"Charity, daughter of Judge Wood, married an own cousin, James Wood, sometimes called "Limber Jim" Wood. This James was son of Pioneer James Wood, sometimes known as "Rosin the Bow" Wood, brother to Judge William. Rosin came to Marion county a little ahead of the others of his family, "to spy out the nakedness of the land". "Rosin the Bow" and Elder Wm. Flippin made their first entry into Marion when but one full blood white man was living in what is now Marion, a Yocham. Pioneer "Mike" Yocham, at mouth of Little North Fork. Flippin, the first time he came to Marion, was but 19 years old.
Rosin the Bow may not have been much older. Later came Thomas Flippin, his son, Perry, and perhaps William had gone back and relatives had returned with them. Also Judge Wood, his brother, Rosin the Bow, their father, some half sisters and at least two nephews. But whether the Flippins and Woods came in together the second time is not known.
At the time that Rosin the Bow and his brother, Judge William, came to Marion the latter, because of his exuberance of spirits and love for dancing, was sometimes called "Dancing Billy" Wood. The writer was fortunate enough to find, at Olvey, a living son of Charity and James Wood. His name is William Wood, but he is known as "Barnett" Wood, to distinguish him from the numerous Bill Woods. "Barnett" could remember his grandfather, Judge William Wood, his mother's father, and his grandmother, Hannah Wood. Also all their children, John, "Obe", George, Betsey, Solomon, Jeff, and of course, his own mother. He is 85, hale and hearty, his mind active and bright. Makes one wonder if a marriage of cousins is as dangerous for their posterity as is generally believed. "Barnett" says his grandfather, "Rosin the Bow" James Wood, died a good while before did his grandfather, Judge Wm. Wood. So long he does not remember seeing him. Says the children of his father and mother, Charity, were: "Obe", married Ellen Casey, sister to Uncle Jasper Casey; William, married Eliza Jane Abels; Margaret, married Thos. Maddon; George, married Paralee Wills; John, married Nettie Woodmore; Jeff, married Nettie Wright; James, married Nina Woodmore; Hannah and Elizabeth never married.
"Barnett" Wood, Uncle Jack Hurst and Uncle John Hampton each remembered something of two nephews of Judge and Rosin the Bow. They were "Fed" and William, the latter usually known as "Southfoot Bill" Wood. Both came to Marion county when the other Woods of their line came. Names of their fathers are not remembered. "Fed" was a race horse man and all-round sport. When the war came on, he joined the Confederate army, as did most of the Marion county Woods of both strains. He rose to be a captain. He went to Texas with a great caravan of Woods after the war. If "Fed" ever married, no one remembers his wife. "Fed's" brother, "Southfoot Bill" Wood, settled where Uncle John Hudson afterwards lived, near the head of George's creek. He put in a large mill near his home and sawed most of the lumber with which early Yellville was built. He kept on sawing after the war, and furnished the lumber by which most of the houses, burned in Yellville during the war, were rebuilt. "Southfoot" Wood married Melinda Coker. Their children, or a part of them were: Thomas, who it is believed married a McColough; it is thought that "Sid" married a Hudspeth; it is also believed that "Southfoot" had another daughter that married a McColough. Some time after the war, Southfoot and family removed to Texas."
Source: Excerpts from http://www.argenweb.net/marion/stories/marion-co-ar-wr-jones.html
Rosin the Bow may not have been much older. Later came Thomas Flippin, his son, Perry, and perhaps William had gone back and relatives had returned with them. Also Judge Wood, his brother, Rosin the Bow, their father, some half sisters and at least two nephews. But whether the Flippins and Woods came in together the second time is not known.
