Marcus Newton WOOD

1849 - 1895  (46 years)

• Name	Marcus Newton WOOD  [1]
  Birth	18 Feb 1849	Murray County, GA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Apr 1895	Whitfield County, GA   [1]
  Burial	Mill Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Rocky Face, Whitfield County, GA   [1]
  Person ID	I1036	Wood-Lester
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Father	John Hamilton WOOD, Sr.,   b. 8 May 1809, Spartanburg County, SC d. 20 May 1879, Whitfield County, GA (Age 70 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Lucinda HALL,   b. 18 Dec 1820, Pickens County, South Carolina d. 5 Mar 1880, Whitfield County, GA (Age 59 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	23 Dec 1841	Murray County, GA   [1]
  Family ID	F461	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Martha Catherine LOWERY,   b. 2 Sep 1853, Georgia d. 24 May 1921, Whitfield County, GA (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	3 Sep 1875	Whitfield County, GA   [2]
  Children	1. (UNK) WOOD  [Father: natural] + 2. Margaret Ellen WOOD,   b. 21 May 1876, Whitfield County, GA d. 6 Feb 1954, Mill Creek, Whitfield County, GA (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]   3. Louella Bell WOOD,   b. 23 Sep 1877, Whitfield County, GA d. 9 Feb 1884 (Age 6 years)  [Father: natural]   4. Idella Lucinda WOOD,   b. 13 Dec 1878, Whitfield County, GA d. 3 Jun 1900 (Age 21 years)  [Father: natural] + 5. Lula Lora Ellender WOOD,   b. 9 Nov 1880, Whitfield County, GA d. 30 Apr 1962 (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural] + 6. David Walker Luther WOOD,   b. 11 Apr 1882, Whitfield County, GA d. 14 May 1965 (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural] + 7. Newton Elsberry WOOD,   b. 13 Jan 1884, Whitfield County, GA d. 7 Dec 1961, Tulsa County, OK (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural] + 8. Marcus William WOOD,   b. 4 Mar 1887, Whitfield County, GA d. 19 Feb 1963 (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural] + 9. Martha Millie WOOD,   b. 4 Mar 1887, Whitfield County, GA  [Father: natural] + 10. Clifford Preston Hamilton WOOD,   b. 27 Feb 1889, Whitfield County, GA d. 14 Jan 1975 (Age 85 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F706	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

• Headstones

  Marcus Newton Wood (1849-1895) Son of John Hamilton Wood, Sr.

  
  

• Notes

  Census of Whitfield County, Georgia in 1900. Ten children were born of this marriage, six were living in 1900. Died at age 46 years, 1 month, 28 days. The following provided by: Sandra McCraw Battin, Granddaugher of Bernie Marvin "Bud" McCraw. In the 1850 census, Marcus is 1 and living with his mother, Lucinda Hall Wood, in Whitfield County, Ga., among the Halls, Woods and Petersons. John Hamilton Wood is not listed there. In the 1860 census, Marcus is 11 and lives with John and Lucinda Wood in Dalton, Whitfield County, Ga. In the 1870 census, Marcus is 21 years old and living with his parents. His occupation is listed as farmer, but a note says that he "is afflicted, cannot labour." In the 1880 census, Marcus Newton Wood, 31, is living in Mill Creek, Whitfield County, Ga. On the same page are John H. Wood, Erwin Wood and Sabra King Wood, so the family is living very close to one another. Marcus is a farmer. He was born in Georgia. His wife, Martha C., is 28 and is keeping house. Also in the household are their children, Mamie E. (note different spelling), 4; Lou E.B, 2; and Lucinda L., 1. Living with them is a nephew, Joseph E. Carlock, 11.

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] Robert Darious Wood, Sr and J Glenn Wood, "Our Time In History: This Wood and Lester Family", File 184A.txt. [S7] Robert Darious Wood, Sr and J Glenn Wood, "Our Time In History: This Wood and Lester Family", File 322A.txt.