Ashley Clinton Wood
b. 10 July 1831, d. between 1880 and 1900
- Father: John Wood b. 15 November 1802, d. 23 October 1883
- Mother: Elizabeth Atkinson b. 15 May 1803, d. 1888
- Ashley Clinton Wood was born on 10 July 1831 in Bibb County, Alabama.
- John Wood and Elizabeth Atkinson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Talladega District, Talladega County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Ashley Clinton Wood, Sarah Ridley Wood, Joshua Wood, Martha Wood, Caroline Wood and Mourning Evaline Wood.
- He married Josephine Margaret Brookes, daughter of Rev. Iverson Lewis Brookes and Sarah Julia Oliver, on 10 March 1857.
- In a letter to his cousin Green Wood dated on 24 April 1857, Mathew Wood wrote from Tyler, Texas, "We get letters From our Alabama friends & relations Frequently. they are generly well. Bro John's son Ashley was married a short time since to a Miss Brooks of South Carolina and his daughter Martha to a Mr. Funderberg. I reccon they bowth done well in marrying."
- John Wood and Elizabeth Atkinson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Fayetteville, Talladega County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Ashley Clinton Wood, Martha Wood, Caroline Wood, Mourning Evaline Wood, Josephine Margaret Brookes, Cornelia Wood and Iveson Brookes Wood. Also in the household mechanics James P. Bradshaw and Ashley Cruise, and brick mason Joseph Pearce.
- He was a lawyer, according to the 1860 census.
- Ashley Clinton Wood and Josephine Margaret Brookes appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Talladega County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Cornelia Wood, Iveson Brookes Wood, Clinton Wood, Walker Wood and Julia Wood.
- He was an attorney at law, according to the 1870 census.
- Ashley Clinton Wood and Josephine Margaret Brookes appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Fayetteville, Talladega County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Cornelia Wood, Clinton Wood, Walker Wood, Julia Wood, Frank Wood and Minnie Wood.
- He was a lawyer, according to the 1880 census.
- Ashley Clinton Wood became a widower at the 1887 death of his wife Josephine Margaret Brookes.
- He married Susan Robinson in 1889.
- Ashley Clinton Wood died between 1880 and 1900 in Texas.
- Last Edited: 25 Apr 2015
Family 1: Josephine Margaret Brookes b. circa 1837, d. 1887
- Cornelia Wood b. circa 1858
- Iveson Brookes Wood b. 16 December 1859, d. 6 November 1872
- Clinton Wood b. circa 1863
- Walker Wood b. circa 1866
- Julia Wood b. circa 1869
- Frank Wood b. circa 1870
- Victoria Wood b. 22 December 1873, d. 28 March 1876
- Minnie Wood b. circa 1876