Biography
Alice's father, Edward Horrocks was in the manufacturing business in England as a silk weaver. He was also a local teacher. They joined the LDS church in 1840. Alice's mother died in 1856, when she was fifteen. The two oldest girls, Elizabeth and Mary, were the first to emigrate in the fall of 1856 with the fatal Martin Handcart Company.
The next spring in March of 1857, Edward emigrated with his 3 remaining daughters, Alice, Ann and Martha, on the ship George Washington, and married Eliza Clark at sea. Eliza's daughter, Mary Worthington travelled with them. Edward and Eliza later had another two sons and a daughter. They walked most of the way across the plains, arriving at Fort Supply.
It was here, at Fort Supply, that Charles Wood first saw and fell in love with a pretty 16-year-old English girl, by the name of Alice Horrocks.
Charles had a happy disposition, and always made friends with people. As a boy, he learned the Washikee Indian language and when he reached the age of 17, he filled a mission for the LDS Church among the Indian people, serving as an interpreter, and missionary at Fort Supply from 1854 to 1858.
Charles was a handsome young man. He was the owner of a good horse and saddle, and sported a buckskin suit which had been made for him by an Indian squaw. These things made quite an impression on Alice; however, she had to leave and went on to Ogden, Utah with her father.
Charles was soon released from his duties as a missionary, and hurried to Ogden to find Alice. He did find her, and by now, Alice was 17 and Charles was 21. They mounted his horse and eloped. They were married on 31 March 1858, by Jonathan Browning of Ogden.
Upon their return, Alice's father was quite upset with them, but soon forgave them, and a gala supper was prepared for them with a molasses wedding cake. They were later sealed in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City in June of 1867.
The young couple found a one-room adobe house on what is now 28th Street in Ogden, Utah. It had a dirt floor and roof. Charles was very handy around the house, and it took little to make them comfortable.
Alice had a beautiful silk dress. Her father had given her the material and had told her to take good care of it as it would be the last dress he would ever give her. There were four widths in the skirt, and whenever Alice would need articles for her kitchen, she would cut up her dress and trade the silk for whatever articles she needed.
Charles and Alice were both thrifty and industrious. They built a good life in the new country with the Saints. In spite of difficulties and hardships, their first child, Alice Ann, was born in Ogden on 2 April 1859.
The next year, in 1860, they moved to Ogden Valley. They were among the first seven families to build in a grove called Hunts Fort, later known as Hawkings' Grove. The seven families included Charles, Alice and their daughter; Charles' mother and his brother Joseph; Captain Jefferson Hunt and sons, and Hyrum Hunt. They all later moved to the settlement which is now known as Huntsville, Utah.
During their marriage, Charles and Alice had fourteen children. They were:

1859-1934 – 1. Alice Ann WOOD MOFFETT (married William Armstead MOFFETT, 1881)

1861-1940 – 2. Charles Samuel WOOD (married Emma Maria Elizabeth MORTENSEN, 1884)

1863-1895 – 3. Mary Elizabeth WOOD CARVER (married James Samuel CARVER, 1881)

1865-1938 – 4. Sarah Eliza WOOD MADSEN (married Hans Christian Marius MADSEN, 1886)

1867-1878 – 5. Edward Warren WOOD (died in Diphtheria Epidemic of 1878)

1869-1943 – 6. Joseph WOOD (married Amelia OLSEN, 1894)

1871-1878 – 7. James Sylvester WOOD (died in Diphtheria Epidemic of 1878)

1873-1878 – 8. Martha Emma WOOD (died in Diphtheria Epidemic of 1878)

1875-1878 – 9. Minnie Mable WOOD (died in Diphtheria Epidemic of 1878)

1877-1965 – 10. Catherine Mozell WOOD MORLEY NEWEY (married Joshua MORLEY, 1938; married John Alson NEWEY, 1958)

1879-1954 – 11. Fredrick William WOOD (married Charlotte DURRANT, 1908; married Anna Elena WORLTON, 1919)

1881-1970 – 12. Laura Pearl WOOD McCARTY (married Aurthur Timothy McCARTY, 1904)

1883-1949 – 13. Benjamin Franklin WOOD (married Olivia Rosamond FELT, 1905)

1886-1949 – 14. Chloe Adell WOOD DOXEY (married George Rhodes DOXEY, 1910)

--Compiled by Vivian Madsen Ray, daughter of Sarah Eliza Wood Madsen.