Florence Anderson

b. 10 February 1862, d. 19 August 1945
  • Florence Anderson was born on 10 February 1862 in Mississippi.
  • She married Powell Wood, son of Willis Breazeal Wood and Sarah Anne Harris, on 31 December 1889 in Lampasas County, Texas.
  • Powell Wood and Florence Anderson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Lampasas County, Texas. Other members of the household included Sue Estelle Wood, Josephine Cornelia Wood and John Willis Wood.
  • Powell Wood and Florence Anderson appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Lampasas County, Texas. Other members of the household included Sue Estelle Wood, Josephine Cornelia Wood, John Willis Wood, Albert F. Wood and William Barnes Wood.
  • She officially witnessed the death of Powell Wood on 2 July 1919 in Lampasas County, Texas.
  • Florence Anderson became a widow at the 2 July 1919 death of her husband Powell Wood.
  • The following appeared on 6 July 1919 in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram: (Lampasas, July 5) The body of Powell Wood, commonly called "Snap" Wood, was buried in Oakhill Cemetery at Lampasas, Thursday evening. Snap lived in and around Lampasas nearly forty years, and was personally known to all the older, and most of the newer people.
         Between 1883 and 1888 he was employed in various occupations, some of the time as driver of the street cars from the old Santa Fe depot to the Park Hotel, a distance of two miles. He drove the Lampasas and Llano stage line in 1890 daily, connection at Llano with stages to Mason, Menardville, Junction City with mail for all the county offices.
         The country was more or less exploited by so-called gunmen, desperadoes and outlaws, often in the guise of cowboys, and often held up stages from Lampasas to San Saba, and to Burnet, but there were no holdups on the Llano route. Snap always went prepared to defend his mail and passengers.
         Snap carried the mail for a number of years, until the route was changed. He was always friendly, pleasant and helpful in every way to all people with whom he came in contact.
         It was in those early days that he married Miss Florence Anderson, daughter of J. F. Anderson, who kept the Grundyville postoffice. For the last twelve or fifteen years he has lived and cultivated a large farm and ranch, owned by Capt. J. F. Skinner, about four or five miles west of town.
         Powell was born in Houston and reared there by his uncle, his parents being dead. So far as he knew he was the last of his kin. He was 66 years of age, a good citizen and neighbor, and a nobly good husband and father to his wife and five children.
  • Florence Anderson appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in near Lampasas, Lampasas County, Texas, at 3rd Street. Other members of the household included Josephine Cornelia Wood, John Willis Wood, Albert F. Wood and William Barnes Wood.
  • She was a farmer (general farm), according to the 1920 census.
  • John Washington Landers and Sue Estelle Wood appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in near Lampasas, Lampasas County, Texas, at Nix Road. Other members of the household included Florence Anderson, Letha Landers, Lewis Wood Landers and John Willis Wood.
  • Florence Anderson died on 19 August 1945 at age 83 in Lampasas, Lampasas County, Texas, . Her death was officially witnessed by John Willis Wood.
  • She was interred at Oak Hill Cemetery, Lampasas, Lampasas County, Texas.
  • Last Edited: 19 Nov 2013

Family: Powell Wood b. 23 August 1853, d. 2 July 1919