John White Wood

John White Wood

• Father: Mathew Wood b. 4 July 1805, d. 15 January 1876
• Mother: Mourning Atkinson b. 28 November 1807, d. 29 June 1877

• John White Wood was born circa 1828 in Alabama.
• He was known as White.
• He married Delilah Jane Thompson on 20 December 1849 in Talladega County, Alabama.
• John White Wood and Delilah Jane Thompson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Talladega District, Talladega County, Alabama, living next door to his parents.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1850 census.
• John White Wood and Delilah Jane Thompson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Edom Beat, Van Zandt County, Texas. Other members of the household included Sarah E. Wood and Mourning R. Wood.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
• John White Wood became a widower at the between 1861 and 1869 death of his wife Delilah Jane Thompson.
• He married Louisa Posey on 24 December 1868 in Van Zandt County, Texas.
• John White Wood and Louisa Posey appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Canton, Van Zandt County, Texas. Other members of the household included Sarah E. Wood, Mourning R. Wood and William P. Wood. Also in the household were Mathews children Martha J. (age 14) and John B. (10) from Louisa's earlier marriage, and Willi Wood (10.)
• He was a merchant, according to the 1870 census.
• 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: 27 Apr 2015

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