Photo courtesy Karin Heymer of
the Wood family
GEORGE EDWARD WOOD was born 17 Jul 1855 in Georges Creek, Marion County, Arkansas, and died 27 Apr 1907 in Texas. He was the son of Manerva Jane Hudson and William Edwards Wood. He married MARY PAMELIA MILLER Abt. 1876. She was born Aug 6, 1858 in Tennessee, and died May 11, 1937 in Brown County, Texas.
George was William Wood’s only son. William died before he was born – a victim of the Mountain Meadows Massacre in Utah – a series of attacks on the Baker–Fancher emigrant wagon train, at Mountain Meadows in southern Utah. The attacks culminated on September 11, 1857 with the mass slaughter of the emigrant party by the Iron County district of the Utah Territorial Militia and some local Native Americans.. For a complete list of victims, see this page at
www.mtn-meadows-assoc.com
More About GEORGE EDWARD WOOD:
Burial: 1907, Downing Cemetery, Downing, Comanche County, Texas
Photo courtesy of Karin Heymer
of the Wood family
More About MARY PAMELLIA MILLER:
Burial: Moro Cemetery Blanket Brown County, Texas
Left to right: Manerva Jane (Hudson) Wood Northcott, George Edward Wood, May (Wood) Cowart Borland, Bess (Wood) Stephenson, Pearl (Wood) Poyner, Mary Pamela (Miller) Wood, Myrtle (Wood) Bagley, Sadie (Cowart) Piper Creech, Ruby (Wood) Smith, Lilly (Cowart) Borland, George Hardin Wood, and Cuba (Wood) Petross (in little chair). Taken in about 1904 at Comanche County, Texas.
Photo and description courtesy of Karin Heymer
Children of George Edward Wood and Mary Pamelia Miller
| NANNIE MAY WOOD | b. Jul 15 1879, Texas |
| John William “Will” WOOD | b. 8 Jan 1881 in Waco, McLennan, Texas, d. 18 Nov 1966 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, TX |
| JOSEPH BARNETT WOOD | b. 08 Aug 1884, Texas |
| ANNIE PEARL WOOD | b. 26 Oct 1886, Texas |
| GEORGE HARDIN WOOD | b. 16 Nov 1888, Texas, d. Nov. 6, 1981 Littlefield Lamb County, TX |
| ELIZABETH MATILDA “BESS” WOOD | b. Nov 1890, Texas |
| RUBY VELMA WOOD | b. 18 Jan 1893, Texas |
| Myrtle Estacia Wood | b. 05 Jun 1895, Indian Territory |
| IRA CHESTER WOOD | b. 20 Apr 1899, Comanche County, TX; d. 12 Oct 1905, Comanche County, Texas; Burial: 1905, Downing Cemetery, Downing, Comanche County, Texas |
| CUBA NEVADA WOOD | b. 02 Aug 1901, Comanche County, TX; d. 13 Apr 1995, Tarrant County, TX |
Genealogical Sources
- Census: 1870, Marion County, Arkansas, Yellville, HH 24, July 21, 1870
- Census: 1900, Comanche County, TX Precinct #1 ED #26 HH 216, July 2, 1900
- Census: 1910, Comanche County, TX, Precinct 5, ED 10, HH 52, April 20, 1910
- Census: 1920, Comanche County, TX, Sidney, Precinct 1, ED 69, HH 103, Feb 16, 1920
Born of Texas 