This is an unmarked grave, however, a letter dated January 3. 1888 from Miss Ella M. Head in Irvings Bluff, Louisiana to her grandfather, Mr. Abner Wood, residing in Athens, Texas at the time, confirms the burial.
In the letter Ella tells her grandfather that her mother (Elizabeth Head, who is Abner Wood's daughter) has died from typho-malaria fever on December 24, 1887 and has been "laid by the side of her mother" (Louisiana Silvey Wood, Abner's deceased 1st wife) and another previously deceased child "in Rocky Mount Graveyard".
Interestingly, there is another partial piece of a letter that I have which was written by B.N Floyd who lived in Bossier Parish, LA addressed to his mother Elizabeth Wood dated Feb 17th, 1879 where he mentions that a "Mrs Head" is ill and "she has got some kind of rheumatism" and "they don't think she will live". I don't know if this is referring to Elizabeth Wood Head or not. This letter was almost 10 years before she died in 1887. It may instead be referring to a Mary Jane Edwards Head who was married to William Riley Head and living in Bossier Parish at the time. She died March 7, 1880 of Pneumonia only about a year after this letter was written by B N Floyd.
In the 1870 US census, Bossier parish, Louisiana, pg.142, Ward 3, dwelling 1338, Elizabeth Head (wife), 21 yrs b. Mississippi, can be found in the household of her husband, Thomas head, 30 yrs b. Miss, and children, Ella 5 yrs b. TX, John 2 yrs b. LA & William 8/12, b. LA.
Found next door to them in dwelling 1337 is A. Wood 55 yrs b. GA and wife Louisiana Wood, 53 yrs b. GA with sons John & Abram Wood living with them.
Also, in Georgia marriages 1808 -1967, there can be found a record of the marriage between Abner Wood & Louisiana Silvey in Clarke, GA on June 7, 1838.
Ella Head later married George Brockman who died in 1897 and is buried in Sulphur Fork Cemetery in Miller County, Arkansas .
Ella can be found as head of household in 1900 US census, Bossier Parish, LA, 0026 Ward 1 (North...), Dwelling 270.
Ella Brockman, b. May 1866 TX, with 3 children.
Next door is her brother, W. A. Head and his household and family.
Ella Brockman's death certificate states that she was born May 17, 1866, the daughter of Thomas Head. She died in Beaumont, Jefferson Co. TX July 10, 1931. It also states that she was buried in Ada, Louisiana on July 11th. This is probably a typo and meant to read Ida, Louisiana because she is actually buried in Sulphur Fork Cemetery in Miller County, Arkansas with her husband George Brockman and two children. It's located just north of Ida across the state line and not far from an area that she and George lived, formerly known as Frog Level, Louisiana in Caddo parish.
Note** the last part of the letter from Ella Head that is addressed to Mrs. Elizzie Wood is referring to Abner Wood's second wife, Elizabeth Bounds Floyd Wood. She was previously widowed when her husband Theophilus Floyd was killed in the Civil War.
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1850 US census, Holmes county, part of, Holmes, Mississippi
Abner Wood Male 34 South Carolina
Lucy Wood Female 34 South Carolina
Mary J Wood Female 10 Mississippi
Lucy Wood Female 8 Mississippi
James Wood Male 5 Mississippi
John Wood Male 3 Mississippi
Josephine Wood Female 1 Mississippi
1860 US census, Police District 5, Carroll, Mississippi
Abner Wood Male 44 South Carolina
Loasoun Wood Female 44 Georgia
Elizabeth Wood Female 18 Georgia
John Wood Male 14 Alabama
Josephine Wood Female 10 Alabama
Abner Wood Male 7 Mississippi
1870 US census, Ward 3, Bossier, Louisiana
Thomas Head, Male 30 White 1840 Mississippi
Elizabeth Head, Female 21 White 1849 Mississippi
Ella Head, Female 5 White 1865 Texas
John Head, Male 2 White 1868 Louisiana
William Head, Male 0 White 1870 Louisiana
In the letter Ella tells her grandfather that her mother (Elizabeth Head, who is Abner Wood's daughter) has died from typho-malaria fever on December 24, 1887 and has been "laid by the side of her mother" (Louisiana Silvey Wood, Abner's deceased 1st wife) and another previously deceased child "in Rocky Mount Graveyard".
