Clayton Percy Wood

b. 2 August 1891, d. 2 July 1965
  • Clayton Percy Wood was born on 2 August 1891 in Brunswick, Glynn County, Georgia.
  • He was baptized/christened on 23 March 1892 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 Clayton Percy Wood, Wilma Bostwick Wood, John R. Wood, Miriam Wylie Wood and Irma Conover Wood.
  • John Wylie Wood and Mary Menard Bostwick appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, at 481 East 28th Street. Other members of the household included Clayton Percy Wood, Wilma Bostwick Wood, Miriam Wylie Wood and Irma Conover Wood.
  • He was employed as a clerk by a steam drilling company, according to the 1910 census.
  • He married Sarah M. Williams, daughter of W. B. Williams and Lizzie (?), circa 1915.
  • Clayton Percy Wood registered for the draft on 5 June 1917 in Knox County, Tennessee, while living with his wife and child in Mascot, and employed there as a mine foreman by American Zinc Company of Tennessee.
  • Clayton Percy Wood and Sarah M. Williams appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Knox County, Tennessee. Other members of the household included Clayton Porter Wood and John W. Wood.
  • He was employed as a clerk by a zinc mining business, according to the 1920 census.
  • Clayton Percy Wood and Sarah M. Williams appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Mascot, Knox County, Tennessee. Other members of the household included Clayton Porter Wood and John W. Wood.
  • He was employed as a purchasing agent by a zinc mining business, according to the 1930 census.
  • At the time of his death Clayton Percy Wood was living in Houston, Harris County, Texas, at 6307 Reed Road.
  • Clayton Percy Wood died on 2 July 1965 at age 73 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, . His death was officially witnessed by John W. Wood.
  • His wife Sarah M. Williams became a widow at his death.
  • He was interred at Forest Park Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas.
  • Last Edited: 21 May 2011

Family: Sarah M. Williams b. 9 July 1893, d. 8 January 1979