William Joseph Wood (1853 - 1931)

Born 18 Nov 1853 in Putnam, Missouri, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Jennie (Yoakum) Wood — married 20 Dec 1883 in Putnam, Missouri, United States

Died 12 Feb 1931 at age 77 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States

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Biography

William was born in 1853 "on the Wood homestead near Newtown, Mo." ^[1] He was the son of Joseph Wood and Elizabeth Johnson. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

He attended the public schools of the neighborhood and while still a young man, he started his career as a farmer and cattle operator. His efforts were crowned with much success and over the long period of his activities he acquired a large body of land in Putnam county.^[1]

Marriage and Family

William married Jennie Yoakum in 1883 in Sullivan County, Missouri. ^[5] She died just six years later, in 1889. William and Jennie Wood had two children who were raised by their aunt Jalia (Wood) Gregory after the death of their mother: ^[6]

1. Pearl (Wood) Calbreath (1885-1984)
2. Bertha (Wood) Stewart (1887-1960).

Death

William J. Wood died 12 February 1931 in Kansas City. He is buried in Lucerne Cemetery in Putnam County, Missouri. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "William Wood" [obituary], The Unionville Republican and Putnam County Journal (Unionville, Missouri), 25 February 1931 (Wed.), p. 7, col. 3; digital image clipping, Newspapers (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121190214/william-wood-obituary/ : downloaded 19 March 2023).
2. ↑ Goodspeed Publishing Co., History of Adair, Sullivan, Putnam and Schuyler Counties, Missouri, From the Earliest Times to the Present: Together with Sundry Personal, Business and Professional Sketches and Numerous Family Records; Besides a Valuable Fund of Notes, Original Observations, Etc., Etc., (Chicago: 1888), 1128; digital images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/cu31924028846231/page/1126/mode/2up? : downloaded 18 March 2023).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZM-132 : 18 February 2021), Wm Wood in entry for Joseph Wood, 1860.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M46K-DN8 : 29 May 2021), Wm J Wood in entry for Joseph Wood, 1870.
5. ↑ "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2DS-S9R : 18 January 2020), William J. Wood, 1883.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M38C-JSH : 10 March 2022), William J Wood in entry for Elijah W Gregory, 1900.

See also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #150874562