Martha E. Wood

1855 - 1925  (69 years)

• Name	Martha E. Wood  [1, 2]
  Born	26 Dec 1855	Kentucky, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Census	16 Jun 1900	Osage township, Laclede County, MIssouri, USA   [3]
  	1. Owen, William P., head, white, male, July 1855, 44, married 22 years, Kentucky, Kentucky, Kentucky, farmer, can read and write, owns farm free of mortgage, farm schedule 212 2. _____, Martha E., wife, white, female, December 1855, 44, married 22 years, 0 children 0 living, Kentucky, Kentucky, Kentucky 3. [Tethen? Yethen? Tether?], Herman F., hired hand, white, male, December 1876, 23, single, Germany, Germany, Germany, immigrated 1888, in U.S. 12 years, farm laborer, can read and write
  Died	13 Jun 1925	Washington township, Laclede County, Missouri, USA   [1, 2]
  NEWS	19 Jun 1925	Laclede County, Missouri, USA   [4]
  	The Laclede County Republican: "Mrs. W. P. Owen [contributed] Friends and relatives of Mrs. W. P. Owen were deeply saddened by her death which came last Sunday afternoon as a result of an attack of influenza, which she suffered last winter, when her system weakened, becoming susceptible to infection which produced her death. Funeral services were held on Monday afternoon, conducted by Rev. H. W. Gadd, assisted by Rev. C. W. Wood, Rev. R. B. Carnett and Rev. D. F. Adams. Interment was in Oakland Cemetery. Martha Wood was born on December 26, 1855, in Warren county, Kentucky. She, with her parents, moved to Missouri in 1857, locating in this neighborhood in which she has spent her life. She was converted at the age of 28 years and united with this church in which she has spent a long faithful Christian life. She was a type of true Christian womanhood, upright in every respect. She taught in the Sunday school here since it organized. The majority of her pupils have become Christians which very probably is a result, in part at least, of her faithful and persistent service. And Martha, as she was called, was kind to all with whom she came into contact. Not only so, but was firm and unvacillating in her conviction of right. To know her was to be impressed by her conscientious devotion to her Lorda and her church. On March 14, 1878, she was united in marriage to Mr. W. P. Owen, who survives her. Her parents and a sister, Miss Alice Wood, have preceded her into eternity, where, as we believe, they welcome her saintly spirit. She is also survived by a sister, Miss Jane Wood, of Oakland, and five brothers: Messrs. Charles, Walter and Thomas, all of Oakland, and Frank and Ellis Wood of Lebanon. Also a group of nieces and nephews mourn her departure. Although she had no children of her own, she did a faithful part in rearing three foster sons. They are: herman Zoethen, of Glenwood Springs, Colorado; Clarence Oughletree and Sam Own, all of whom were present at the funeral. These three stalwart men honored her as a son does a mother. "She hath done what she could, and the summons has come." Sister Owen will be greatly missed but our loss is Heaven's gain. "So He giveth His beloved sleep."
  Parents	Named on death cert as "Geo. W. Wood" and "Sallie Downey," both born in Kentucky.  [2]
  Person ID	I1290	Gilmore-Donald
  Last Modified	21 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	W. P. Owen
  Married	14 Mar 1878	Laclede County, Missouri, USA   [4, 5]
  	At the home of E. W. Woods [Wood] No issue.
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2020
  Family ID	F493	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [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. [S1342] Missouri State Board of Health, death certificate no. 18373 (1925), Martha E. Owen, Laclede County; "Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1963,? digital images, Missouri Digital Heritage (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives : accessed 21 August 2020); Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. [S1344] 1900 U.S. census, Laclede County, Missouri, population schedule, Osage township, enumeration district (ED) 69, sheet 12B, p. 275 (stamped, verso), dwelling 211, family 212, William P. Owen household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 August 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, [roll not stated]. [S1345] "Mrs. W. P, Owen" The Laclede County Republican (Lebanon, Missouri), 19 June 1925, p. 1, col. 2; digital image Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 21 August 2020). [S1343] Laclede County, Missouri, marriage [1878]: 183, certificate, William P. Owen-Mattie E. Wood; "Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 August 2020); citing Missouri Marriage Records, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. .