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Nellie Viola Wood

Nellie Viola Wood

Female 1896 - 1964  (68 years)

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  • Name Nellie Viola Wood  [1
    Born 16 Mar 1896  Laclede County, MIssouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Census 3 Jan 1920  1322 Joplin St., Webb City, Jasper County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    1. Abbott, John S., head, owns, free of mortgage, male, white, 37, married, can read and write, Missouri, Ohio, Missouri, postal clerk. [Sub Local office?]
    2. _____, Nellie V., wife, female, white, 22, married, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
    3. _____, John S. Jr., son, male white, 8, attending school, California, Missouri, Arkansas
    4. _____, Elizabeth M., daughter, female, white, 7, attending school, California, Missouri, Arkansas
    5. _____, Edna Violet, daughter, female, white, 6, attending school, California, Missouri, Arkansas
    6. _____, James Harrison, son, male, white, 1 year 4 months, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
    7. Barber, Susie, mother, female, white,60, widowed, can read and write, Missouri, Indiana, Missouri 
    Census 4 Apr 1930  816 Lincoln Ave., Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    1. Abbott, John S., head, owns, $2700, not a farm, male, white, 47, married, first married age 19, can read and write, Missouri, Ohio, Missouri, postal clerk, post office, not a veteran
    2. _____, Nellie V., wife, female, white, 34, married, first married age 21, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
    3. _____, James H., son, male, white, 12, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
    4. _____, Walter L., son, male, white, 8, attending school, Kansas, Missouri, Missouri 
    NEWS 15 Jun 1934  Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    The Laclede County Replublican:

    "Mrs. Nellie Gordon of Springfield and two sons James and Walter are visiting Mrs. Gordon's father, Eli Wood." 
    Census 4 Apr 1940  North Campbell township, Greene County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    1. Gordon, Frank, head, male, white, 30, married, completed grade 8, Missouri, presser, owner of business, $500
    2. _____, Nellie, wife, female, white, 30, married, completed grade 12, Missouri, presser
    3. _____, Walter, son, male, white, 17, single, completed grade 6, Missouri, [no occupation] 
    Parents 1964 death certificate names her parents as Eli H. Wood and Mattie Daniel. James Abbott (son) informant.  [2
    Died 9 Jun 1964  Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Greenlawn Cemetery, Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 7
    Person ID I585  Gilmore-Donald
    Last Modified 4 Sep 2020 

    Father Eli Harrison Wood,   b. 7 Sep 1865, Laclede County, MIssouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Sep 1946, Laclede County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Martha Wilma "Mattie" Daniels,   b. 21 Oct 1877, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 May 1934, Laclede County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Married 4 Jan 1893 
    • 1910 census, married 17 years. No record of their marriage found in the online Missouri records.
    Family ID F214  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 John Stafford Abbott,   b. 21 Nov 1882, Webb City, Jasper County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Oct 1952, Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Married Abt 1917-1918  [3
    • Based on birth of her son James in 1918.
    Divorced Between 1930-1935  [8
    • John S. Abbott was married to Edna V. by 1940, and they had an apparent daughter age 5.
    Children 
    +1. James Harrison Abbott,   b. 25 Feb 1918, Webb City, Jasper County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Sep 2001  (Age 83 years)
     2. Walter L. Abbott,   b. Abt 1922, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 15 Feb 2016 
    Family ID F218  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Frank Gordon,   b. Abt 1910, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Before June 1934  [5, 6
    Last Modified 4 Sep 2020 
    Family ID F217  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [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].

    2. [S550] Missouri State Board of Health, death certificate no. 0022756 (1964), Nellie Viola Gordon, Greene 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.

    3. [S552] 1920 U.S. census, Jasper County, Missouri, population schedule, Webb City (1322 Joplin St.), enumeration district (ED) 74, sheet 2A (penned), p. 277 (stamped), dwelling 34, family 34, John S. Abbott household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 February 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, [roll not stated].

    4. [S553] 1930 U.S. census, Cherokee County, Kansas, population schedule, Baxter Springs (816 Lincoln Ave.), Spring Valley township, enumeration district (ED) 11-2, sheet 4A, p. 16 (stamped), dwelling 91, family 102, John S. Abbott household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 February 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, [roll not stated].

    5. [S1373] "Dalton News" The Laclede County Republican (Lebanon, Missouri), 15 June 1934, p. 4, col. 3, item for Mrs. Nellie Gordon; digital image Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 2 September 2020).

    6. [S1372] 1940 U.S. census, Greene County, Missouri, population schedule, North Campbell township, enumeration district (ED) 39-62, sheet 2A (penned), p. 1118 (stamped, recto), visited no. 25, Frank Gordon household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 September 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 2109.

    7. [S551] Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 14 February 2016), memorial 94085120, 23 July 2012 by Lyle and Marsha, for Nellie V. Gordon (1894-1964), citing Greenlawn Memorial Gardens (Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, USA); image of marker.

    8. [S555] 1940 U.S. census, Cherokee County, Kansas, population schedule, Baxter Springs (816 Lincoln Ave.), enumeration district (ED) 11-2C, sheet 1A (penned), p. 46 (stamped), household 14, John S. Abbott household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 February 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 1223.