Floyd C. Wood

b. circa 1847
  • Floyd C. Wood was born circa 1847 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 Floyd C. Wood, Uriah Griffin Wood, Letitia Ann Wood, Abi Wood, Esther Wood, William R. Wood, James Frank Wood, Willis H. Wood and Sarah Elizabeth Wood.
  • Mathew Wood and Mourning Atkinson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Tyler, Smith County, Texas. Other members of the household included Floyd C. Wood, William R. Wood and Sarah Elizabeth Wood.
  • Floyd C. Wood appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in La Grange Township, Lafayette County, Arkansas, living in the household of clerk L. W. Morris.
  • He was sheriff of Lafayette County, according to the 1870 census.
  • The following appeared on 24 September 1875 in the Austin Democratic Statesman: "The Tyler National Index says: Mr. Floyd Wood, a young law student of this place, was arrested and taken before his Honor Judge Bonner on Tuesday last, charged with forgery. Defendant waived examination, and required to give bond in the sum of $1000 for his appearance before the Federal court in November next." And on the following day, "A man named Wood, of Tyler, Smith county, a late appointee for the postmastership at Longview, is said to be in trouble. The story goes that the bond presented bore the signature of the chief justice of Smith county, and the latter denying the fact of having signed the same bond, Wood has been arrested and lodged in jail. Who recommended this gentleman?"
  • The following appeared on 25 September 1875 in the Dallas Herald: Floyd Wood, of Tyler, lately appointed postmaster at Longview has been arrested on the charge of forging the name of Geo. W. Smith, presiding justice of Smith county. Floyd was held in the sum of $1000 for his appearance at the next term of the United States Court. Up to last accounts he had failed to raise the necessary amount of currency, and still languishes in jail.
  • The following appeared on 16 October 1875 in the Dallas Herald: Floyd Wood, of Tyler, Texas, who forged a signature in making up a bond for the Longview post office, was bailed out of jail by his brother, in the sum of one thousand dollars and at once left for parts unknown.
  • William R. Wood and Missouri Brooks appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Anderson County, Texas. Other members of the household included Floyd C. Wood, Annah R. Wood, Mathew A. Wood and Plato Wood.
  • He was a school teacher, according to the 1880 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: 26 Apr 2015