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George Washington Wood Sr
12 Feb 1855 – 23 Feb 1934
| Birth | 12 Feb 1855 |
| Death | 23 Feb 1934 |
| Cemetery | Haynie Flat Cemetery Spicewood , Burnet County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Alyssa Helen Behr on 11 Jul 2019 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74676324 |
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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. 733. "GEORGE W. WOOD, a farmer, stock-raiser and ginner of Bastrop county, was born in Travis County, Texas, February 12, 1855, a son of James and Martha (Glover) Wood, natives of Alabama. The parents were married in this state in 1849, and located in Travis county, where the father still resides. During the late war he was detailed by the government as freighter and beef-driver. Since locating in Travis county he has occupied two different farms, and still owns a fine place near Webberville. Mr. and Mrs. Wood were parents of eight children, viz.: George W., our subject; James, a farmer of Travis county; William, also of that county; Molly E., wife of J. S. Roe ; Henry, a farmer of Travis county; Lee, a farmer of Bastrop county; Mattie, wife of Edd Burleson, of Travis county; and Walter, at home. George W. Wood, the subject of this sketch, remained at home until twenty-five years of age, and was engaged in farming at the old homestead until 1887. In that year he bought his present farm of 600 acres in the Colorado River valley, 250 acres of which is cultivated. Mr. Wood is engaged in general farming and stock-raising. He is also half owner in two steam-power gins, which are furnished with all modern improvements. In 1877 our subject was united in marriage with Miss Molly P. Stewart, who was born in Missouri in 1862. Her father who held the rank of colonel, was killed in the Confederate army. His widow afterward married a Mr. Martin, and with her family, came to Texas in 1871. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart had five children: T. W., deceased; V. A., a farmer of Bastrop county; Robert, deceased; Bettie, wife of W. P. Burns, Justice of the Peace of Elgin, Bastrop county; and Molly, wife of our subject. By her second marriage Mrs. Stewart had one child, Fannie, wife of Arthur Fanville. Mr. and Mrs. Wood have had six children: Bulah E., Ernest M., Jessie P., Floy E., Vera M. and Cecil. Our subject takes an active interest in everything for the advancement of his community, is identified with the Democratic party, and is a member of the Knights of Honor. Both he and his wife are members of the Baptist church." =============================== TEXAS DEATH CERTIFICATE 10061 Name: George Washington Wood Death date: 23 Feb 1934 at 9 A.M. Death place: Precinct #3 of Travis County, Texas Gender: Male Race or color: white Age at death: 79 yrs, 11 days Birth date: 12 Feb 1855 Birth place: Texas Marital status: Married Spouse name: Sallie A. Wood Father name: James E. Wood Father birth place: [blank] Mother name: Martha Glover Mother birth place: Texas Occupation: Farmer Residence: (non-resident) Cemetery name: Haney-Flat Cem. Burial place: Spicewood, Tx Burial date: 24 Feb 1934 Informant: G. W. Wood, Jr. of Spicewood, TX Undertaker: Barnes Lbr. Co. of Marble Falls, TX Dead on Arrival Cause of Death: Apoplexy Physician: M. L. Jackson of Spicewood, TX. Place of Death: Precinct #3 in Travis Co., TX. =============================================== From John Stoutimore: The Bastrop Advertiser, Bastrop, Tex. 11-30-1901: WILL IT PREVENT? That proper and timely vaccination will prevent the spread of small pox has certainly been sufficiently put to the test to prove its efficacy beyond any reasonable doubt. As another evidence, the family of Mr. Wash Wood, living some fifteen miles north-west of Bastrop, have recently passed through the scourge. The family numbered twelve persons. Three of the number had been vaccinated, and all three escaped the disease. The other nine, who had not been vaccinated, all contracted the disease, two of whom, the mother and a child, died. The three who had been vaccinated nursed those who had the disease, were in constant contact with the disease, and yet escaped its ravages. One of the young ladies nursed the sick child, holding it constantly in her arms, even until after its death. The sick child necessitating constant attention, so much so, that Miss Wood had not time to properly carry out the disinfectant instructions of the physician, hence abandoned them altogether, and yet, due to vaccination, she has escaped. The authorities should enforce vaccination. The scourge is breaking out afresh in different parts of the state. A case may develop at Bastrop any day. Make vaccination compulsory, and at once.
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Siblings
- James Francis Wood Jr 1856–1923
- William Monroe Wood 1860–1929
- Mary Ellen Wood Poe 1862–1936
- Henry Edwin Wood 1866–1896
- Lee Edgar Wood 1870–1945
- Mattie Lou Wood Burleson 1872–1943
- Walter Wallace Wood 1875–1894
Children
- Beulah E. Wood 1879–1896 FaG
- Ernest Marion Wood Sr 1881–1945 FaG
- Jessie Pearl Wood Haynes 1884–1979 FaG
- Ethel Floy Wood Adair 1886–1966 FaG
- Vera Myrtle Wood Johnson 1888–1972 FaG
- Cecil Stewart Wood Sr 1891–1955 FaG
- Eulalia Helen Wood Miles 1893–1976 FaG
- Dixie Dot "Dottie" Wood Dyess 1895–1999 FaG
- Norman Nugent "Bud "Uncle Bob"" Wood 1897–1925 FaG
- Forrest McKinley Wood 1900–1901 FaG
- Alta Juanita Wood Jackson 1905–1995 FaG
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