Interestingly, there is another partial piece of a letter that I have which was written by B.N Floyd who lived in Bossier Parish, LA addressed to his mother Elizabeth Wood dated Feb 17th, 1879 where he mentions that a "Mrs Head" is ill and "she has got some kind of rheumatism" and "they don't think she will live". I don't know if this is referring to Elizabeth Wood Head or not. This letter was almost 10 years before she died in 1887. It may instead be referring to a Mary Jane Edwards Head who was married to William Riley Head and living in Bossier Parish at the time. She died March 7, 1880 of Pneumonia only about a year after this letter was written by B N Floyd.
In the 1870 US census, Bossier parish, Louisiana, pg.142, Ward 3, dwelling 1338, Elizabeth Head (wife), 21 yrs b. Mississippi, can be found in the household of her husband, Thomas head, 30 yrs b. Miss, and children, Ella 5 yrs b. TX, John 2 yrs b. LA & William 8/12, b. LA.
Found next door to them in dwelling 1337 is A. Wood 55 yrs b. GA and wife Louisiana Wood, 53 yrs b. GA with sons John & Abram Wood living with them.
Also, in Georgia marriages 1808 -1967, there can be found a record of the marriage between Abner Wood & Louisiana Silvey in Clarke, GA on June 7, 1838.
Ella Head later married George Brockman who died in 1897 and is buried in Sulphur Fork Cemetery in Miller County, Arkansas .
Ella can be found as head of household in 1900 US census, Bossier Parish, LA, 0026 Ward 1 (North...), Dwelling 270.
Ella Brockman, b. May 1866 TX, with 3 children.
Next door is her brother, W. A. Head and his household and family.
Ella Brockman's death certificate states that she was born May 17, 1866, the daughter of Thomas Head. She died in Beaumont, Jefferson Co. TX July 10, 1931. It also states that she was buried in Ada, Louisiana on July 11th. This is probably a typo and meant to read Ida, Louisiana because she is actually buried in Sulphur Fork Cemetery in Miller County, Arkansas with her husband George Brockman and two children. It's located just north of Ida across the state line and not far from an area that she and George lived, formerly known as Frog Level, Louisiana in Caddo parish.
Note** the last part of the letter from Ella Head that is addressed to Mrs. Elizzie Wood is referring to Abner Wood's second wife, Elizabeth Bounds Floyd Wood. She was previously widowed when her husband Theophilus Floyd was killed in the Civil War.
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1850 US census, Holmes county, part of, Holmes, Mississippi
Abner Wood Male 34 South Carolina
Lucy Wood Female 34 South Carolina
Mary J Wood Female 10 Mississippi
Lucy Wood Female 8 Mississippi
James Wood Male 5 Mississippi
John Wood Male 3 Mississippi
Josephine Wood Female 1 Mississippi
1860 US census, Police District 5, Carroll, Mississippi
Abner Wood Male 44 South Carolina
Loasoun Wood Female 44 Georgia
Elizabeth Wood Female 18 Georgia
John Wood Male 14 Alabama
Josephine Wood Female 10 Alabama
Abner Wood Male 7 Mississippi
1870 US census, Ward 3, Bossier, Louisiana
Thomas Head, Male 30 White 1840 Mississippi
Elizabeth Head, Female 21 White 1849 Mississippi
Ella Head, Female 5 White 1865 Texas
John Head, Male 2 White 1868 Louisiana
William Head, Male 0 White 1870 Louisiana
This is an unmarked grave, however, a letter dated January 3. 1888 from Miss Ella M. Head in Irvings Bluff, Louisiana to her grandfather, Mr. Abner Wood, residing in Athens, Texas at the time, confirms the burial.
In the letter Ella tells her grandfather that her mother (Elizabeth Head, who is Abner Wood's daughter) has died from typho-malaria fever on December 24, 1887 and has been "laid by the side of her mother" (Louisiana Silvey Wood, Abner's deceased 1st wife) and another previously deceased child "in Rocky Mount Graveyard".
Interestingly, there is another partial piece of a letter that I have which was written by B.N Floyd who lived in Bossier Parish, LA addressed to his mother Elizabeth Wood dated Feb 17th, 1879 where he mentions that a "Mrs Head" is ill and "she has got some kind of rheumatism" and "they don't think she will live". I don't know if this is referring to Elizabeth Wood Head or not. This letter was almost 10 years before she died in 1887. It may instead be referring to a Mary Jane Edwards Head who was married to William Riley Head and living in Bossier Parish at the time. She died March 7, 1880 of Pneumonia only about a year after this letter was written by B N Floyd.
In the 1870 US census, Bossier parish, Louisiana, pg.142, Ward 3, dwelling 1338, Elizabeth Head (wife), 21 yrs b. Mississippi, can be found in the household of her husband, Thomas head, 30 yrs b. Miss, and children, Ella 5 yrs b. TX, John 2 yrs b. LA & William 8/12, b. LA.
Found next door to them in dwelling 1337 is A. Wood 55 yrs b. GA and wife Louisiana Wood, 53 yrs b. GA with sons John & Abram Wood living with them.
Also, in Georgia marriages 1808 -1967, there can be found a record of the marriage between Abner Wood & Louisiana Silvey in Clarke, GA on June 7, 1838.
Ella Head later married George Brockman who died in 1897 and is buried in Sulphur Fork Cemetery in Miller County, Arkansas .
Ella can be found as head of household in 1900 US census, Bossier Parish, LA, 0026 Ward 1 (North...), Dwelling 270.
Ella Brockman, b. May 1866 TX, with 3 children.
Next door is her brother, W. A. Head and his household and family.
Ella Brockman's death certificate states that she was born May 17, 1866, the daughter of Thomas Head. She died in Beaumont, Jefferson Co. TX July 10, 1931. It also states that she was buried in Ada, Louisiana on July 11th. This is probably a typo and meant to read Ida, Louisiana because she is actually buried in Sulphur Fork Cemetery in Miller County, Arkansas with her husband George Brockman and two children. It's located just north of Ida across the state line and not far from an area that she and George lived, formerly known as Frog Level, Louisiana in Caddo parish.
Note** the last part of the letter from Ella Head that is addressed to Mrs. Elizzie Wood is referring to Abner Wood's second wife, Elizabeth Bounds Floyd Wood. She was previously widowed when her husband Theophilus Floyd was killed in the Civil War.
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1850 US census, Holmes county, part of, Holmes, Mississippi
Abner Wood Male 34 South Carolina
Lucy Wood Female 34 South Carolina
Mary J Wood Female 10 Mississippi
Lucy Wood Female 8 Mississippi
James Wood Male 5 Mississippi
John Wood Male 3 Mississippi
Josephine Wood Female 1 Mississippi
1860 US census, Police District 5, Carroll, Mississippi
Abner Wood Male 44 South Carolina
Loasoun Wood Female 44 Georgia
Elizabeth Wood Female 18 Georgia
John Wood Male 14 Alabama
Josephine Wood Female 10 Alabama
Abner Wood Male 7 Mississippi
1870 US census, Ward 3, Bossier, Louisiana
Thomas Head, Male 30 White 1840 Mississippi
Elizabeth Head, Female 21 White 1849 Mississippi
Ella Head, Female 5 White 1865 Texas
John Head, Male 2 White 1868 Louisiana
William Head, Male 0 White 1870 Louisiana
In the letter Ella tells her grandfather that her mother (Elizabeth Head, who is Abner Wood's daughter) has died from typho-malaria fever on December 24, 1887 and has been "laid by the side of her mother" (Louisiana Silvey Wood, Abner's deceased 1st wife) and another previously deceased child "in Rocky Mount Graveyard".
