabel Zora Worthen appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey, at 2 Vesper Place living not far from John's sister Miriam Burnette.. Other members of the household included John R. Wood Jr.
  • John R. Wood registered for the draft in 1942 in Essex County, New Jersey, while living with his wife Mabel at 2 Vesper Place in Bloomfield, and employed by the Corn Exchange Bank Trust Company, 140 West Street, in New York City.
  • William Anthony Burnette registered for the draft in 1942 in Essex County, New Jersey, while living at 15 Baldwin Place in Bloomfield, and employed by Baker & Co., Inc., 113 Astor Street in Newark. He listed as contact person John R. Wood at 2 Vesper Place, Bloomfield.
  • Last Edited: 12 Jul 2011

Family: Mabel Zora Worthen b. circa 1887