Abi Wood
b. 8 January 1832, d. 8 February 1903
- Father: Mathew Wood b. 4 July 1805, d. 15 January 1876
- Mother: Mourning Atkinson b. 28 November 1807, d. 29 June 1877
- Abi Wood was born on 8 January 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 Abi Wood, Uriah Griffin Wood, Letitia Ann Wood, Esther Wood, William R. Wood, James Frank Wood, Willis H. Wood, Sarah Elizabeth Wood and Floyd C. Wood.
- She married Wade H. Chancellor on 29 December 1857 in Smith County, Texas.
- Wade H. Chancellor and Abi Wood appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Tyler, Smith County, Texas, enumerated between the households of Abi's parents and her sister Letitia Ann Boswell.
- Wade H. Chancellor and Abi Wood appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Canton PO, Van Zandt County, Texas. Also in the household was Sallie Davidson (age 13.)
- Abi Wood died on 8 February 1903 at age 71 in Texas.
- Her husband Wade H. Chancellor became a widower at her death.
- She was interred at Kendrick Cemetery, Tyler, 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: 26 Apr 2015