Mourning Atkinson

b. 28 November 1807, d. 29 June 1877
  • Mourning Atkinson was born on 28 November 1807 in Georgia.
  • She married Mathew Wood, son of Joshua Wood and Sarah Ridley, on 4 July 1825 in Bibb County, Alabama. And Mathew's brother John married Mourning's sister Elizabeth Atkinson..
  • Mathew Wood and Mourning Atkinson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Talladega District, Talladega County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Uriah Griffin Wood, Letitia Ann Wood, Abi Wood, Esther Wood, William R. Wood, James Frank Wood, Willis H. Wood, Sarah Elizabeth Wood and Floyd C. Wood.
  • Mathew Wood and Mourning Atkinson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Tyler, Smith County, Texas. Other members of the household included William R. Wood, Sarah Elizabeth Wood and Floyd C. Wood.
  • Mathew Wood and Mourning Atkinson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Etna, Smith County, Texas.
  • Mourning Atkinson became a widow at the 15 January 1876 death of her husband Mathew Wood.
  • Mourning Atkinson died on 29 June 1877 at age 69 in Smith County, Texas.
  • She was interred at Smith Cemetery, Gresham, Smith County, Texas.
  • The following appeared in the Some Biographies of Old Settlers--Historical, Personal and Reminiscent (1900):
         Matthew Wood and Family
         Matthew Wood was born in Henry County, Georgia, July 5th, 1805. He moved to Bibb County, Alabama, with his father's family before the Indians had left that country.
         He married Miss Mourning Adkinson, of Alabama; they had eleven children--M. R., J. W., U. G., L. A., Abi, Esther, W. R., J. F., W. H., S. E., and F. C.
         M. R. married Rachel Goodgame; they had two children. J. W. married Jane Thompson; they had five children. U. G. married Kittie Farrington; they had seven children. L. A. married J. F. Baswell; they had one child. Abi married W. H. Chancellor. Ester married Isaac Longley; they had four children. W. R. married Missouri Brooks; they had three children. J. F. married Matilda Johnson they had six children, W. H. died at the age of 15. S. E. married H. F. Rice; they had nine children. Floyd never married.
         Mathew Wood first settled in the Bascom neighborhood. He then settled three miles east of Tyler where he died.
         He held the office of Justice of the Peace, and was mayor of Tyler at one time. He was an honest man--an honest official. He died since the Civil War leaving a good name behind him, a good heritage for his children.
         The descendants of Mathew Wood are among our best people; intelligent and upright in their dealings with their fellow man.
  • Last Edited: 28 Apr 2015

Family: Mathew Wood b. 4 July 1805, d. 15 January 1876