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Samuel Mahan “Sam” Wood

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Samuel Mahan “Sam” Wood Veteran

Birth
Calvert, Robertson County, Texas, USA
Death
10 Dec 1942 (aged 65)
Bexar County, Texas, USA
Burial
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section F Site 352
Memorial ID
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Wood, Samuel Mahan
b. 7OCT1877, Calvert, Robertson TX
d. 10DEC1942 , Bexar Co TX
buried: 14DEC1942

Sam served in the Spanish American War.
PVT 1ST CLASS: 3RD REGT OF ENGRS.

Father: Horatio Lindley Wood
b. 31DEC1852, Reading, Fairfield Co. CT

Mother: Ada 'Mae'/Matilda Sharp
b. 16NOV1856, Glenwood IA
d/o Neal Johnson Sharp and Ella Trammel

H.L. and Ada Mae were married at Harlan IA, 17MAR1873

Children of H.L and Ada Mae:
1-Howard Everett Wood 16MAR1874-13MAY1926
2-Grace Marie Wood 2OCT1875-5MAY1955
2-Samuel Mahan Wood b. 7OCT1877-10DEC1942
4-Mary F. b. ~1779 d. ~1793

Sam married Lilla HUNNICUT on 2OCT1900. She was the first of nine children of Robert and Rosella Hunnicutt. It was a first marriage for Sam and a second for widowed Lilla Wolfe.

Lilla Hunnicutt was born 2NOV1878 in Copiah Co MS. She married first, Mr. Wolfe; second, Sam Wood, a printer; and third, George Edward Long, M.D., of Monterrey, Mexico. George was born in Spain of English parents.

Sam and Lilla were living in Beaumont, Jefferson TX in 1910.
CHILDREN: of Sam & Lilla:
1-Ruby Mae b. APR 1902, Marlin TX
2-Mable Lee b. 23JUN1903, Marlin TX
3-Robert Samuel. b. 9SEP1905, Marlin TX
[Thanks to Kay Cunningham & Margie McCain for Hunnicutt information.]

Sam married for a 2nd time, circa 1920, Elizabeth MASSEY. They were living in San Antonio, Bexar TX in 1930. Sam was 52, an operator of a print shop., and claimed service in the Spanish American War. Elizabeth was 42, having married at the age of 32.

Children of Sam and Elizabeth:
1-Ray Kendall Wood b. 24JUL1920 TX
2-Margaret Wood EMMRICH b. ~ 1923 TX
3-Nell Wood GASTON b. ~ 1925 TX.

Marriage 3-Alice Ann b: abt 1905 in TN

Samuel M. Wood was a 6X gt-gandson of Dr Samuel Wood and Rebecca Benedict; Founding Families of Danbury CT. Rebecca was the youngest child of Thomas Benedict immigrant ancestor of the Benedict Family in America.

Paternal Lineage: WOOD
Samuel M. 9, Horatio Lindley 8, Thomas 7, Harvey 6, Noah 5, Daniel jr 4, Daniel 3, Samuel 2, Dr. Samuel1 WOOD of Danbury CT; immigrant ancestor from Yorkshire England.
Wood, Samuel Mahan
b. 7OCT1877, Calvert, Robertson TX
d. 10DEC1942 , Bexar Co TX
buried: 14DEC1942

Sam served in the Spanish American War.
PVT 1ST CLASS: 3RD REGT OF ENGRS.

Father: Horatio Lindley Wood
b. 31DEC1852, Reading, Fairfield Co. CT

Mother: Ada 'Mae'/Matilda Sharp
b. 16NOV1856, Glenwood IA
d/o Neal Johnson Sharp and Ella Trammel

H.L. and Ada Mae were married at Harlan IA, 17MAR1873

Children of H.L and Ada Mae:
1-Howard Everett Wood 16MAR1874-13MAY1926
2-Grace Marie Wood 2OCT1875-5MAY1955
2-Samuel Mahan Wood b. 7OCT1877-10DEC1942
4-Mary F. b. ~1779 d. ~1793

Sam married Lilla HUNNICUT on 2OCT1900. She was the first of nine children of Robert and Rosella Hunnicutt. It was a first marriage for Sam and a second for widowed Lilla Wolfe.

Lilla Hunnicutt was born 2NOV1878 in Copiah Co MS. She married first, Mr. Wolfe; second, Sam Wood, a printer; and third, George Edward Long, M.D., of Monterrey, Mexico. George was born in Spain of English parents.

Sam and Lilla were living in Beaumont, Jefferson TX in 1910.
CHILDREN: of Sam & Lilla:
1-Ruby Mae b. APR 1902, Marlin TX
2-Mable Lee b. 23JUN1903, Marlin TX
3-Robert Samuel. b. 9SEP1905, Marlin TX
[Thanks to Kay Cunningham & Margie McCain for Hunnicutt information.]

Sam married for a 2nd time, circa 1920, Elizabeth MASSEY. They were living in San Antonio, Bexar TX in 1930. Sam was 52, an operator of a print shop., and claimed service in the Spanish American War. Elizabeth was 42, having married at the age of 32.

Children of Sam and Elizabeth:
1-Ray Kendall Wood b. 24JUL1920 TX
2-Margaret Wood EMMRICH b. ~ 1923 TX
3-Nell Wood GASTON b. ~ 1925 TX.

Marriage 3-Alice Ann b: abt 1905 in TN

Samuel M. Wood was a 6X gt-gandson of Dr Samuel Wood and Rebecca Benedict; Founding Families of Danbury CT. Rebecca was the youngest child of Thomas Benedict immigrant ancestor of the Benedict Family in America.

Paternal Lineage: WOOD
Samuel M. 9, Horatio Lindley 8, Thomas 7, Harvey 6, Noah 5, Daniel jr 4, Daniel 3, Samuel 2, Dr. Samuel1 WOOD of Danbury CT; immigrant ancestor from Yorkshire England.

Gravesite Details

PVT US Army, Spanish American War



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