At the time that Rosin the Bow and his brother, Judge William, came to Marion the latter, because of his exuberance of spirits and love for dancing, was sometimes called "Dancing Billy" Wood. The writer was fortunate enough to find, at Olvey, a living son of Charity and James Wood. His name is William Wood, but he is known as "Barnett" Wood, to distinguish him from the numerous Bill Woods. "Barnett" could remember his grandfather, Judge William Wood, his mother's father, and his grandmother, Hannah Wood. Also all their children, John, "Obe", George, Betsey, Solomon, Jeff, and of course, his own mother. He is 85, hale and hearty, his mind active and bright. Makes one wonder if a marriage of cousins is as dangerous for their posterity as is generally believed. "Barnett" says his grandfather, "Rosin the Bow" James Wood, died a good while before did his grandfather, Judge Wm. Wood. So long he does not remember seeing him. Says the children of his father and mother, Charity, were: "Obe", married Ellen Casey, sister to Uncle Jasper Casey; William, married Eliza Jane Abels; Margaret, married Thos. Maddon; George, married Paralee Wills; John, married Nettie Woodmore; Jeff, married Nettie Wright; James, married Nina Woodmore; Hannah and Elizabeth never married.
"Barnett" Wood, Uncle Jack Hurst and Uncle John Hampton each remembered something of two nephews of Judge and Rosin the Bow. They were "Fed" and William, the latter usually known as "Southfoot Bill" Wood. Both came to Marion county when the other Woods of their line came. Names of their fathers are not remembered. "Fed" was a race horse man and all-round sport. When the war came on, he joined the Confederate army, as did most of the Marion county Woods of both strains. He rose to be a captain. He went to Texas with a great caravan of Woods after the war. If "Fed" ever married, no one remembers his wife. "Fed's" brother, "Southfoot Bill" Wood, settled where Uncle John Hudson afterwards lived, near the head of George's creek. He put in a large mill near his home and sawed most of the lumber with which early Yellville was built. He kept on sawing after the war, and furnished the lumber by which most of the houses, burned in Yellville during the war, were rebuilt. "Southfoot" Wood married Melinda Coker. Their children, or a part of them were: Thomas, who it is believed married a McColough; it is thought that "Sid" married a Hudspeth; it is also believed that "Southfoot" had another daughter that married a McColough. Some time after the war, Southfoot and family removed to Texas."
Source: Excerpts from http://www.argenweb.net/marion/stories/marion-co-ar-wr-jones.html
"Charity, daughter of Judge Wood, married an own cousin, James Wood, sometimes called "Limber Jim" Wood. This James was son of Pioneer James Wood, sometimes known as "Rosin the Bow" Wood, brother to Judge William. Rosin came to Marion county a little ahead of the others of his family, "to spy out the nakedness of the land". "Rosin the Bow" and Elder Wm. Flippin made their first entry into Marion when but one full blood white man was living in what is now Marion, a Yocham. Pioneer "Mike" Yocham, at mouth of Little North Fork. Flippin, the first time he came to Marion, was but 19 years old.
Rosin the Bow may not have been much older. Later came Thomas Flippin, his son, Perry, and perhaps William had gone back and relatives had returned with them. Also Judge Wood, his brother, Rosin the Bow, their father, some half sisters and at least two nephews. But whether the Flippins and Woods came in together the second time is not known.
At the time that Rosin the Bow and his brother, Judge William, came to Marion the latter, because of his exuberance of spirits and love for dancing, was sometimes called "Dancing Billy" Wood. The writer was fortunate enough to find, at Olvey, a living son of Charity and James Wood. His name is William Wood, but he is known as "Barnett" Wood, to distinguish him from the numerous Bill Woods. "Barnett" could remember his grandfather, Judge William Wood, his mother's father, and his grandmother, Hannah Wood. Also all their children, John, "Obe", George, Betsey, Solomon, Jeff, and of course, his own mother. He is 85, hale and hearty, his mind active and bright. Makes one wonder if a marriage of cousins is as dangerous for their posterity as is generally believed. "Barnett" says his grandfather, "Rosin the Bow" James Wood, died a good while before did his grandfather, Judge Wm. Wood. So long he does not remember seeing him. Says the children of his father and mother, Charity, were: "Obe", married Ellen Casey, sister to Uncle Jasper Casey; William, married Eliza Jane Abels; Margaret, married Thos. Maddon; George, married Paralee Wills; John, married Nettie Woodmore; Jeff, married Nettie Wright; James, married Nina Woodmore; Hannah and Elizabeth never married.
