Jolley George "Joe" Wood b. 3 May 1896 Oakland, Laclede County, Missouri, USA d. 28 Apr 1979: Our Family History

1896 - 1979 (82 years)

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Name	Jolley George "Joe" Wood [1]
	Later in life he appeared to use Joseph George Wood as his name instead of Jolley George Wood. My mother in law (his younger sister) always named him as Jolley George, however.
Born	3 May 1896	Oakland, Laclede County, Missouri, USA [1, 2]
Gender	Male
Census	2 Jan 1920	Pioneer Trail Rd., Silver Creek township, Pottawatamie County, Iowa, USA [3]
	1. Wood, Joe, head, renting, male, white, 23, married, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, farmer, general farm, farm schedule 9 2. _____, Evelyn, wife, female, white, 27, married, can read and write, Iowa, New York, Illinois 3. _____, Kenneth, son, male, white, 11 months, Iowa, Missouri, Iowa
Newspaper Article	28 Sep 1920	Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA [4]
	The Evening Nonpareil: "Baby Run Over By Auto and Killed Child of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Woods [sic], of near Macedonia. Special to The Daily Nonpareil. MACEDONIA, Ia., Sept. 28.-- The funeral serivces [sic] will be held at Minden today of 22-months-old Baby Woods, who was run over and killed by an automobile driven by his uncle at the Joe Woods home four and a half miles west of Macedonia Saturday. The accident happened when Otis Woods [sic], about 19 years old, brother of Joe Woods [sic], father of the child, was backing a car through the barn-yard. The child had wandered from the house, unknown to the uncle. The machine passed over the little boy, crushing his side. He lived but a few hours. The entire family is stricken with grief as a result of the accident. The Woods [sic] family live on what is known as the John Rainbow farm, opposite Lone Star Christian church. Mrs. Woods [sic] is a neice [sic] of Henry Brandeis, former state representative from this county."
Census	12 May 1930	Silver Creek township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA [5]
	1. Wood, Joe G., head, renting, [rent amt. smudged], has radio set, farm, male, white, 34, married, first married age 21, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, farmer, general farm, not a veteran, farm schedule 94 2. _____, Evelyn K., wife, female, white, 38, married, first married age 25, can read and write, Iowa, New York, Illinois 3. _____, Shirley, daughter, female, white, 10, attending school, can read and write, Iowa, Missouri, Iowa 4. _____, Keith, son, male, white, 7, attending school, can read and write, Iowa, Missouri, Iowa 5. _____, Jean, daughter, female, white, 5, Iowa, Missouri, Iowa 6. _____, Joanne, daughter, female, white, 1, Iowa, Missouri, Iowa
Census	3 Apr 1940	Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA [6]
	1. Wood, Joseph G., head, male, white, 43, married, completed grade 8, born Missouri, in Pottawattamie Co in 1935, cement finisher, building construction, $1110 2. _____, Evelyn, wife, female, white, 47, married, completed grade 8, Iowa 3. _____, Shirley, daughter, female, white, 20, single, completed 4 years high school, Iowa, Missouri, Iowa, stenographer, advertising department of finance firm 4. _____, Keith, son, male, white, 17, completed 2 years high school, Iowa, laborer, building construction 5. _____, Jean, daughter, female, white, 15, completed grade 8, Iowa 6. _____, Joan, daughter, female, white, 10, completed grade 5, Iowa 7. _____, Charles, son, male, white, 9, completed grade 2 8. _____, Richard, son, male, white, 7, completed grade 1, Iowa 9. _____, [Dean LaDon?], son, male, white, 6, Iowa
Died	28 Apr 1979 [7]
	Probably died in Council Bluffs, Iowa, but possibly in Omaha,
NEWS	1 May 1979	Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA [7]
	WOOD -- Joe G. 3436 Ave. A, Co. Bluffs. Passed away St. April 28, 1979. Retired Farmer and Building Contractor. Survived by wife, Evelyn, 4 Sons, Keith, Charles, and Dean, all of Co. Bluffs, Richard, Missoula, Mont., 3 Daughters, Shirley Hudson-Miller, San Mateo, Calif., Jean Crist, Stanwood, Ia., and Joan Brisso, Co. Bluffs, 1 Sister, Bernice Gilmore, Levanon, Mo., 22 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Services Tues. May 1, 1979 at 9 AM First Christian Church, Interment will be in the Silver Creek Cemetery. Visitation with family Mon. eve. between the hrs. of 7 and 8:30 PM at the Meyer Funeral Home, Co. Bluffs. Memorials to the First Christian Church Bldg. Fund. MEYER FUNERAL HOME Co. Bluffs 322-0293
Person ID	I555	Gilmore-Donald
Last Modified	15 Nov 2020

