William Carter "Cart" Wood

1858 - 1926  (68 years)

• Name	William Carter "Cart" Wood  [1, 2]
  	Ancestry posted typescript gives his birth day and month the same but gives the year as 1858. Nickname "Cart" comes from the Ancestry source, as well.
  Born	3 Apr 1858	Oakland, Laclede County, Missouri, USA   [1, 2]
  	WikiTree source gives year of birth as 1857.
  Gender	Male
  Census	18 Jun 1900	Osage township, Laclede County, MIssouri, USA   [3]
  	1. Wood, Carter, head, white, male, April 1858, 42, married, married 13 years, Missouri, Kentucky, Kentucky, farmer, can read and write, owns farm with mortgage, farm schedule 230 2. _____, Lydia A., wife, white, female, April 1860, married 13 years, 5 children 5 living, Kentucky, Kentucky, Kentucky, can read and write 3. _____, Anna G., daughter, white, female, April 1888, 12, Kentucky, Missouri, Kentucky, can read and write 4. _____, Gertrude M, daughter, white, female, September 1890, 9, Missouri, Missouri, Kentucky 5. _____, Virgil L., son, white, male, April 1994, 6, Missouri, Missouri, Kentucky 6. _____, Ida E., daughter, white, female, September 1896, 3, Missouri, Missouri, Kentucky 7. _____, Bessie F., daughter, white, female, 1898, 2, Missouri, Missouri, Kentucky
  Died	2 May 1926	Oakland, Laclede County, Missouri, USA   [1, 2, 4]
  	Typescript from Ancestry gives death date as 2 May 1926, instead of 12 May.
  NEWS	14 May 1926	Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri, USA   [2]
  	The Laclede County Republican: "William Carter Wood The funeral of William Carter Wood, who died of heart trouble on Sunday, May 2, on his farm, in the Oakland neighborhood, was held last Wednesday afternoon, May 5, at 2:30 o'clock, at Antioch church, at Oakland. The officiating minister was Rev. Harry Zumwalt, of Richland, whose funeral service was beautiful and impressive. Interment was in Antioch cemetery. The large crowd present was an evidence of the high esteem in which Mr. Wood was held in his home neighborhood, many attending also from Lebanon and other points in the county. William Carter Wood was a son of George Wood and was born at Oakland in 1858 on the farm on which he died, his entire life of 68 years having been lived there. On April 3, 1887, he was married to Miss Lydia N. Edwards and to this union five children were born. The wife and five children all survive him. The children are: Mrs. Walter West, of Lebanon; Mrs. Gertrude McNamara, Mrs. Florence Wheaton and Mrs Ida E. Harvey, all of Fort Dodge, Iowa, and Virgil Wood, of Gowrie, Iowa. All of them, with their families, came for the funeral. The surviving grandchildren are Grace, robert, Charles, Hazel and Wilma West, all of Lebanon, and Joan Wood, of Gowrie, Iowa. One sister, Miss Jane Wood, of Oakland, and five brothers, Frank Wood, of Lebanon, and Thomas, Walker, Eli and Charles wood, all of Oakland, also survive him. Mr. Wood's death was most unexpected. he had been declining for the last two year and the last six months had noticeably failed in health though his condition did not indicate that the end was so near. On the day of his death he had eaten his supper as usual and ha gone to the pasture to bring up the cows, as was his usual custom. When he did not return the family became alarmed and a search was made for him, the body being found in a field, between 10 and 11 p.m. by George Rollins and Walker Wood. Mr. Wood was one of Laclede County's honored citizens, faithfully meeting his obligations in every relation in life. He was a member of Antioch Baptist Church for forty years and in his daily life lived the principles taught by the Christ he served."
  Buried	Antioch Cemetery, Oakland, Laclede County, MIssouri, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I1097	Gilmore-Donald
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2020

  
  

  Father	George Washington Wood,   b. 25 Jan 1824, Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky, USA ,   d. 13 Apr 1913, Oakland, Laclede County, Missouri, USA  (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Sarah M. Downey,   b. 15 Oct 1831, Kentucky, USA ,   d. 28 Aug 1905, Laclede County, Missouri, USA  (Age 73 years)
  Married	Before 1856	Kentucky, USA
  Family ID	F76	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lydia Norton Edwards,   b. 14 Apr 1860,   d. 17 Feb 1929  (Age 68 years)
  Married	3 Apr 1887  [1, 2]
  Children	+ 1. Anna G. Wood,   b. 27 Apr 1888, Laclede County, Missouri, USA ,   d. 16 Sep 1943, Wallace Hospital, Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri, USA  (Age 55 years)   2. Gertrude Mae Wood,   b. Sep 1890, Oakland, Laclede County, Missouri, USA + 3. Virgil L. Wood,   b. 24 Apr 1894, Oakland, Laclede County, Missouri, USA ,   d. 19 Dec 1985  (Age 91 years) + 4. Ida Edwards Wood,   b. Sep 1896, Missouri, USA ,   d. 28 Feb 1984, Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa, USA  (Age ~ 87 years) + 5. Bessie F. Wood,   b. Feb 1898, Missouri, USA ,   d. 1976  (Age ~ 77 years)
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2020
  Family ID	F425	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1175] Michele (Harrison) West, "Compact Tree for Michele (Harrison) West," WikiTree (https://www.wikitree.com/treewidget/Harrison-5863/5 : accessed 21 May 2019). [S1346] "William Carter Wood" The Laclede County Republican (Lebanon, Missouri), 14 May 1926, p. 3, col. 3; digital image Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 21 August 2020). [S1349] 1900 U.S. census, Laclede County, Missouri, population schedule, Osage township, enumeration district (ED) 69, sheet 13B, p. 276 (stamped, verso), dwelling 228, family 229, Carter Wood household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 August 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, [roll not stated]. [S1341] Michelle West, "George Wood Family Detail," digital copy of typescript list of children of George Washington Wood/Sarah M. Downey, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 21 August 2020), posted 24 February 2018.