Interestingly, there is another partial piece of a letter that I have which was written by B.N Floyd who lived in Bossier Parish, LA addressed to his mother Elizabeth Wood dated Feb 17th, 1879 where he mentions that a "Mrs Head" is ill and "she has got some kind of rheumatism" and "they don't think she will live". I don't know if this is referring to Elizabeth Wood Head or not. This letter was almost 10 years before she died in 1887. It may instead be referring to a Mary Jane Edwards Head who was married to William Riley Head and living in Bossier Parish at the time. She died March 7, 1880 of Pneumonia only about a year after this letter was written by B N Floyd.
In the 1870 US census, Bossier parish, Louisiana, pg.142, Ward 3, dwelling 1338, Elizabeth Head (wife), 21 yrs b. Mississippi, can be found in the household of her husband, Thomas head, 30 yrs b. Miss, and children, Ella 5 yrs b. TX, John 2 yrs b. LA & William 8/12, b. LA.
Found next door to them in dwelling 1337 is A. Wood 55 yrs b. GA and wife Louisiana Wood, 53 yrs b. GA with sons John & Abram Wood living with them.
Also, in Georgia marriages 1808 -1967, there can be found a record of the marriage between Abner Wood & Louisiana Silvey in Clarke, GA on June 7, 1838.
Ella Head later married George Brockman who died in 1897 and is buried in Sulphur Fork Cemetery in Miller County, Arkansas .
Ella can be found as head of household in 1900 US census, Bossier Parish, LA, 0026 Ward 1 (North...), Dwelling 270.
Ella Brockman, b. May 1866 TX, with 3 children.
Next door is her brother, W. A. Head and his household and family.
Ella Brockman's death certificate states that she was born May 17, 1866, the daughter of Thomas Head. She died in Beaumont, Jefferson Co. TX July 10, 1931. It also states that she was buried in Ada, Louisiana on July 11th. This is probably a typo and meant to read Ida, Louisiana because she is actually buried in Sulphur Fork Cemetery in Miller County, Arkansas with her husband George Brockman and two children. It's located just north of Ida across the state line and not far from an area that she and George lived, formerly known as Frog Level, Louisiana in Caddo parish.
Note** the last part of the letter from Ella Head that is addressed to Mrs. Elizzie Wood is referring to Abner Wood's second wife, Elizabeth Bounds Floyd Wood. She was previously widowed when her husband Theophilus Floyd was killed in the Civil War.
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1850 US census, Holmes county, part of, Holmes, Mississippi
Abner Wood Male 34 South Carolina
Lucy Wood Female 34 South Carolina
Mary J Wood Female 10 Mississippi
Lucy Wood Female 8 Mississippi
James Wood Male 5 Mississippi
John Wood Male 3 Mississippi
Josephine Wood Female 1 Mississippi
1860 US census, Police District 5, Carroll, Mississippi
Abner Wood Male 44 South Carolina
Loasoun Wood Female 44 Georgia
Elizabeth Wood Female 18 Georgia
John Wood Male 14 Alabama
Josephine Wood Female 10 Alabama
Abner Wood Male 7 Mississippi
1870 US census, Ward 3, Bossier, Louisiana
Thomas Head, Male 30 White 1840 Mississippi
Elizabeth Head, Female 21 White 1849 Mississippi
Ella Head, Female 5 White 1865 Texas
John Head, Male 2 White 1868 Louisiana
William Head, Male 0 White 1870 Louisiana
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