Father	Charles Lee Wood, b. 5 Feb 1867, Oakland, Laclede County, Missouri, USA , d. 8 Dec 1950, Laclede County, Missouri, USA (Age 83 years)
Mother	Mary Effie Jolly, b. 19 Apr 1872, Laclede County, Missouri, USA , d. 2 Feb 1955, Laclede County, Missouri, USA (Age 82 years)
Married	31 Jul 1895	Laclede County, Missouri, USA [8, 9]
Family ID	F75	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Evelyn Mauer

Married 26 Sep 1917 Woodbury County, Iowa, USA [10]

Children

	1. Kenneth Jolley Wood, b. 19 Jan 1919, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA , d. 26 Sep 1920, Pottawatamie County, Oklahoma, USA (Age 1 years)
+	2. Shirley Wood
+	3. Keith Gordon Wood, b. 22 May 1922, Iowa, USA , d. 13 Oct 2011, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA (Age 89 years)
+	4. Jean Evelyn Wood, b. 20 Mar 1925, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA , d. 26 Feb 2019, Mercy Hospital, Iowa City, Iowa, USA (Age 93 years)
+	5. Joan Kathryn Wood
+	6. Charles "Chuck" Wood, DNA, b. Abt 1931, Iowa, USA , d. After February 2019 (Age ~ 88 years)
	7. Richard Wood, b. Abt 1933, Iowa, USA , d. After February 2019 (Age ~ 86 years)
	8. Dean Ladon Wood, b. Abt 1934, Iowa, USA , d. After 2019 (Age ~ 86 years)

Last Modified 10 Sep 2020

Family ID F376 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Sources

[S506] 1900 U.S. census, Laclede County, Missouri, population schedule, Osage township, enumeration district (ED) 69, sheet 12A, p. 275 (stamped, recto), dwelling 209, family 210, Charles L. Wood household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 Mar 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 869. .
[S1405] "U.S., World War II Draft Registration cards," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 September 2020), Joe. George Wood, serial no. 0000 1274, [order no. not stated], Local Board no. 1, Pottawattamie County, Iowa; citing The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War II Draft Cards (Fourth Registration) for the State of Missouri; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147.
[S1402] 1920 U.S. census, Pattawattamie County, Iowa, population schedule, Silver Creek township (Pioneer Trail Rd.), enumeration district (ED) 175, sheet 1A (penned), p. 293 (stamped, recto), dwelling 9, family 9,Joe Wood household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 September 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 510.
[S1408] "Baby Run Over By Auto and Killed," The Evening Nonpareil (Council Bluffs, Iowa), 28 September 1920, p. 3, [col. not stated]; Newsbank, digital image, provided by Council Bluffs Public Library, email, 11 September 2020.
[S1403] 1930 U.S. census, Pattawattamie County, Iowa, population schedule, Silver Creek township, enumeration district (ED) 59, sheet 6A (penned, recto), p. 252 [stamped, recto], dwelling 114, family 111, Joe G. Wood household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 September 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, [roll not stated].].
[S1404] 1940 U.S. census, Pttawattamie County, Iowa, population schedule, Council Bluffs, enumeration district (ED) 78-38, sheet 2A (penned), p. 697 (stamped, recto), visited no. 29, Joseph G. Wood [Jolley G. Wood] household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 September 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 627.
[S1630] "Deaths and Funerals: Wood, Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Neb.), 1 May 1979, p. 32, col. 3; digital image, GenealogyBank.com (https://www.genealogybank.com/ : accessed 15 November 2020.
[S178] Laclede County, Missouri, Marriage Book F:258, Charles L. Wood-Effie Jolly, 31 July 1895.
[S505] ?Missouri Marriage Records, 1805?2002,? digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 March 2011), Laclede County, [vol. not stated]: 258, for Wood-Jolley (1895). Also Laclede County, Missouri, Marriage Records (Lebanon, Mo.: Laclede County Historical Society, 1975), vol. 4; citing Laclede County, marriage book F: 258, for Wood-Jolley (1895).
[S1401] "Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1945," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 September 2020), for Jolley G. Wood-Evelyn Mauer (1917), Woodbury County, Iowa; original records, Iowa Marriage Records, 1880-1922, Iowa Department of Public Health, Des Moines; microfilm 48, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines.