Looking for Wood IN Missouri

By Lannie3678 January 11, 2016 1182 views 12 comments

I am only beginning my search adventure!
I am looking for relatives of Toll Wood. My grandfather's
name was Radford Delanny Wood. Spelling may be off on his middle name.He married Dessie Leona Strange in the early 1920s. I would really love to be able to find information about his family!

Comments (12)

familydetective

I found this on FamilySearch.org Is this the correct couple and what relationship is Toll Wood to them ?

Radford D Wood
BIRTH 13 February 1899
Tulsa,Tulsa,Oklahoma,Usa

DEATH 9 December 1940
Miller,Missouri,Usa

BURIAL December 1940
Dooley Cem,Franklin Twp,Miller,Missouri, Usa

MARRIAGE
SPOUSE Dessie Leona Strange
MARRIAGE 23 August 1923 Miller,Missouri,Usa

familydetective

on the same site;

PARENTS
FATHER Elisha Henry Wood
MOTHER Francis A Davenport

You will need to double check all this info.

familydetective

United States Census, 1910
Name Radford D Wood
Event Type Census
Event Date 1910
Event Place Franklin, Miller, Missouri, United States
Gender Male
Age 11
Marital Status Single
Race White
Race (Original) White
Relationship to Head of Household Son
Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Son
Birth Year (Estimated) 1899
Birthplace Oklahoma
Father's Birthplace Missouri
Mother's Birthplace Iowa
Sheet Letter B
Sheet Number 9

Elisha H Wood Head M 51 Missouri
Frances A Wood Wife F 45 Iowa
Ernest E Wood Son M 23 Missouri
Fredric M Wood Son M 15 Missouri
Radford D Wood Son M 11 Oklahoma
Anna S Wood Daughter F 8 Oklahoma
Anna Wood Daughter-in-law F 16 Iowa

United States World War I Draft Registration Cards
Name Radford Laney* Wood
Event Type Draft Registration
Event Date 1917-1918
Event Place Miller County, Missouri, United States
Gender Male
Nationality United States
Birth Date 13 Feb 1899
Birthplace United States

nearest relative shown as Elisha H Wood

familydetective

Dessie Leonna Strange

BRTH 25 July 1905

DEATH 12 May 1989

BURIAL Dooley Cemetery, Eldon, Miller County, Missouri, USA

PARENTS

FATHER Jesse Elbert Strange
MOTHER Mary Jane Wallace

Lannie3678

Thank you for your prompt response! Yes this is the correct couple. The relationship to Toll Wood I think may be his grandfather. I will have to contact my aunt to find out for sure. I will contact you when I have spoken to her.

Are you a blood relative?

familydetective

I am not related and live in the UK, just like to research. I found the entry below again on FamilySearch.org I would suggest you double check all the data it could be from a number of people.

Elisha Henry Wood
Memorial

Birth: Jul. 8, 1858 Missouri, USA
Death: Dec. 24, 1935 Bagnell Miller County Missouri, USA

Son of Henry Tolbert Wood Could this you Toll ????

Information from Nancy Arnold Thompson:

The dates on his death certificate don't agree with the dates on his headstone. His death certificate gives:
born 24 Jan 1859 in Missouri
died 24 Dec 1937 in Bagnell, Miller County, Missouri

The death certificate lists his name as Henry Elisha Wood.

(I don't know which is right, so will leave it as it is on the headstone.)

Family links:
Parents:
Henry Tolbert Wood (1836 - 1902)
Elvira Jane Vaughan Wood (1840 - 1870)

Spouse:
Frances A Davenport Wood (1866 - 1928)*

Children:
William J. Wood (1884 - 1919)*
Radford Lannie Wood (1899 - 1940)*
Annie S Wood Brown (1902 - 1979)*

Siblings:
Sarah Jane Wood Stark (1855 - 1929)*
Elisha Henry Wood (1858 - 1935)
James Sterling Wood (1862 - 1948)*
Emily Elizabeth Wood Arnel (1864 - 1935)*
Annie M. Wood Harrison (1866 - 1949)*
Samuel P. Wood (1871 - 1952)**
Mary Minerva Wood Coffman (1874 - 1961)**
Rebecca Annie Wood Brown (1876 - 1937)**
Rosa Lisa Wood (1878 - 1879)**

*Calculated relationship
**Half-sibling

Burial:
Tol-Wood Cemetery
Bagnell
Miller County
Missouri, USA

familydetective

United States Census, 1860
Name Elisha H Wood
Event Type Census
Event Date 1860
Event Place Franklin Township, Miller, Missouri, United States
Gender Male
Age 0
Race White
Race (Original) [Blank]
Birth Year (Estimated) 1860
Birthplace Missouri
Page 148

Henry T Wood M 23 Virginia
Elvira Wood F 21 Missouri
Sarah J Wood F 5 Missouri
Tabitha C Wood F 3 Missouri
Elisha H Wood M 0 Missouri
..............................................................................

Henry Tolbert Wood
Memorial

Birth: Jul. 28, 1836 Virginia, USA
Death: Sep. 15, 1902

Family links:
Spouses:
Elvira Jane Vaughan Wood (1840 - 1870)*
Elizabeth Jane Stark Wood (1847 - 1879)*

Children:
Sarah Jane Wood Stark (1855 - 1929)*
Elisha Henry Wood (1858 - 1935)*
James Sterling Wood (1862 - 1948)*
Emily Elizabeth Wood Arnel (1864 - 1935)*
Annie M. Wood Harrison (1866 - 1949)*
Samuel P. Wood (1871 - 1952)*
Mary Minerva Wood Coffman (1874 - 1961)*
Rebecca Annie Wood Brown (1876 - 1937)*
Rosa Lisa Wood (1878 - 1879)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Tol-Wood Cemetery
Bagnell
Miller County
Missouri, USA

Link to Photos of Henry Tolbert Wood

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=65709823&PIpi=63553239

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=65709823&PIpi=67982375 **

This show the masonic symbols so yo may find more info if you can find which lodge he belonged
to. Try Bagnell Miller County I assume he was living here when he died.

familydetective

Try check this info it goes back to !708
Link:
familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SP8W-JLG

familydetective

With the the link above click all the 'show more' in the left hand col. there is alot of infomation on the family.

http://www.millercountymuseum.org/organizations/freemasons.html

Lannie3678

I absolutely do not know what I am doing wrong but I have attempted to go to each of these sites and I cannot find anything!!! I am sure it is on my part. I am really frustrated, I was really looking forward to finally being able to see the information!!!

Lannie3678

I think I finally figured out what I was doing wrong!!!! Yeah!!!

familydetective

I just checked these links and they opened for me. Just copy and paste each one into google search.

familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SP8W-JLG

www.millercountymuseum.org/organizations/freemasons.html

www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=65709823&PIpi=63553239

www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=65709823&PIpi=67982375