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William Wallace Wood

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William Wallace Wood

Birth
Orange County, New York, USA
Death
14 Dec 1919 (aged 85)
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 71, Lot 5, Grave S/2
Memorial ID
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THE KANSAS CITY STAR
Kansas City, Missouri
Tuesday, 16 December, 1919
Vol 82, Issue 300, Page 9

Funeral of W. W. Wood Today.

Funeral services for William Wallace Wood, 85 years old, who died Sunday night at the Armour Memorial Home for Aged Couples, will be at 2 o'clock today at the home, Twenty-second street and Tracy avenue. Burial will be in Union cemetery. Mr. Wood was born in Orange county, New York, and had lived at the home two years. He had been a resident of this city for more than thirty years. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. M. H. Dickenson, St. Louis, and Miss Ellen J. Wood, and a brother, Henry Clay Wood. The latter two live at the Armour home.

(this newspaper clipping researched by Jerry)
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Parents:

(per data from Ella's death certificate and Federal census tracts)
• Father: Andrew Wood, b. New York
• Mother: Sarah Fairman, b. Canada -or- Maria, b. Canada -or- Sarah M, b. Canada

Siblings buried at Union Cemetery:

Frances E "Fannie" Wood Dickinson (1838-1921)
Henry Clay Wood (1842-1923)
Ellen "Ella" Wood (1848-1933)
Anna M Wood (about 1852-1898)

1 Jun 1850 Federal Census:

Quincy, Adams County, Illinois
• Andrew Wood, 47, b. New York, occupation illegible, real estate value $10,000
• Sarah M Wood, 40, b. Canada
William W Wood, 16, b. New York
• Frances E Wood, 12, b. New York
• Henry G Wood, 8, b. Illinois
• Henrietta E, Wood 4 , b. Illinois
• Ellen C Wood, 2, b. Illinois
• Mary Wood, 21, b. New York

From Missouri Death Certificate, #36102:

Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
• Wm Wallace Wood
• Male, White, single, retired
• Born: 1 Mar 1834, Orange County, New York
• Age: 85 years, 9 months, 14 days
• Father: Andrew Wood, b. unknown
• Mother: unknown
• Residence: Armour Memorial Home *
• Informant: Miss Ellen J. Wood, Armour Memorial Home
• Died: 14 Dec 1919, Armour Memorial Home
• Cause of death: Arteriosclerosis, senility
• Burial: 16 Dec 1919, Union Cemetery; D W Newcomer's Sons Underakers, 2111 E 9th St
(death certificate researched by Jerry)

* Note: Armour Memorial Home was located at 22nd & Tracy

From cemetery records:

• Wood, Wallace
• Burial: 16 Dec 1919
• Undertaker: Newcomer
• Burial Fee: $8
• Section 71 Lot 5 Grave S/2 (unmarked grave)
THE KANSAS CITY STAR
Kansas City, Missouri
Tuesday, 16 December, 1919
Vol 82, Issue 300, Page 9

Funeral of W. W. Wood Today.

Funeral services for William Wallace Wood, 85 years old, who died Sunday night at the Armour Memorial Home for Aged Couples, will be at 2 o'clock today at the home, Twenty-second street and Tracy avenue. Burial will be in Union cemetery. Mr. Wood was born in Orange county, New York, and had lived at the home two years. He had been a resident of this city for more than thirty years. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. M. H. Dickenson, St. Louis, and Miss Ellen J. Wood, and a brother, Henry Clay Wood. The latter two live at the Armour home.

(this newspaper clipping researched by Jerry)
___

Parents:

(per data from Ella's death certificate and Federal census tracts)
• Father: Andrew Wood, b. New York
• Mother: Sarah Fairman, b. Canada -or- Maria, b. Canada -or- Sarah M, b. Canada

Siblings buried at Union Cemetery:

Frances E "Fannie" Wood Dickinson (1838-1921)
Henry Clay Wood (1842-1923)
Ellen "Ella" Wood (1848-1933)
Anna M Wood (about 1852-1898)

1 Jun 1850 Federal Census:

Quincy, Adams County, Illinois
• Andrew Wood, 47, b. New York, occupation illegible, real estate value $10,000
• Sarah M Wood, 40, b. Canada
William W Wood, 16, b. New York
• Frances E Wood, 12, b. New York
• Henry G Wood, 8, b. Illinois
• Henrietta E, Wood 4 , b. Illinois
• Ellen C Wood, 2, b. Illinois
• Mary Wood, 21, b. New York

From Missouri Death Certificate, #36102:

Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
• Wm Wallace Wood
• Male, White, single, retired
• Born: 1 Mar 1834, Orange County, New York
• Age: 85 years, 9 months, 14 days
• Father: Andrew Wood, b. unknown
• Mother: unknown
• Residence: Armour Memorial Home *
• Informant: Miss Ellen J. Wood, Armour Memorial Home
• Died: 14 Dec 1919, Armour Memorial Home
• Cause of death: Arteriosclerosis, senility
• Burial: 16 Dec 1919, Union Cemetery; D W Newcomer's Sons Underakers, 2111 E 9th St
(death certificate researched by Jerry)

* Note: Armour Memorial Home was located at 22nd & Tracy

From cemetery records:

• Wood, Wallace
• Burial: 16 Dec 1919
• Undertaker: Newcomer
• Burial Fee: $8
• Section 71 Lot 5 Grave S/2 (unmarked grave)

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