Born in Baldridge, Pulaski, Missouri
Ancestors 
Daughter of Rufus Marion Wood
and Amanda Jane (Buckner) Wood
Sister of
Bougher Wood, Grover Cleveland Wood, Joseph Folk Wood and Kathleen Esther Augusta (Wood) Ross
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 83
in Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Sep 2014
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Biography
Myrtle was born in 1898 to Rufus Wood and Amanda Buckner. Her mother died in 1906, when Myrtle was 7. She was her husband's (William Harrison) second of three wives, and some believe they never divorced when he married for the third time. Her two sons died within five months of each other in 1976. Myrtle passed away in 1982 at 83 years old.
William Harrison killed Patrick King at Edensville, Mo. Harrison went to prison at Jefferson City, Mo. as did his brother Carl, who was also in on the murder. Patrick King is buried at the O'Malley cemetery. Harrison was tried in Texas Co. and Carl in Phelps Co. MO. Myrtie went to Western Kansas and lived with her Aunt Cenith Buckner Grace and then moved to Hutchson, KS where she lived and died. She had two sons by William Harrison. They were Roy Houston Mitchell and Guy Melven Mitchell, both have passed away.[1] |
Timeline with Sources
- 1898 Nov 2 - Birth - Baldridge, Pulaski, Missouri
- 1900 United States Federal Census - Piney, Pulaski, Missouri [2] Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
- 1910 United States Federal Census - Boone, Texas, Missouri [3] Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Granddaughter (Myrtle and her siblings were living with her mother's parents, David and Martha Buckner. Her father had remarried, and left the children with his in-laws. He, on the other hand, was raising his new wife's five children.[4])
- 1920 United States Federal Census - Boone, Texas, Missouri [5] Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Niece (Myrtle and her three siblings are living with her uncle Joseph Buckner.)
- 1920 - Marriage to William Harrison Mitchell - Texas County, Missouri
- 1921 Jan 20 - Birth of Son Roy Houston Mitchell - Rolla Phelps County Missouri
- 1923 Jan 3 - Birth of Son Guy Melven Mitchell - Missouri
- 1930 United States Federal Census - Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas [6] Marital Status: Divorced; Relation to Head of House: Servant. Myrtle is working for an elderly woman in a private home. Her two sons are with her.
- 1940 United States Federal Census - Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas [7] Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Head; Occupation: Dishwasher; Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 8th grade
- 1982 Apr - Death - Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas - U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014[8] — Find a Grave[9] Memorial# 50693105 - Burial: Fairlawn Burial Park, Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas
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