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James Francis Wood

25 Dec 1831 – 18 Mar 1921

Birth25 Dec 1831
Death18 Mar 1921
CemeteryBanks Wood Cemetery
Webberville , Travis County , Texas , USA
Added byAlyssa Helen Behr on 06 Feb 2018
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6905607

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Son of William Wood & Nancy Simms Husband of Martha Ellen Glover m. 1854 (daughter of Silas Mercer GLOVER & Jane Ann Craft) Cause of Death: Apoplexy Contributory: Cistitis (duration 1 yr) November 1849: He walked from Madison County, AL to Webberville, Travis Co, TX SOURCE: THE LONE STAR STATE, HISTORY OF TEXAS TOGETHER WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF MILAM, WILLIAMSON, BASTROP, TRAVIS, LEE AND BURLESON COUNTIES, THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY, CHICAGO, 1893. p. 313-314. "JAMES WOOD is one of the few remaining members of the 'Old Guard' who have through many years of storm and sunshine cultivated the rich fields about Webberville. They have watched the little town grow from a single house and store to a thriving trading point, doing more business than even the capital city, but lost its prestige on account of being snubbed by the railroad. Mr. Wood is a son of William and Nancy (Simms) Wood. This family have been tillers of the soil for many generations. The father was born and raised in Georgia, and after marriage located in Madison county, Alabama, where his children were also raised. Mr. & Mrs. Wood raised the following family: Andrew J., Samantha, William, Thomas, Bettie, Kittie, James, Polly and Nancy. All are now deceased but the subject of this sketch. The eldest son, Andrew J., was named after the famous president, who in his "fighting" days often stopped at the Wood home. The mother of these children died in Alabama, in 1849, and the father after-ward started to come to our subject's home in Texas, but died at Houston, while en route. James Wood was born in Madison county, Alabama, on Christmas day, 1831. At the age of eighteen years, in the company with his brother William and several neighbor boys, he started overland to Texas. The party had but one wagon, which was heavily loaded, and it was necessary for all, but the driver to walk, and thus Mr. Wood literally walked to Texas. 07 NOV 1849, landed at Webber's Prairie, and Mr. Wood immediately rented the twenty-five acres now forming the southeastern corner of his present farm, where he made his first crop, receiving fifty bushels of corn to the acre. He continued to rent land for a number of years, but, as success attended his efforts, he purchased property, and now owns 510 acres, making one of the finest farms in Colorado valley. He has 250 acres of his place under a good state of cultivation, and his residence is built on the bluff, overlooking the entire valley, and presenting one of the finest views in Texas. Mr. Wood was married 26 APRIL 1854, near where he now lives, to Martha, a daughter of Silas and Jane (Craft) Glover. The two families were intimately acquainted in Alabama, and the fathers were both engaged in splitting rails. They were able to split about 800 a day while working together. Our subject and wife have eight children, namely: George Washington, who resides four miles below his father, in Bastrop county; James F., married Mattie Manor, and is engaged in farming near his father; William M., married Mattie Poe, and resides in the same locality; Mary Ellen, wife of Spence Poe, a farmer of Travis County; Mattie Lou, wife of Edd Burleson, a merchange of Webberville; and Walter W., who married Mollie P. Steward. Politically, Mr. Wood votes with the Democratic party; socially, is a Master Mason; and religiously both he and his wife are members of the Baptist church."

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89 yrs, 3 mo, 7 days

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