"Barnett" Wood, Uncle Jack Hurst and Uncle John Hampton each remembered something of two nephews of Judge and Rosin the Bow. They were "Fed" and William, the latter usually known as "Southfoot Bill" Wood. Both came to Marion county when the other Woods of their line came. Names of their fathers are not remembered. "Fed" was a race horse man and all-round sport. When the war came on, he joined the Confederate army, as did most of the Marion county Woods of both strains. He rose to be a captain. He went to Texas with a great caravan of Woods after the war. If "Fed" ever married, no one remembers his wife. "Fed's" brother, "Southfoot Bill" Wood, settled where Uncle John Hudson afterwards lived, near the head of George's creek. He put in a large mill near his home and sawed most of the lumber with which early Yellville was built. He kept on sawing after the war, and furnished the lumber by which most of the houses, burned in Yellville during the war, were rebuilt. "Southfoot" Wood married Melinda Coker. Their children, or a part of them were: Thomas, who it is believed married a McColough; it is thought that "Sid" married a Hudspeth; it is also believed that "Southfoot" had another daughter that married a McColough. Some time after the war, Southfoot and family removed to Texas."
Source: Excerpts from http://www.argenweb.net/marion/stories/marion-co-ar-wr-jones.html
Rosin the Bow may not have been much older. Later came Thomas Flippin, his son, Perry, and perhaps William had gone back and relatives had returned with them. Also Judge Wood, his brother, Rosin the Bow, their father, some half sisters and at least two nephews. But whether the Flippins and Woods came in together the second time is not known.
At the time that Rosin the Bow and his brother, Judge William, came to Marion the latter, because of his exuberance of spirits and love for dancing, was sometimes called "Dancing Billy" Wood. The writer was fortunate enough to find, at Olvey, a living son of Charity and James Wood. His name is William Wood, but he is known as "Barnett" Wood, to distinguish him from the numerous Bill Woods. "Barnett" could remember his grandfather, Judge William Wood, his mother's father, and his grandmother, Hannah Wood. Also all their children, John, "Obe", George, Betsey, Solomon, Jeff, and of course, his own mother. He is 85, hale and hearty, his mind active and bright. Makes one wonder if a marriage of cousins is as dangerous for their posterity as is generally believed. "Barnett" says his grandfather, "Rosin the Bow" James Wood, died a good while before did his grandfather, Judge Wm. Wood. So long he does not remember seeing him. Says the children of his father and mother, Charity, were: "Obe", married Ellen Casey, sister to Uncle Jasper Casey; William, married Eliza Jane Abels; Margaret, married Thos. Maddon; George, married Paralee Wills; John, married Nettie Woodmore; Jeff, married Nettie Wright; James, married Nina Woodmore; Hannah and Elizabeth never married.
"Barnett" Wood, Uncle Jack Hurst and Uncle John Hampton each remembered something of two nephews of Judge and Rosin the Bow. They were "Fed" and William, the latter usually known as "Southfoot Bill" Wood. Both came to Marion county when the other Woods of their line came. Names of their fathers are not remembered. "Fed" was a race horse man and all-round sport. When the war came on, he joined the Confederate army, as did most of the Marion county Woods of both strains. He rose to be a captain. He went to Texas with a great caravan of Woods after the war. If "Fed" ever married, no one remembers his wife. "Fed's" brother, "Southfoot Bill" Wood, settled where Uncle John Hudson afterwards lived, near the head of George's creek. He put in a large mill near his home and sawed most of the lumber with which early Yellville was built. He kept on sawing after the war, and furnished the lumber by which most of the houses, burned in Yellville during the war, were rebuilt. "Southfoot" Wood married Melinda Coker. Their children, or a part of them were: Thomas, who it is believed married a McColough; it is thought that "Sid" married a Hudspeth; it is also believed that "Southfoot" had another daughter that married a McColough. Some time after the war, Southfoot and family removed to Texas."
Source: Excerpts from http://www.argenweb.net/marion/stories/marion-co-ar-wr-jones.html
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