Willis H. Wood
b. circa 1842, d. circa 1856
- Father: Mathew Wood b. 4 July 1805, d. 15 January 1876
- Mother: Mourning Atkinson b. 28 November 1807, d. 29 June 1877
- Willis H. Wood was born circa 1842 in Talladega County, 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 Willis H. Wood, Uriah Griffin Wood, Letitia Ann Wood, Abi Wood, Esther Wood, William R. Wood, James Frank Wood, Sarah Elizabeth Wood and Floyd C. Wood.
- Willis H. Wood died circa 1856.
- 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