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Aaron Wood

8 Jul 1846 – 21 Jun 1937

Birth8 Jul 1846
Death21 Jun 1937
CemeteryMonroe Cemetery
Monroe , Jasper County , Iowa , USA
Added byRon Steenhoek on 12 Nov 2013
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– Aaron Wood, 91, pioneer resident of Jasper County, died Monday Noon (June 21, 1937) at his farm east of Monroe, which had been his home for 81 years. He had been in poor health for some time. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. from Tool’s Chapel and burial will be in the Monroe Cemetery. Mr. Wood, son of Eli and Elizabeth Wood, was born in Indiana, June 8, 1846, and came with his parents to Jasper County in 1856. They located on a farm east of Monroe in the Tool’s Chapel neighborhood and this was Mr. Wood’s home for the remainder of his life. On Dec. 12, 1875 he was united in marriage to Catherine Rigoulet, who preceded him in death March 25, 1931. Both Mr. Wood and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Newton Three Quarter Century Club. He was the last of a family of 11 children, a sister, Mrs. Mary Romans of Reasnor, dying 2 years ago at the age of 94 years. Mr. Wood is survived by several nieces and nephews, including two nieces, Mrs. E. E. Efnor and Mrs. B. A. Carney of Newton. (Clipping dated June 21, 1937).

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