In the absence of a marriage certificate, death certificates of a few of her children support her last name. It has been listed as Crews[1] and Cruse.[2]
Sources
↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3HZ-F2X : 5 December 2014), Walter Arthur Wood, 08 Oct 1961; citing certificate number 60917, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,116,855.
↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3HS-YSX : 5 December 2014), George Allison Wood, 26 Aug 1960; citing certificate number 61528, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,116,476.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH59-X3X : 9 November 2014), Mary R Crews in household of Robert Crews, Jackson county, Jackson, Alabama, United States; citing family 236, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFJ6-S9W : 14 July 2016), Mary R Wood in household of Thadeus B Wood, Precinct 3, Tarrant, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 94, sheet 120C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1328; FHL microfilm 1,255,328.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXG8-N97 : 17 October 2014), Mary ?Ood in household of T B ?Ood, Texas, United States; citing p. 62, family 457, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,104.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary: