Mary Ann (Cannon) Wood (1837 - 1915)

Born 10 Dec 1837 in Johnson, Arkansas, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James A. Wood — married 1860 in Yell, Arkansas, United States

Descendants

Died 17 Dec 1915 at age 78 in Delaware, Logan, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

Mary was born in 1837. She was the daughter of John Cannon and Elizabeth Denton.

She passed away in 1915 and is buried in Graves Cemetery, just outside Delaware' Arkansas. She shares a headstone with her husband. On her side of the headstone is engraved the Cherokee Nation emblem.

1896 Affidavit (Overturned) signed by Mary A. Wood

A copy of the Original Application for Choctaw Citizenhip in 1896, provided by descendant Rich Cannon, is attached as a PDF to the WikiTree profiles of those mentioned in the application. [Link] Mary A. Wood (not a claimant) submitted an affidavit for the Choctaw Citizenship application. This application was overturned. Ancestry.com. U.S., Native American Applications for Enrollment in Five Civilized Tribes (overturned), 1896 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2008. https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Cannon-2532

Mary A. (Cannon) Wood signed a handwritten affidavit that is attached to this overturned application. (Transcription is below.) She was not an applicant for Choctaw Citizenship herself, even though her sibling Newton C. Cannon was.

The affidavit doesn’t reveal her biological relationship to Newton C. Cannon though her death certificate [Link] says they had the same parents. Perhaps she was adopted? Not known how this relates to the Cherokee emblem embedded in her headstone many years later, but since the marker in Grave Cemetery was provided by family in 1986^[1] they might have additional information to support her Cherokee heritage.

Transcription

Affidavit State of Arkansas, Yell County

Be it remembered that on this 3rd day of September, 1896, personally appeared before me Mary A. Wood who is a creditable and reliable citizen of Yell County and State of Arkansas and after being duly sworn by me according to law deposes and says that she is 59 years of age, was born in Johnson County State of Arkansas. That she was personally well acquainted with Hester Denton whose maiden name was Hester Layman. That Hettie and Elizabeth Denton were her legal daughters. Elizabeth Denton married John W. Cannon. To them was born George W. and Newton C. Cannon and other children. The she lived in the house John W. and Elizabeth Cannon a great many years. That Hettie Denton was married to Peter Satterfield and to them were born William C. Satterfield and other children. That she is personally well acquainted with William C. Satterfield and Newton C. Cannon and their families and have been from childhood___? And know them to be legal descendants of Hester Layman Denton. That Hester Denton lived with Peter and Hettie Satterfield in their house the last years of her life and died in their house.
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The _____ further states the she is not directly nor indirectly interested in the prosecution(?) of the claim of the heirs of the said Hester Layman deceased for Citizenship in the Choctaw Indian Territory.

Merry A Wood
Subscribed and sworn to before me this the 3rd day of September 1896
James A. Willson, Notary Public

Research Notes

Note: An 1896 Dawes Commission Index lists M.E. Wood (Case Number 4256) as a member of the Cherokee Tribe. This record is for Mary Elizabeth Wood born December 29, 1857 and definitely not Mary A. Wood. Source: Ancestry.com. Dawes Commission Index (overturned), 1896 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997. Original data: Applications From the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Muskogee Area Office, Relating to Enrollment in the Five Civilized Tribes Under the Act of 1896. National Archives at Washington, DC., U.S.A.

FamilySearch Record L8M8-YDR [Link] (facts not verified and may change)

Sources

1. ↑ "Yell County Heritage" by Yell County Historical and Genealogical Association, Yell County Arkansas in 1997 Page 622
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11138433/mary-ann-wood: accessed 11 September 2022), memorial page for Mary Ann Cannon Wood (18 Dec 1837–17 Dec 1915), Find a Grave Memorial ID 11138433, citing Graves Cemetery, Delaware, Logan County, Arkansas, USA; Maintained by Peggy Mac (contributor 48410239) .

• "United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M674-RQ6 : Wed Mar 15 18:24:48 UTC 2023), Entry for Elizabeth A Cannon and John W Cannon, 1850. Magazine Township, Yell County, Arkansas, United States.
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8WQ-MKM : 18 February 2021), Mary Ann Cannon in entry for Jno W Cannon, 1860. Spring Creek Township, Yell County, Arkansas, United States.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNCJ-P14 : 7 June 2019), Mary A Wood in entry for James Wood, 1870. Delaware Township, Yell County, Arkansas
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNWB-SYJ : 13 January 2022), Mary A. Wood in household of James Wood, Delaware Township, Yell, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3F6-V23 : 9 March 2022), Mary A Woods in entry for James Woods, 1900. Dardanelle, Yell County, Arkansas, United States.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKVZ-D7S : accessed 18 May 2023), Mary Woods in household of Arthur Woods, Delaware, Logan, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 48, sheet 8B, family 161, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 56; FHL microfilm 1,374,069.
• "Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VJRF-84K : 27 November 2014), Mary Ann Wood, 17 Dec 1915; derived from "Arkansas, Death Index, 1914-1950," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); a multigenerational derivative citing Division of Vital Records, Arkansas Department of Health, Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950 (Arkansas: Arkansas Genealogical Society).
• Graves Cemetery Interment Records establish her parents as John William Cannon and Elizabeth (Denton) Cannon;