Martha Wood

Martha Wood

• Father: John Wood b. 15 November 1802, d. 23 October 1883
• Mother: Elizabeth Atkinson b. 15 May 1803, d. 1888

• Martha Wood was born on 4 January 1841 in Talladega 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 Martha Wood, Sarah Ridley Wood, Ashley Clinton Wood, Joshua Wood, Caroline Wood and Mourning Evaline Wood.
• 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 Martha Wood, Caroline Wood, Mourning Evaline Wood, Ashley Clinton 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.
• She married Francis Baker Thompson, son of (?) Thompson and Margaret (?), circa 1868. And Martha's sister Sarah married Francis' brother Phillip hompson..
• John Wood and Elizabeth Atkinson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Talladega County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Martha Wood, Francis Baker Thompson and Sarah Thompson.
• Martha Wood became a widow at the 10 August 1877 death of her husband Francis Baker Thompson.
• She married Oscar Galloway circa 1878.
• Oscar Galloway and Martha Wood appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Talladega County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Sarah Thompson, Brick Pomeroy Thompson and Katy Thompson.
• Martha Wood died on 14 May 1888 at age 47.
• She was interred at Fayetteville Memorial Cemetery, Fayetteville, Talladega County, Alabama.

• Last Edited: 26 Apr 2015

• Charts: Descendants of WOOD William & Lydia Ballentine