Eli Harrison Wood

1865 - 1946  (80 years)

• Name	Eli Harrison Wood  [1]
  Born	7 Sep 1865	Laclede County, MIssouri, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	16 Jun 1900	Osage township, Laclede County, Missouri, USA   [3]
  	1. Wood, Eli, head, white, male, September 1865, 34, married 7 years, Missouri, Kentucky, Kentucky, farmer, own account, can read and write, farm schedule no. 213 2. _____, Martha [A.?], wife, white, female, October 1875, 24, married 7 years, 3 children 3 living, Illinois, Illinois, Indiana, can read and write 3. _____, Bula V., daughter, white, female, June 1895, 5, Missouri, Missouri, Illinois 4. _____, Nellie V., daughter, white, female, March 1896, 4, Missouri, Missouri, Illinois 5. _____, Walter F., son, white, male, October 1897, 2, Missouri, Missouri, Illinois
  Census	19 Apr 1910	Osage township, Laclede County, Missouri, USA   [4]
  	1. Wood, Eli H., head, male, white, 44, first marriage, married 17 years, Missouri, Kentucky, Kentucky, farmer, general farm, own account, can read and write, owns farm free of mortgage, farm schedule no. 43 2. _____, Martha W., wife, female, white, 34, first marriage, married 17 years, 4 children 4 living, Illinois, Illinois, Indiana, can read and write 3. _____, Bulah B., daughter, female, white, 15, single, Missouri, Missouri, Illinois, attending school, can read and write 4. _____, Nellie V., daughter, female, white, 14, Missouri, Missouri, Illinois, attending school, can read and write 5. _____, Walter F., son, male, white, 12, Missouri, Missouri, Illinois, attending school, can read and write 6. _____, Myrtle G., daughter, female, white, 9, Missouri, Missouri, Illinois, attending school
  Census	2 Jan 1920	Osage township, Laclede County, Missouri, USA   [5]
  	1. Wood, Eli H., head, owns, free of mortgage, male, white, 54, married, can read and write, Missouri, Kentucky, Kentucky, farmer, general farm, own account, farm schedule no. 1 2. _____, Martha W., wife, female, white, 44, married, can read and write, Illinois, Illinois, Indiana 3. _____, Walter, son, male, white, 22, single, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Illinois, labor, farm 4. _____, Myrtle, daughter, female, white, 18, single, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Illinois 5. _____, Ruby, daughter, female, white, 8, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Illinois
  Census	6 Apr 1930	Osage township, Laclede County, Missouri, USA   [6]
  	1. Wood, Eli H., head, owns, farm, male, white, 64, married, first married age 27, can read and write, Missouri, Kentucky, Kentucky, farmer, general farm, not a veteran, farm schedule no. 32 2. _____, Martha W., wife, female, white, 54, married, first married age 17, can read and write, Illinois, Illinois, Indiana
  NEWS	18 May 1934	Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri, USA   [7]
  	Obit of wife "Mattie," The Laclede County Republican: "Funeral Services Conducted May 9 At the Antioch Church Near Oakland" Funeral services were held on Wednesday, Mary 9, at Antioch church for Mrs. Eli Wood, 58, who died May 7. Services were conducted by the Rev. H. L. Knight and the Rev. William Huffman. Burial was in Oakland cemetery. She is survived by her husband and five children, Mrs. James Hamer, of Corona, Calif., Mrs. Frank Gordon of Springfield, Walter Wood of Baxter Springs, Kan., and Mrs. Lewis Kneedler and ruby Wood of Lebanon. Martha Wilma Daniel, daughter of William and Sarah Daniel, was born Oct. 21, 1876, in Fayette county, Ill. She came to Laclede county with her parents at the age of 6 and lived here the balance of her life. She joined the Baptist church in Lebanon and later moved her membership to the Oakland church. She was married to Eli Wood on Jan. 4, 1893."
  Parents	Death certificate names parents as George Wood and Sarah Downey, both born in Kentucky.  [2]
  Died	6 Sep 1946	Laclede County, Missouri, USA   [1, 2]
  	Cause of death: Carcinoma of prostrate.
  Person ID	I579	Gilmore-Donald
  Last Modified	2 Sep 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	Martha Wilma "Mattie" Daniels,   b. 21 Oct 1877, Illinois, USA ,   d. 7 May 1934, Laclede County, Missouri, USA  (Age 56 years)
  Married	4 Jan 1893
  	1910 census, married 17 years. No record of their marriage found in the online Missouri records.
  Children	+ 1. Bulah Virtress Wood,   b. Jun 1895, Laclede County, MIssouri, USA ,   d. Before January 2001  (Age ~ 105 years) + 2. Nellie Viola Wood,   b. 16 Mar 1896, Laclede County, MIssouri, USA ,   d. 9 Jun 1964, Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, USA  (Age 68 years)   3. Walter Franklin Wood,   b. 11 October 1898, Laclede County, MIssouri, USA ,   d. 2 Apr 1944, Baptist Hospital, Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, USA  (Age 45 years)   4. Myrtle Wood,   b. Abt 1901, Laclede County, MIssouri, USA ,   d. Before January 2001  (Age ~ 99 years)   5. Ruby Wood,   b. 8 Oct 1911, Laclede County, MIssouri, USA ,   d. 20 Jan 2001, Ash Grove, Greene County, Missouri, USA  (Age 89 years)
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2020
  Family ID	F214	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S543] skunk, "Smith Rilett," tree pages, Ancestry.com ((http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 7 February 2016), for descendants of George Washington Wood and Sarah M. Downey. Some sources. [S548] Missouri State Board of Health, death certificate no. 30830 (1946), Eli Harrison Wood, Laclede County; "Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1963,? digital images, Missouri Digital Heritage (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives : accessed 14 February 2016); Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. [S544] 1900 U.S. census, Laclede County, Missouri, population schedule, Osage township, enumeration district (ED) 69, sheet 12B, p. 275b (stamped), dwelling 210, family 211, Eli Wood household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 February 2016); FHL film no. 1,240,869; citing NARA microfilm publication T623, [roll 869]. [S545] 1910 U.S. census, Laclede County, Missouri, population schedule, Osage township, enumeration district (ED) 46, sheets 2B=3A (penned), pp. 263b-264a (stamped), dwelling 42, family 44, Eli H. Wood household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 February 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, [roll not stated]. [S546] 1920 U.S. census, Laclede County, Missouri, population schedule, Osage township, enumeration district (ED) 52, sheet 1A (penned), p. 124a (stamped), dwelling 1, family 1, Eli H. Wood household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 February 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 931. [S547] 1930 U.S. census, Laclede County, Missouri, population schedule, Osage township, enumeration district (ED) 11, sheet 2A, p. 230, dwelling 33, family 33, Eli H. Wood household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 February 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1207. [S1370] "Mrs. Eli Wood, 58, County Resident, Dies" The Laclede County Republican (Lebanon, Missouri), 18 May 1934, p.8, col. 6; digital image, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 2 September 2020).