Esther Wood

Esther Wood

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

• Esther Wood was born in 1834 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 Esther Wood, Uriah Griffin Wood, Letitia Ann Wood, Abi Wood, William R. Wood, James Frank Wood, Willis H. Wood, Sarah Elizabeth Wood and Floyd C. Wood.
• She married George W. Longley on 13 December 1857 in Smith County, Texas, by license issued the 11th, with S. Lumell, MG, officiating.
• Esther Wood became a widow at the between 1862 and 1870 death of her husband George W. Longley.
• Hezakiah Fleetwood Rice and Sarah Elizabeth Wood appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Etna, Smith County, South Carolina, living next door to Sallie, William and Easther's father.. Other members of the household included Esther Wood, Anagusta Rice, William R. Wood, George W. Longley and Johnnie Longley.
• She married Alpheus M. Thurman on 1 January 1873 in Smith County, Texas, by license issued the same day, with J. W. Ashcroft officiating.
• Alpheus M. Thurman and Esther Wood appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Smith County, Texas. Other members of the household included Loueva Thurman, George W. Longley and Johnnie Longley.
• Esther Wood died in 1889 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

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