Eola Olia (Wood) Sims (1881 - 1957)

Born 8 Dec 1881 in Quitman, Wood, Texas, United States

Wife of Earl Voorhees — married 31 Jan 1901 in Wood, Texas, United States

Died 18 Jun 1957 at age 75 in Terrell, Kaufman, Texas, United States

Biography

Eola Olia “Ollie” Wood was born on December 8, 1881 in Quitman, Texas to Thomas Jefferson and Mary Jane (Williford) Wood. She married Earl Voorhees on January 31, 1901 in Wood County, Texas. They were the parents of Herman Daniel (1902-1977), Jessie Lee (1907-1934), Roy (1910-1936), Woodrow (1914-1938), and Mary Jane (1917-1993). She later married Arthur Franklin Sims. She died on June 18, 1957 in Terrell, Texas, at the age of 75, and was buried in Ebenezer Cemetery in Oak Grove, Texas.

• Fact: Residence (1900) Justice Precinct 1, Wood, Texas, United States
• Fact: Residence (1910) Justice Precinct 1, Wood, Texas, United States
• Fact: Residence (1920) Wood, Texas, United States
• Fact: Residence (1930) Precinct 1, Wood, Texas, United States
• Fact: Residence (1935) Rural, Wood, Texas
• Fact: Residence (1940) Justice Precinct 1, Wood, Texas, United States
• Fact: Burial (1957) Oak Grove, Wood, Texas, United States of America

Sources

• 1900 Census: "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M351-BXH : 30 November 2021), Ollie Woods in entry for J M Aultman, 1900.

• 1910 Census: "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2QL-6SY : accessed 19 February 2023), Alie Voorhees in household of Earl Voorhees, Justice Precinct 1, Wood, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 124, sheet 8A, family , NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1601; FHL microfilm 1,375,614.

• 1920 Census: "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC95-BJQ : 3 February 2021), Ola Voorhees in entry for Carl Voorhees, 1920.

• 1930 Census: "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HGQB-6ZM : accessed 19 February 2023), Ola Noheese in household of Earl Noheese, Precinct 1, Wood, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 7B, line 61, family 146, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2412; FHL microfilm 2,342,146.

• 1940 Census: 1940 Census. Year: 1940; Census Place: Wood, Texas; Roll: m-t0627-04169; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 250-2.

• 1950 Census: 1950 Census. United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Wood, Texas; Roll: 501; Sheet Number: 8; Enumeration District: 250-2.

• Birth: "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4L23-38PZ : 14 February 2020), E. Olia Wood, 1881.

• Burial: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVF-N6CM : 19 May 2020), Eola (Ola) Wood Voorhees, 1957; Burial, Ebenezer Cemetery, Oak Grove, Wood, Texas, United States; citing record ID 13164084 , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. Find A Grave: Memorial #13164084.

• Genealogy: "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 13 August 2021, 21:29), entry for Eola "Ola" "Ollie" Wood (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:GCHR-NTX ); contributed by various users.

• Marriage: "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FX9W-Q2P : 23 February 2021), Earl Voorhus and Ollie Wood, 31 Jan 1901; citing Marriage, citing Wood, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,632,007.