Letitia Ann Wood

Letitia Ann Wood

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

• Letitia Ann Wood was born on 10 October 1832 in Alabama.
• 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 Letitia Ann Wood, Uriah Griffin Wood, Abi Wood, Esther Wood, William R. Wood, James Frank Wood, Willis H. Wood, Sarah Elizabeth Wood and Floyd C. Wood.
• She married J. P. Boswell on 4 July 1858 in Smith County, Texas.
• J. P. Boswell and Letitia Ann Wood appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Tyler, Smith County, Texas, enumerated as J. P. and Ann Bazzel, next to the household of Letitia's sister Abi Chancellor. Also in the household were two day laborers.
• She married William Daniel Hardegree on 2 November 1865 in Smith County, Texas.
• William Daniel Hardegree and Letitia Ann Wood appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Tyler, Smith County, Texas. Other members of the household included Sarah O. Boswell. Also in the household were four children from William's previous marriage, his father John and apparently his unmarried sister.
• Letitia Ann Wood died on 21 January 1896 at age 63 in Van Zandt County, Texas.
• Her husband William Daniel Hardegree became a widower at her death.
• She was interred at Prairie Springs Cemetery, Ben Wheeler, Van Zandt 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

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