h/o Emma Jane Howell.

Birth: 10th of eleven known children born in Tenmile district, Harrison county, Virginia, now West Virginia.

George Brown Wood (1852VA-1941MO), only surviving sibling following John Henry Wood's (1839VA-1928IA) death, lived in Sunsbury Township, Monore County, Ohio in 1880 census. Sunsbury Township being west of Switzerland Township and north of Adams Township.

They arrived 13 Oct 1882 in Carthage after their river boat trip from Wheeling, West Virginia to Saint Louis, then a Frisco train ride, with two daughters; becoming a successful contractor. They lost a son in November 1885 and second one in 1887. Its believed his nephew, Edward John Wood, joined them on trip to Carthage for he is reported residing here for fourteen months in that time period.

They resided at 309 south Orchard street when his widowed sister, Sarah Wood Boggess, her three young sons and sister arrived in Carthage September 1889 from Bristol, formerly Cherry Camp, West Virginia, formerly Virginia, to reside at 318 south Orchard street.

George was a public spirited citizen, having built many of the public school buildings, paved streets in Carthage as well as some more eloquent homes, plus the first telephone system for Carthage, later developing the Bellaire Estates subdivision and was generally, most active in all civic affairs.

He spent three years back at Wheeling, Ohio county, West Virginia area at turn of century installing telephone systems for small towns and was involved with brother "T K" (who built the Carthage Post Office in 1900) in building a portion of "Frisco" railroad system in Oklahoma and Texas. He served as a director of Carthage National Bank, #4815 till 1921 when it merged with Bank of Carthage with brother-in-law Joesph W Aylor & others, was on city council, as well as being a highly respected, public spirited, contributing citizen of Jasper county for nearly sixty years.

He purchased home built for G A Rose, which widow Lizzie Halzelgrave lived in then after daughter Laura's demise was bought by the Rodenberg's converted to the Linden Apartments.

At time of George's death, he had lost his wife, his six brothers and four sisters. Living were, youngest daughter, Mrs Gertrude (Wood) Shaver (1878OH-1972WI) of Illinois and oldest daughter, librarian Laura May Wood (1874OH-1947MO), who lived with him at 1320 South Main Street, across street and street-car tracks from niece, Mrs Edgar Hugh Irwin ("Gerogie" (1870MO-1953MO), oldest child of brother "T K" (1842VA-1918MO) who died 17 January 1918 in sister Sarah's home where June 1918, "Sis" Sarah died, neither due to deadly 1918 flu epedimic while Sarah's son S.C. Boggess (1874WV-1946MO) was mayor. His sister, Henrietta Jane (Wood) Jarvis (1847VA-1928OK), George's family and Mrs J W Alyor, his sister-in-law Blanche, are also buried in Carthage's Park cemetery, Block 33, Lot 100, except Laura who is buried in Marionville, Lawerence county, Missouri with husband Rev Robert Kyle whom she married late in life. George's parents are buried in 1964 abandoned, Methodist church's, Maken/Point Pleasant cemetery, Harrison county, West Virginia, with sisters Sarah, Frances, Lucy and brothers William and Charles.

Death: in Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri.

Father John Wood b: 2 JAN 1808 in Virginia
Mother: Casandra Hess Brown b: 19 JUL 1813 in Warren county, Virginia.

Marriage: Emma Jane Howell b: 6 MAR 1856 in De Witt, Clinton County, Iowa
Married: 21 JUN 1873 in Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia

Known Children

Laura May Wood b: 24 MAR 1874 in Ohio.

Gertrude Wood b: 1 SEP 1878 in Monroe County, Ohio.

(infant) George Brown Wood b: about 1885 Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri.

(infant) Howell G Wood b: about 1887, Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri.

Prepared in part by Bill Boggess.